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I've always used the Dallas server. (And I don't use multi-threaded either. ) Yeah, the D.C. server is probably closer to me, but I prefer having the large route. Gives me a better overall figure that way. Thanks, EBrown

I am excited to be here and I want to share things with you all, I can't wait to get started! First of all; I would like to share http://steamcommunity.com/id/zenleststehum/(did you know that Steam uses Akamai to publish images?) Second of all; I like coffee (Very) Third of all; I love to test and compare hardware/ISP's you name it I'm testing it! (Nice stuff) A question, Does it matter if I change the server here https://testmy.net/mirrorFrom Central US >> Dallas, TX USA to Europe >> London, GB I want to know what the best settings to test are! Any general information to help me understand is greatly appreciated! Attached wallpapers

thanks dude Your post gives me an idea. I'm going to make the auto test do a new trick... it will take me a little time to hash out but it will be a useful addition.

Ask your ISP to give you the other half of what you agreed to pay for. Only business model that I know of that gives half to two thirds of what we pay for.

this tool is extremely valuable in trending long term performance data. i use it with the same test file sizes every time. i also try to test at close to the same time of day each time, but also try to take data at different times of day too to sort of randomize the data. When you look at the average over 1, 7, 30, 90, 180, etc days and compare the averages you can see if you're trending down, flat or up over time. and since you can select on the plot points, you can look at the problem points to see what time of day the problems were occurring. When the trend is down, it's potentially an equipment degradation or it's showing you an issue with the ISP; either an overload of customers on your local route or on one of the ISP's rented lines from other companies. The time of day data is helpful in clearing your equipment i.e. when you have certain times of day when the speeds are very good and stable, and another time of day it isn't, then it's not likely a problem with your equipment (although that's not 100% certain as big temperature swings can aggravate hardware problems if they're there). there's certainly lots of other value in the tools here other than trending the speed database, especially when there is a problem and you're troubleshooting. maybe it was already obvious about the trending, if it was, this is just a good plug for CA3LE's site.

You can test https sites with Mercury -- right click a large image from the source you want to test, 'copy image url'... paste it in Mercury and test away. Some of my favorite Mercury tests that I perform best on are https. So it's not always slow. e.g. lh4.googleusercontent.com (all of a sudden this one slowed down for me, to like 1/10 of normal - lol - usually a consistent performer), secure.netflix.com, lh3.googleusercontent.com Since you mentioned this I made it so you can see the URI scheme when you hover. That's useful information. People in some countries will notice that they're automatically defaulted to servers closer to them than the Dallas server. I still believe that there is more value in a test at distance, these servers are regional. If you're very close to the server, say >10ms, you should definitely test out further to see what you're really getting. (EB I know that you know this, I'm explaining this for others. )

WOw So "Funny" That you mentioned this, I had a crap load of this happening yesterday and I was using IE 11. I will try using Chrome today later and see if I have this same thing happen. I found ( Or my G-Friend did anyway) that oh ya it is Adobe "Flash" was outdated or not installed and it messed her laptop up. I have had that one quite a few times last month prior to my "Factory Restore/Reinstall Since then I have not had any thing try to or accomplish any un authorized downloads.