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I've used this service to test a newly subscribed TWC, "up to 20 mb/s" ISP service. The "up too" should have ben a red flag but the at&t (bellsouth) "fast access DSL" infrastructure in my neighborhood could not provide > 1.5 mb/s, my chosen at&t long distance phone service was NOT unlimited and with the packaged Directv service included, with no premium channels, cost about $185/mos. TWC "up to 20 mb/s" internet with unlimited long distance and cable, including Showtime is costing about $153/mos. A promo price but a pretty good deal huh? Aside from the relative immunity to heavy rain and maybe snow (don't get much of that here) TWC sucks in comparison to Directv; in channel choices, the reliability of the CISCO cable interface box, their menu, channel choice, search and record functions are awkward, unwieldy and antiquated when compared to Directv or Comcast, others I've had extensive and limited experience with respectively. You get what you pay for. In addition there are numerous, daily reminders of what the "up to" means. Using Time Warners speed test function, download speeds considerably below 1 mb/s are often encountered; especially annoying when the video that's captured your interest suddenly freezes. Measured download performance upwards from 10 mb/s on a single user, home wireless network is convincing evidence that these wide ranging speed anomalies are not caused by in house problems. Performance has also been tested with a direct to cable modem connection with identical results. Upload speeds are adequate, consistently around 1.9 mb/s, and have not been a problem. That long winded introduction is why I joined testmy.net. I intend to run automated speed tests on a daily basis and present the data to TWC technical. My expectations are very low but, for what it's worth, they will be shared with the members on this forum who may be having similar problems. Don D.

I'm on TWC Cincinnati. The first of the year they upgraded their services. I'm on the turbo 15 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up plan. Since the first of the year, I've had pretty consistent results testing here showing that they are meeting the 15 Mbps down. I get about 0.8 Mbps up speeds measured here. Prior to the first of the year upgrade, I was only getting about 8 Mbps down and the same 0.8 up speed I got prior to the upgrade. Their old plan said up to 10 Mbps, and I very rarely ever got 10 except for an occasional burst. The newer service is consistently right around the 15 Mbps speed they advertise. This upgrade was likely only for the TWC Cincinnati area though. Your results may be worse if the equipment and service they're providing you is like the older equipment was here. They didn't change my cable modem, only the service on their stuff outside my house.

Welcome to testmy.net Don Sounds like your on the right track! Keep us updated on your situation I would love to hear how it plays out -mark