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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from jackdashack in The General Dissing of Comcast I Suppose!   
    If you tell them you want to use your own modem, you can return their modem and they should drop the modem rental fee. On their website, you can probably find a list of modems approved for use with their system. You can compare reviews on them, or post on TestMy and ask other Comcast users which ones they have and what their experience is.

    If the laptop really is wireless G, when you're not using it, either turn the laptop off or turn that compute t's wireless off, and you should see the wireless N speeds on the other computer.
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from mikej101 in Hi All from Mike in the UK   
    Hi and welcome.
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in Hi All from Mike in the UK   
    Hi and welcome.
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from mudmanc4 in Extreme packet loss   
    As an electrical engineer and not a communications expert, generally, when signals degrade, the source driver has degraded and can't properly drive the load impedance. for transmission lines the impedance is capacitance and the farther along the wires you go, the more capacitance is presented to the driver. If the load nodes are terminated properly (which in this case I'd assume they were) the characteristic impedance of the transmission line presents a low resistive impedance and the capacitance of the wires is damped out. The source driver may be degraded enough that it can't drive the low impedance load. It's not bad enough that it's not working, but not working well enough to provide the right signal wave shape, amplitude, timing, and the result is distortion and low signal to noise ratio.

    There is another possibility that the driver amplitude is out of calibration on the high side. If the signal is too big, it can also cause distortion and data loss.

    Have your ISP send a tech out to measure the signal integrity coming out of your house. If you're having consistent problems, the ISP should be able to identify them - many times remotely from their facility. If you call enough times, they should elevate the issue, and make sure their equip,net is operating normally. They should send a real technician out to verify the operation of their gear. And if your Internet connection isn't working properly, they should do that at their expense if there's reason to believe that their hardware is at fault.
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to mudmanc4 in Post ur Mug & Come see all the friendly people at tmn...and post your mug...   
    Yup , got my tin foil hat and I'm ready for 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to servant74 in Propigation Delay   
    Yep, this is the second cousin to speed in the performance arena.
     
    It would help in measuring differences in good service providers.
     
    Currently I would like to use it to compare satellite ISP's, but when I worked at a data center in Houston, there was one network provider that charged a premium for bandwidth due to it's low latency.  Where others had faster connections for bulk data, low latency is better for small transactions on databases, gaming, etc.
     
    All that said, if there was a way you could add a latency figure to your tests in addition to the bandwidth, that would be fantastic.  Or if I just missed it, please tell me where to RTFM .. that would be fine too!
     
    Love your service.  And thanks for keeping it available for us!
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to CA3LE in TiP Measurement Summary   
    :::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
    Download Connection Speed:: 292763 Kbps or 292.8 Mbps
    Download Speed Test Size:: 132.5 MB or 135680 kB or 138936320 bytes
    Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 36595 kB/s or 36.6 MB/s
    Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13
    Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/aihn1wS
    TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 160.41 Mbps | Middle Avg 343.4 Mbps | Max 382.59 Mbps | 48% Variance
    TiP Data Points:: 160.41 Mbps, 320.81 Mbps, 327.3 Mbps, 333.08 Mbps, 329.2 Mbps, 320.81 Mbps, 319 Mbps, 323.56 Mbps, 324.49 Mbps, 320.81 Mbps, 321.72 Mbps, 326.36 Mbps, 326.36 Mbps, 332.1 Mbps, 335.05 Mbps, 326.36 Mbps, 316.33 Mbps, 291.12 Mbps, 382.59 Mbps
    More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/46056110242
    Test Time:: 2013-03-04 18:30:13 Local Time
    Location:: Dallas, TX US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US
    1MB Download in 0.03 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~1 Minutes - 5228X faster than 56K
    This test of exactly 135680 kB took 3.798 seconds to complete
    Running at 568% of hosts average (SoftLayer Technologies https://testmy.net/hoststats/softlayer_technologi)
    User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0 [!]
     
    Holy cow!
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to NismoHero in Weird speeds here   
    Well I have muked around with so much things that I finally fixed it.  I went and seatched internet optimzers and finally came across one that worked.  I had went to Speedguide.net and got their tcp optimizer. I ran the stand alone program and it had my current settings brought up.  It had my download speed capped at 20mpbs.  No wonder I was only getting those speeds on here.  I changed the speed up to 50mpbs and now I am getting full speeds at the washington dc server.  Wow thanks for the suggestions  guys.  If anyone has a similar problem like me direct them to https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php. 
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to CA3LE in TiP Measurement Summary   
    It is amazing... Check this out. My iPhone5 on wifi.

    :::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
    Download Connection Speed:: 32018 Kbps or 32 Mbps
    Download Speed Test Size:: 50 MB or 51200 kB or 52428800 bytes
    Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 4002 kB/s or 4 MB/s
    Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13
    Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/qJvgISw
    TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 7.5 Mbps | Middle Avg 40.5 Mbps | Max 80.97 Mbps
    TiP Data Points:: 7.5 Mbps, 24.97 Mbps, 34.38 Mbps, 48.21 Mbps, 36.6 Mbps, 25.89 Mbps, 33.34 Mbps, 33.88 Mbps, 37.38 Mbps, 42.11 Mbps, 34.72 Mbps, 36.66 Mbps, 34.16 Mbps, 44.62 Mbps, 32.72 Mbps, 67.87 Mbps, 38.91 Mbps, 64.73 Mbps, 57.77 Mbps, 80.97 Mbps
    More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/6436733977554
    Test Time:: 2013-03-03 15:17:14 Local Time
    Location:: Phoenix, AZ US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US
    1MB Download in 0.26 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~4 Minutes - 572X faster than 56K
    This test of exactly 51200 kB took 13.11 seconds to complete
    Running at 135% of hosts average (Cox Communications)
    User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_3) AppleWebKit/534.53.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1.3 Safari/534.53.10 [!]

    ...in the palm of your hand. I can only imagine 20 more years from now.

    Another one... Screenshot this time. 100MB test.. The slow start really hurts the end result. Very fast bits in there. I'm surprised.

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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in TiP Measurement Summary   
    Kind of amazing that you can use a tablet and get speeds 500 times what we used to get on the fastest home computers not all that long ago.

    I can't say as I really miss the singing gurgling RS232 modem sounds. Half the time, that sound resulted in a no-connection. Haha

    And Biggles: China probably owns 1/2 of Dallas.
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to CA3LE in TiP Measurement Summary   
    Glad you like it.

    Here's on my iPad.

    :::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
    Download Connection Speed:: 27564 Kbps or 27.6 Mbps
    Download Speed Test Size:: 50 MB or 51200 kB or 52428800 bytes
    Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 3446 kB/s or 3.4 MB/s
    Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13
    Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/QRs1p4i
    TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 10.03 Mbps | Middle Avg 38.26 Mbps | Max 63.26 Mbps
    TiP Data Points:: 10.03 Mbps, 36.5 Mbps, 44.1 Mbps, 48.6 Mbps, 47.18 Mbps, 41.04 Mbps, 63.26 Mbps, 25.36 Mbps, 22.36 Mbps
    More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/6436733977554
    Test Time:: 2013-03-03 12:03:32 Local Time
    Location:: Phoenix, AZ US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US
    1MB Download in 0.3 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~5 Minutes - 492X faster than 56K
    This test of exactly 51200 kB took 15.228 seconds to complete
    Running at 132% of hosts average (Cox Communications)
    User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 6_1_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/23.0.1271.100 Mobile/10B146 Safari/8536.25 [!]

    Peaked at 63Mbps! I would have never known that before. Hopefully it will help some people. Can't wait till I start logging this information!!
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to Biggles in TiP Measurement Summary   
    Dammit ,I guess I got to move to Singapore , but then maybe Singapore is v. close to Dallas , ?
    just guesing on that , being there is so much Chinese stuff in America , LOL ( Brit humour strikes again )
     
    Just been Testing with my Brit Telecom  ISP , using my rock solid 40 X8 conection to TMN Amsterdam Netherlands ,( 300 miles )
     repetedly gives. 2.9 down 6 up , while a download from  M/soft USA gives 4.4 ,
    and a dreaded Flash test to Kansk USSR (3000 miles) gives 29.8 down 4 up  , local UK, admitedly flash tests, gives me 37.5 X 8.2 ,
    to be honest I have given up speed testing full stop , too many varibles IMHO .
     
    BTW Pgoodwin,  from memory TIP stands for "trouble in paradise ,"  maybe I am wrong on that ?
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in TiP Measurement Summary   
    Great!

    :::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
    Download Connection Speed:: 15303 Kbps or 15.3 Mbps
    Download Speed Test Size:: 25 MB or 25600 kB or 26214400 bytes
    Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 1913 kB/s or 1.9 MB/s
    Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13
    Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/FbXRla5
    TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 13.13 Mbps | Middle Avg 13.97 Mbps | Max 18.17 Mbps
    TiP Data Points:: 14.14 Mbps, 14.8 Mbps, 17.32 Mbps, 18.17 Mbps, 16.12 Mbps, 13.13 Mbps, 14.84 Mbps, 17.39 Mbps, 15.1 Mbps
    More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/Pgoodwin1 https://testmy.net/compID/6583986553
    Test Time:: 2013-03-03 13:50:04 Local Time
    Location:: Fairfield, OH US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US
    1MB Download in 0.54 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~9 Minutes - 273X faster than 56K
    This test of exactly 25600 kB took 13.715 seconds to complete
    Running at 106% of hosts average (Road Runner)
    User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 6_1_2 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10B146 Safari/8536.25 [!]

    That was on an iPad with Time Warner's latest 15 Mbps down/ 1 Mbps up service upgrade as of January this year.

    The variation in the TiP data points is about what I would expect. With this ISP I see quite a bit of variation depending on prime time vs non-prime time. My "normal" comdition extremes are about 8 to 18 Mbps average download speeds depending on time of day, with about 15 Mbps being my new long term average. It was only 8 under their old service last year.

    This is very useful stuff CA3LE. Thanks
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in TiP Measurement Summary   
    Thanks
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to CA3LE in TiP Measurement Summary   
    If you hover over it you'll see explainations.
     


     
    It stands for Test in Progress measurments.  It helps to show variations in the speed durring the test.
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in Weird speeds here   
    On the TestMy Home page, read all of the info on the tabs (mid page) marked: Internet Speed Test, Information, What Males TMN Different, and Speed Test Principals.

    In short, all,of the test tools that you've likely used to date are inaccurate. The ISPs use them because they have been fine tuned to show the ISP performance to be some high number, even when the real performance is much less than those tools show. If you want to know what your real world up/sown speeds are in a much more representative environment, TMN is what you should use.

    Your speeds however are significantly lower than than what their plan limits are advertised to be indicating to me that you may have a problem. My history with Time Warner in the past has been that I register download speeds here that were 1/3 to 1/2 or so of the speeds registered on their speed measuring tools. Upload speeds historically were about 80% of what their tools showed. Lately, since they upgraded their service, I'm showing right at their "guaranteed" download on average. Upload speeds still 80%. Also historically, their tools showed me to be getting 2 to 2.5 times their "guaranteed" speeds. I don't know how the ISPs get away with the use of these tools. It would seem a class action suit should be filed, but since virtually all the ISPs use the ookla Flash based tools or something similar, the suit would be suing the world, and would likely be hard to get any significant damages, so nobody sues.

    The fact that your download speed though is only 1/6 of your 50 Mbps plan claim, it seems like there's some sort of problem. Can you hardwire right to your cable modem and tell us what you get?

    There are times though when I consistently get about 1/2 Time Warner's 15 Mbps "guaranteed" min. Normally this occurs during the day, and often later at night, speeds are up again.
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in Come on somebody put up a Seattle or Portland speed test server   
    Wow CA3LE.
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in Mobile Friendly Site?   
    My speed limitation is with my ISP. My iPad TMN speed measurements are about the same on the iPad as they are on the iMac which is a wired Ethernet thru my AirPort Extreme, gigabit switch to my router which is 10/100. The modem I have is a Motorola SurfBoard DOCISS 2 and my ISP Time Warner's RoadRunner is a 15 Mbps down/1 Mbps up turbo service....cheap. The iPad gives me speeds right at the ISP's 15 Mbps rating, sometimes higher. The iMac is maybe 10-15% faster usually. So my RoadRunner package limits my speed.

    The TMN website acts really well on the iPad Safari. I don't do much measuring on my iPhone 4, because with the iPad, I don't do much on the web with the phone because of all the re-sizing you have to do to read stuff. the iPad is way better.
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to CA3LE in Mobile Friendly Site?   
    I have a iPhone5 and DroidX, both 4" displays... I like it better without the mobile theme.  It used to default to the mobile theme, since I changed it visitors from mobile devices are actually way up.  
     
    ... I'm starting to shy away from doing multiple layouts because I feel that people will be using their devices browsers much like desktop browsers.  You might not be doing that now, but I bet you will.  It saves me time that I can put towards other efforts.
     
    What I could do, and I think this would make everyone happy, is add a notice for mobile detected users.  Nonintrusive, but visible on the page unless hidden.  Asking if you'd like to simplify the layout.
     
     
    Thanks, I use the site often on my iPad so I try to make it work right with it.  It has a little different feel than a desktop, it definitely processes information differently... you can see by how the progress bar loads.  Before I got my iPad I was using Xcode to emulate it... I think it's awesome that the emulator feels exactly how the real iPad does.  Really helped me develop for it when I didn't have one.  
     
    I've noticed that the iPad definitely has its speed limitations... no matter how fast the connection you're on.  Maybe software limited... I have a Retina iPad (my iPad Speed Test Results).  Best I've seen is ~ 43Mbps / 5Mbps but only an average of 18.8 Mbps / 3.7 Mbps... on a 150/20 Mbps connection.  Granted, the best I've seen on this supposed 150 Mbps / 20 Mbps connection is 95/15 --- but even at that speed it's obvious that the iPad isn't going to go faster, it has more than enough on tap if it were able to.  I bet with some software modification it could go faster.....
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in Mobile Friendly Site?   
    the full browser site looks good on an iPad. I don't use the mobile optimized version. The site seems pretty well behaved on an iPad - it's actually quite good compared to even some so-called Mac sites.
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    Pgoodwin1 got a reaction from CA3LE in Hello!   
    I think you shot the bot
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to CA3LE in Hello!   
    Inexco... to me... your post looks kinda like spam.
     
    As long as you'r not a bot... Welcome!  ... but... usually, a post like that... from someone in Asia who hasn't even used the speed test.  Usually points to spam.
     
    ... It kinda unusual for someone to just say "nice to be a part of this community" as their first post.  Inexco, if I'm wrong... let me know.  But I've just seen a lot of spam in my day... and it often reads like this.  
     
    Note to mods and others who care to know.  People will often make posts like this to get past the first few posts, get a couple posts approved and then attempt to spam freely once their account is trusted.  Well, doesn't really work because although it may let them post freely after two approved posts... new people are watched for long after that.  Get caught once, BAN and the email address is shared with thousands of other websites to prevent registration and spamming on other sites.  This really isn't the place to try and spam these days.       
     
                       
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to mjules in What's Up   
    Hello all... great tool for seeing what you got...will use it to understand my internet connections performance going forward.
     
    Thanks for your efforts.
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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to dn0 in Bad Upload Speeds on Central & Automatic Servers all day today but...   
    Been watching this thread since I noticed my upload was showing around 3.3mbps of my 5mbps upload. Now mine too is back to normal;
    And I just noticed I'm number 13 on the fastest members list? You guy's n gal's with the super-fast connections need to test more often!
    Before:
    https://testmy.net/vhmnYlk.png

     
    Now:
    https://testmy.net/4TEBplR.png

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    Pgoodwin1 reacted to TriRan in Bad Upload Speeds on Central & Automatic Servers all day today but...   
    DOCSIS3.0 would likely not help the upload but may help your download as 3.0 has downstream channel bonding even if your not using a 3.0 required package from the isp I don't believe they bond upstream channels yet there was a good thread on the forums here a week or so back about it
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