WOW! Internet speed test
For WOW! customers in the Midwest and Southeast, on cable or the newer WOW! fibre builds. Run the test wired and on Wi‑Fi and enter your plan: cable tiers should read close to plan on download, and fibre tiers should show upload nearly matching download.
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Questions about this test
What speeds should WOW! deliver?
WOW!'s cable tiers typically run 300, 500 and 1,000 Mbps download, with uploads commonly in the 20–50 Mbps range. In the newer all-fibre markets, plans are symmetrical and reach multi-gigabit. On cable, a wired test at 85–100% of plan is normal; on fibre, expect 900–940 Mbps on a 1 Gig plan because a standard Ethernet port caps there.
How can I tell whether my WOW! service is cable or fibre?
Look at the box WOW! installed. A coax screw-on connector feeding a cable modem means cable (DOCSIS); a small white ONT with a thin fibre lead means fibre. The test tells you too: fibre upload will be close to download, while cable upload is a small fraction of it. Knowing which you have sets the right expectations for the numbers above.
WOW! download is fine but ping jumps during uploads
That's bufferbloat and it is very common on cable gateways. When someone starts a cloud backup the limited upload fills up and ping can climb from 15 ms to several hundred. Check the grade on this page: C or worse means the gateway isn't managing its queue. Putting the gateway in bridge mode behind a router with SQM, limited to about 90% of your measured upload, usually turns an F into an A.
Is this affiliated with WOW! or WideOpenWest?
No. gbps.run is independent and ad-free, and is not affiliated with any provider.
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