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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
I get 970Mbps up, and 980Mbps down on a wired connection, but that's to their testing locations. And considering the number of wireless connections people have on devices these days, "wired" is kind of rare (but it's what I have in my home office). Others who do a lot of Torrents seem to love it, but I don't so I can't speak to that.
All-in-all I've not seen it be any different in terms of day-to-day Internet experience from when Time Warner bumped me to 60Mbps, but on those mornings when I feel like it, I can run the test and feel better.
With what Time Warner is offering now, after the year is up I might go back to Time Warner if it costs less. From the previous channel that I think blows (because it doesn't record the previous channel while you were on the other channel, to the pic-in-a-pic that doesn't exist, to the "wireless in every TV box (that you need on every TV) that they wait until they install to tell you isn't really working yet (so you might not want to do it), to the remote being a slow dog (sometime 6 seconds for the TV box to respond).....since the Internet performance doesn't seem to be any better I'll probably make my decision on price and TV functionality.
But yes, you do get almost all of the Gig to the test sites.
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We had 105MB down with Comcast before the fiber, and Netflix would often downgrade to less than 480p or buffer on a wired connection. We have a lot of wired and wireless devices in the house under heavy use, and we have noticed a difference. I streamed Netflix on 4 devices and was downloading other stuff as well just to try to max it out, and it handled everything great.
To each their own...the great thing about having competition for these services is that providers will have to innovate and provide better service to keep their customers.
It is certainly best to exam what your needs and expectations are and pick the provider that meets them. Now with cable companies, at&t, google fiber, etc. all trying for your business, it is the best time ever to get what you want and expect from these services.