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There are problems if you upload via FTP. I've also had problems uploading to iDisk.

I agree with that in principle. But when the "system" is operating properly both small and large tests give similar results, browsing and email are snappy. When there are problems at the Gateway the discrepancy between small and large tests become apparent and obvious in painful browsing and email errors. As for dfrag it is an non issue. With GHz CPUs and journaled HDs it is like farting in the wind.

It might be more accurate but does not reflect reality. For browsing and email with typical attachments the smaller tests give "real life" results. If my typical work involves U/Ding several MB at a clip I can see using large files to test. The question here is not whether a Ferrari is faster than a Vespa but rather which can get across town in rush hour faster.

The page will open if you use the WB proxy. It does not appear to be a godaddy site. A "Who is" query for fromthebarrio.com at http://www.gkg.net/whois/ returns: Note that the servers are secureserver.net which are probably blocking WB IPs unless you use the AT&T proxy

Welcome to the forum... If you use the proxy it will connect. I normally do not use the WB proxy and at first your site did not load. I turned the proxy on and connected to the site in ten seconds, took a little longer to complete. I use a Mac and Safari browser so I am not the one to advise on how to turn the proxy on for XP. May be a Windoze user will chime in. Good luck

Do not assume every one has Windoze!

http://www.wildblue.cc/wbforums/showthread.php?t=4290

There are at least three "flavors" of WildBlue. Which one do you have? Run a speed test and post results here.

We can use all the help we can get!

. . . and the speeds for prime time are decent. [value-beam 35] :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 111 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 14 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2007/10/16 - 4:44pm Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 73.14 sec Tested from a 579 kB file and took 42.717 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: 90% + Okay : running at 99.11 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-I1BY52UGM User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/419.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3 [!] :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 581 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 71 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2007/10/16 - 4:45pm Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 14.42 sec Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 14.3 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 43.95 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-HPBKJZSMO User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/419.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3 [!] P.S. I use relatively small files to mirror my real life usage.

More consistent is the term I'd use. Start: 10/16/07 6:39:34 PM PING from: 192.168.2.2 to: 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99) Every 500 mSecs PKT# RESULT TIME(ms) LENGTH Min Avg Max Timestamp 1 success 1215 40 1215 1215 1215 10/16/07 6:39:35 PM 2 success 1309 40 1215 1262 1309 10/16/07 6:39:37 PM 3 success 1165 40 1165 1229 1309 10/16/07 6:39:38 PM 4 success 1222 40 1165 1227 1309 10/16/07 6:39:39 PM 5 success 1490 40 1165 1280 1490 10/16/07 6:39:41 PM 6 success 1196 40 1165 1266 1490 10/16/07 6:39:42 PM 7 success 1169 40 1165 1252 1490 10/16/07 6:39:43 PM 8 success 1212 40 1165 1247 1490 10/16/07 6:39:45 PM Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 8/8/0/0.0 Round Trip Time (ms) min/avg/max = 1165/1247/1490

Well, I guess you are right about that.

They know if you are using a router, its IP and what make it is. From the Current Modem Status portal: CPE MAC CPE IP Manufacturer xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 75.105.xxx.xxx Belkin Corporation

I am on WildBlue Satellite connected with Belkin Wireless-G router F5D7230-4 and have no problems. There are several versions of this router. I have heard that version 7 does not play well with WildBlue. BTW Belkin routers have by default IP 192.168.2.1

From what I've heard, "high pings time" is a new feature.