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[ElmerFudd]

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interesting strategy. have every user that will listen use usb, slowing them down, making the bandwidth available to all users...

Hmmm, maybe he wasn't as dumb as I thought? 

[Blunted 2]

i get very close to my advertised speed but remember its not garenteed speed its up to that speed cause its cable and it is a shared connection. i get about 24,000 kb to here and 1,900 up and my speeds are in my sig.  its the best around for me with the price and fios is around the corner so as soon as fios is here i will get it.

what speeds do you get to here and to nyc speakeasy and i can help you tweak it out a bit more.   also did you try cablenut and make sure you have no viruses, spyware and adware in your comp?

[ElmerFudd]

I'll tweak it some more, and I'm [b]very paranoid about security, everything's patched, I run about 5 different antispyware and antivirus programs, have both hardware and software firewalls.

Re: what I mean about speed problems, I was getting nearly 56k speeds at 8 PM, here's what I get at 12:45 AM:

First try

Connection is:: 7474 Kbps about 7.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 912 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 00:44:09 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 133X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.12 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 12.54 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-0WF2ZHSQL

Second try

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 8422 Kbps about 8.4 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1028 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 00:45:29 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 150X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 26.82 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-AZK15RH9O

To me the above is a clear sign that they don't have sufficient capacity during peak hours!

It'll get even faster if I try it at 3 am!

Note that I live in a condo community with tons of kids, probably online gaming and downloading vids and music.  I bet it's a real test of a system's peak capacity.  Still, 56K speeds are not acceptable during the only hours I can use it! 

O.K., going to bed, but here's the speed at 1:30 AM:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 9120 Kbps about 9.1 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1113 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 01:29:09 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 163X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.92 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 37.29 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-FGN73Q5LY

I've gotten it up to about 85 Megs a minute, but not today!

[Blunted 2]

well one day hook it up directly to the modem and allow testmy.net in all your firewalls and then test it out.  doesnt look like you got the upgrade to 15/2 yet did you? 

[ElmerFudd]

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well one day hook it up directly to the modem and allow testmy.net in all your firewalls and then test it out.  doesnt look like you got the upgrade to 15/2 yet did you? 

Kind of doubt they'll offer 15/2 here soon, considering their problem with peak capacity.  Can you imagine them claiming you can achieve 15/2 here, when they are close to 56K at peak?

And it's not like they have to worry about Verizon competition anytime soon up here in the boonies, they can just say "be grateful for what we choose to give you"!

[BigRooster]

sucks not living in an area with competition, huh?   

[Blunted 2]

where do you live and what options do you have?

[ElmerFudd]

I live in West Milford, New Jersey (Near Orange County, New York, Jersey Bear country!).  The only other option I have is DirecWay (I used to have DirecPC, still have the LAN and dish!)  What a mess that was!

[Blunted 2]

wow thats all you can get?  what cablenut setting do you have?  are you using the optimum online 1000/10000 file?

[ElmerFudd]

Here's what I get at 8PM:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 195 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Download Speed is:: 24 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 20:02:17 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB download in 42.67 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 2.94 % of your hosts average (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-E43A60WUL

Yeah, I'll be getting 15/2 soon (I don't think!).

Here's tracert:

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    44 ms    82 ms    34 ms  10.69.176.1
  2    50 ms    49 ms    42 ms  dstswr1-vlan-2.rh.wmfdnj.cv.net [67.83.252.33]
  3    47 ms    80 ms    65 ms  r1-ge11-2.mhe.prnynj.cv.net [67.83.252.1]
  4    48 ms    76 ms    38 ms  r2-srp13-0.wan.prnynj.cv.net [65.19.112.18]
  5    45 ms    61 ms    33 ms  r1-srp5-0.in.nycmnyzr.cv.net [65.19.96.39]
  6    50 ms    48 ms    41 ms  65.19.102.18
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8    88 ms   108 ms   149 ms  so-4-0-0.mpr2.iad2.us.above.net [64.125.30.122]

  9   118 ms    58 ms    85 ms  so-0-0-0.mpr1.iad2.us.above.net [64.125.28.25]
10    80 ms   103 ms    73 ms  so-4-0-0.mpr2.iad1.us.above.net [64.125.29.133]

11    43 ms    81 ms   100 ms  so-6-0-0.cr2.dca2.us.above.net [64.125.27.210]
12   130 ms   141 ms    75 ms  so-2-3-0.cr2.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.13]
13    97 ms   117 ms   101 ms  216.200.6.237.theplanet.com [216.200.6.237]
14   156 ms   106 ms   117 ms  vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61]

15    85 ms    79 ms    85 ms  vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91]

16   110 ms    97 ms   101 ms  gi1-0-2.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.8
5]
17    89 ms   134 ms   109 ms  85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85
]

Trace complete.

Um, what's up with the time out at hop 7.  Is that a problem?  And how would I be the cause of that?

BTW, I tried again, same problem at hop 7!

[Blunted 2]

wow thats bad man let me get on my other comp.

[Blunted]

::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 21830 Kbps about 21.8 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 2665 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 21:03:38 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 390X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.38 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 228.91 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NP1C50SZG

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1878 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 229 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 21:04:28 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.47 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 203.39 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-28G170C9M

[ElmerFudd]

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::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 21830 Kbps about 21.8 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 2665 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 21:03:38 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 390X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.38 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 228.91 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-NP1C50SZG

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1878 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 229 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Tue Jan 03 2006 21:04:28 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.47 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 203.39 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-28G170C9M

Green with envy!

[Blunted 2]

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1891 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 12159 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 231 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Jan 07 2006 01:36:43 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.43 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 202.56 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-8XK1JD0EW

[Blunted]

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1919 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 12159 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 234 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (server1)
Test Time:: Sat Feb 04 2006 00:28:18 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.38 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 202.2 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-7UAIJ4QNR

[ElmerFudd]

Blunted, ever since my internet went down after a thunder/windstorm, my speeds have gotten better.  My guess is they repaired an existing problem when they repaired the damage.  Of course, before that it was all MY problem!  Typical!

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 10266 Kbps about 10.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1253 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Feb 04 2006 13:53:06 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 183X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.82 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 54.96 % faster than the average for host (optonline.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-8SJO61E2V

[Blunted 2]

yea lol its our equipment not there's EVER!!!!  BS its all there fault