Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Road Runner Download Speeds

If you've ever wondered about Time Warner Cable's Road Runner download speeds, and the difference between the speed levels they offer, here is some information.  I used speedtest.net with different levels of Time Warner's Road Runner's internet service offerings to learn about my internet connectivity.

I've started watching NetFlix movies over the internet now and am more sensitive to waiting to download media.  Generally speaking I am just emailing or web browsing or downloading podcasts.

The results:

Test
Road Runner Basic (2MB)
Road Runner Standard with PowerBoost (7MB)
5MB mp3
4 sec
3 sec
35MB video clip
27 sec
16 sec
800MB movie
10 min
6 min
Download speed
10.62 Mb/s
17.87 Mb/s
Upload speed
.49 Mb/s
.49 Mb/s

Road Runner Basic - Up To 2MB Download Speed









Road Runner Standard with PowerBoost - Up To 7MB Download Speed


Posted by Amar at 12:23 PM
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1 comments:

klars said...

Interesting. My speed comes out average.My perception,though,is that when the kids come home from school around 3-4 pm,the speed slows down a whole lot.I guess,there is only so much bandwidth.I was thinking about adding PowerBoost,but now I am less certain it is worth it.

9:02 AM

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