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Just for fun I tested to make sure I was actually getting 2mb/s uploads by uploading a movie to Youtube. Sure enough I am.

I see that IP that you see at whatismyip.com. For some reason when I test though, it shoulds like a 128.11 number or something, only two octets.

Which router do you have? I have a Netgear WGR614v6 and when I would connect my modem through that, my speeds went from 20mb/s down to about 13mb/s. I updated its firmware and all is well now.

Yeah I would think you could get more out of a 15mb/s line than 8mb/s. Run this test and post the link here for us to look at, maybe you have some wrong settings or something. Also check the sticky in the forum and answer as many questions as you can in your next post.

When I take the speed test without my router plugged in I get the correct host of RCN.com to compare to. When I use my router, since the IP address is different, it compares it to something else and not RCN. Is there any way to get this number tied to RCN somehow?

15mb/s should give you at least 1.7MB/s when you download. If you download this file, what speed are you getting when it's 50% done? ftp://ftp1.optonline.net/pub/test64

So what is the speed like on wifi? My PDA gets around 800kb/s.

My ISP is RCN, it's cable, and my caps are 20000/2000. I'll watch for the announcement about the new server.

I guess I'll post one from Server 1 and one from the NYC server mirror just for the hell of it. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 562 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 69 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/06/29 - 8:00pm Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 14.84 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 21.797 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 56.11 % faster than the average for host (128.11) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EL6RH813M User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4 [!] :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 765 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 93 kB/s Tested From:: http://insanepwning.net Test Time:: 2007/06/29 - 8:01pm Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 11.01 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 16.016 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 105.65 % faster than the average for host (128.11) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-0LAQ3JUDT User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4 [!] The oen in FL seems to give me the best results: :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 800 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 98 kB/s Tested From:: http://insanepwning.net Test Time:: 2007/06/29 - 8:02pm Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 10.45 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 15.313 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 108.33 % faster than the average for host (128.11) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-N3DCFTXZK User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4 [!] This one is higher too. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 817 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 100 kB/s Tested From:: http://insanepwning.net Test Time:: 2007/06/29 - 8:05pm Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 10.24 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 29.985 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 100.25 % faster than the average for host (128.11) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-H2LAKZ8NG User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4 [!]

Did you try it in Firefox?

Yeah it's consistent, but it's consistently wrong Every other test I do says 1900 minimum for the upload, and I've sent things to people at those speeds so I know the other tests aren't incorrect. It's not that big of a deal, I just wondered if I was alone.

It seems the best I can pull on this site is 800kb/s when in reality I'm around 2000kb/s. The download test is fine.

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 20632 Kbps about 20.6 Mbps (tested with 48638 kB) Download Speed is:: 2519 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/06/28 - 11:29am Bottom Line:: 360X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.41 sec Tested from a 48638 kB file and took 19.312 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 267.05 % faster than the average for host (rcn.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BXCU3LR70 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4 [!]

So do I now, without an upload speed browsing sucks. I had no choice but to sit with the 22kb/s though.