FiosFiend

This bill sets a huge precedent in the telecom industry. The cable companies hate this! This is really going to spur massive competition in both bandwidth and pricing. HaloBox, you are correct............TEXAS DOES RULE!

I always get much better scores from tesmy.net. I am in very close proximity to the testmy.net server but I'm guessing that I must be pretty close to the Dallas speakeasy test server as well. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15779 Kbps about 15.8 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1926 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Sep 07 2005 18:48:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 282X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.53 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 265.42 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-N75DW12C8 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1861 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 227 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Sep 07 2005 18:49:18 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.51 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 208.11 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QN6AKM9WR

Correct me if I'm wrong....and I may be, but isn't the DI-624 a wireless B router? With the encryption turned on I'd say the best your going to get wirelessly on that router would be about 6Mbps. I know it's supposed to be 11Mbps but on my previous B router I was never able to get more then about 6Mbps on the wireless. On my new DI-524 (Wireless G) I usually get above 12Mbps on the wireless.

I'd say that looks about right. You could probably improve that upload score with some cablenut adjustments but the download looks pretty good.

Okay, try the following test server it should be closer to your location (fewer hops). http://web100.rit.edu:7123/ Rochester, NY Let us know what your results are.

lilwill, where are you located? I'm curious as to your proximity to the testmy.net server which is near downtown Dallas. Here is my download from that server which is just a few miles from my house in Flower Mound, TX. Testmy.net: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15665 Kbps about 15.7 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1912 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Mon Sep 05 2005 11:03:31 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 280X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.54 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 0.73 % faster than the average for host (14.63) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-O475LPDZ2 However, when I test from a server that is much farther away I get a significant drop in speed. This server , for example, is in Virginia. Due to some slow downs along the way I loose about 5Mbps in download speed. TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.0f click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 2.10Mb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 10.83Mb/s The slowest link in the end-to-end path is a 10 Mbps Ethernet subnet You need to have a server that is in close proximity to your location in order to have a benchmark. I have three local servers that I use as my benchmark. As long as I'm getting my full speed from those servers then I'm happy. Since Verizon can't control what goes on outside their system I don't raise a stink unless my benchmark servers are showing significant dropoff. Let me know where you are and I'll point you to some servers that are close by.

Doubtful......Verizon is putting all their resources into fios right now.

What is your advertised speed? Oh, and welcome to the forum!

Well, that's a good question and it doesn't have a simple answer. So here is the best I can give you. The cost of NOT educating our children is far higher then the cost to educate them. I do believe that people should pay for their children's education and if you own a home in the state and you have children in the public schools then you do pay quite a bit. My annual school tax for example, is over $3000 per year. I'm not sure I agree with your $8000 figure to educate a child since I can send my daughter to a private school for less then that. I'd say it's closer to 3K to 5K in which case I AM paying for my daughters education. However, if I had no children then I'd still happily pay my annual school tax since every child deserves a good education. I could certainly afford to pay the price of my childs education and would be happy to do so if my school tax was dropped. However, there are a great many who could NOT afford to pay that price and would simply not be able to send their children to school. Statistics clearly show that uneducated people more often then not ultimately become a burdon to society. So eventually you're going to pay the price for not educating those kids and I can assure you that it will probably be a much greater price. You can pay me now or you can pay me later. Thanks My Friend

Okay. I'll take your points one at a time. 1. 72% of the 20 cent Texas state tax on gasoline goes to the State Highway Fund - I would say that constitutes MOST of the money. 24% goes to schools and the rest (4%) is used for administration. If you don't believe me then check here. http://www.dot.state.tx.us/moneymatters/moneymatters.htm?pg=motorfuel It has a very nice graphical breakdown of the spending. 2. Capitalism - An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a free market. The USA my friend is a close to a purely capitalistic society as your going to find anywhere in the world. But we do have laws to regulate how business is conducted so as to maintain a fair and free market system. Charging more then 10% on money loaned is called LOAN SHARKING and it's illegal for a good reason. 3. Insider trading - This is illegal because it gives an unfair advantage to a select few. That said, I tend to agree that insider trading is not that big of a deal. I don't really see that there is a victim in insider trading. It's just they way our trading system is set up. However, I don't see how that changes the overall scope of capitalism in the USA. 4. Monopolies - These are illegal because they do tend to victimize individuals. In a true free market system Everyone needs to have a fair shot at success. When you allow monopolies to exist they can easily shut out competition by controlling the market place. Bill Gates and Microsoft beat that rap, by the way. 5. Gas Price - Actually the price of gas is too LOW. We have a great interstate state highway system that was basically given to us by the US Government and we get to use it for free. That's actually the definition of socialism. When the state gives you stuff for free and you don't pay your fair share. The fact is our current 18 cent per gallon federal tax on gas in no way covers the cost of maintaining that highway system. I believe that people should have to pay for what they use. Having said that I would also point out that it is our interstate highway system that has made this country so great in the first place. However, I'd still love to see lower gas prices. And btw, I never said the USA was a PURE capitalistic society, I said it was a capitalist society and it is. The pureest your going to find in the world.

Well, as you've said yourself, a one day boycott isn't going to do anything. Yes of course oil company profits are booming, but NOT because they are gouging us on gas prices. It's because the demand for oil and gas is higher then it's ever been. Certainly they have a right to make a profit on their business. Last time I checked this is a capitalist society. The fact is, the price of gas is not going to go down until OPEC lowers the price of crude..........or, until the state and federal authorities lower the tax. And, in fact, most of the tax on gas does not go to education. It goes to roads.

Well, this is just a patently naive idea. First of all oil and gas companies are not the problem. Nearly 75% of the price of gas comes from 2 things, 1. The price of crude oil (43%) - that's controlled by OPEC not EXXON. 2. State and Federal Taxes (31%). If you want to lower the price of gas the way to do it, is to lobby your state representatives to lower the taxes on gas. Not buying gas for one day will have absolutely no effect on the major oil companies. These companies have Massive (note the capital M) cash reserves. Push your state and federal representatives to loosen the gas taxes. Oh, and you all in socialist countries are really screwed. In England, for example, nearly 80% of the price of gas comes from taxes!!

Sorry about double posting here but I faild to look at the upload in my original post. Figured, if I was going to post up I might as well take a look at the download again. As it turns out there was not that big a difference the second time around. Firefox: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15511 Kbps about 15.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1893 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sun Aug 28 2005 14:28:17 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 277X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.54 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 99.79 % of your hosts average (14.63) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FCYADVG20 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1865 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 228 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sun Aug 28 2005 14:28:57 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.49 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 99.89 % of your hosts average (14.63) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-263KM1POV IE :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15436 Kbps about 15.4 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1884 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sun Aug 28 14:29:41 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 276X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.54 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 99.36 % of your hosts average (14.63) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-79WVR5GS8 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1869 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 228 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Sun Aug 28 14:30:13 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.49 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 0.11 % faster than the average for host (14.63) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DCIJB59O6 Fastest download was with Firefox. Upload was a dead tie.

Oh please. I think I can fairly accurately figure out what my connection speed is by simply running a test server that I know to be close to my location (least amount of hops) and that has proven to be accurate among many users. That just happens to be Testmy.net

LOL :haha: I just tried their new server :haha: Here are my stats :haha: 3.4 Mbps Down :haha: 247Kbps Up :haha: :haha: :haha: Here are my testmy.net stats. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15741 Kbps about 15.7 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1922 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Mon Aug 22 2005 07:03:36 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 281X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.53 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 257.02 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-3VKQW9M1L :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1869 Kbps about 1.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 228 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Mon Aug 22 2005 07:04:05 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.49 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 203.9 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LJ0BI6Q35 :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

Well, that may work for you............but these are my stats. :-P FF: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15741 Kbps about 15.7 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1922 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Mon Aug 22 2005 06:50:49 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 281X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.53 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 257.02 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-K1F7NOMQ2 IE: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 13199 Kbps about 13.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1611 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Mon Aug 22 06:51:53 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 236X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.64 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 199.36 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6QJODFPE0

No these are not my settings, but I have a 15Mbps fios connection. These are settings recommended for a 4 to 5 Mbps connection.

You can try tweaking your settings with cablenut, it's free at this link. http://www.cablenut.com/ And use the following settings. DefaultReceiveWindow = 230400 DefaultSendWindow = 32768 DisableAddressSharing = 1 InitialLargeBufferCount = 200 InitialMediumBufferCount = 480 InitialSmallBufferCount = 640 LargeBufferSize = 819200 MaxFastTransmit = 64000 MediumBufferSize = 150400 PriorityBoost = 0 SmallBufferSize = 12800 TransmitWorker = 32 FastSendDatagramThreshold = 4096 EnableFastRouteLookup = 1 EnablePMTUDiscovery = 1 IgnorePushBitsOnReceive = 0 GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize = 43800 MaxFreeTcbs = 8000 MaxHashTableSize = 16384 MaxNormLookupMemory = 5000000 SackOpts = 1 SynAttackProtect = 1 Tcp1323Opts = 0 TcpLogLevel = 1 TcpMaxDupAcks = 3 TcpMaxHalfOpen = 100 TcpMaxHalfRetried = 80 TcpRecvSegmentSize = 1460 TcpSendSegmentSize = 1460 TcpTimedWaitDelay = 30 TcpUseRFC1122UrgentPointer = 0 TcpWindowSize = 43800 MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server = 20 MaxConnectionsPerServer = 10 DefaultTTL = 64 DisableUserTOSSetting = 0 TcpMaxDataRetransmissions = 6 DefaultTOSValue = 240

Welcome to the forum! That depends. What is your advertised speed and what are you paying for it? Generally speaking, 4 to 5 Mbps is pretty good, although, 6, 7, and 8 Mbps is getting to be the norm in major metro areas. Then there are the areas like mine where fios (fiber optic system) is becoming available. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15518 Kbps about 15.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1894 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Aug 18 2005 11:19:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 277X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.54 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 257.06 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-E0Q84IOHA

No wonder my pings are so good. I'm only about 20 miles from downtown Dallas.

Where is the testmy.net server??

I can assure you that whatever speed the cable companies are able to squeeze out of that copper wire will be easily topped by Verizon over fiber. Long after the cable companies have eek-ed the last drop of speed out of copper using whatever method they choose, fiber will still be lightyears (pardon the pun) ahead.

When I cut the cable and went to Fios they told me that their engineers were working on an upgrade to compete with Verizon. I think it's going to be a while before they get these kinds of speeds though. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15589 Kbps about 15.6 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1903 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Aug 17 2005 10:48:05 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 278X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.54 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 259.69 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EZUMI5G82

That's nice speed for Comcast. I didn't know they offered anything above 6Mbps.

I'm not a litigious person, but I think I would have moved forward with the malicious prosecution case. I mean, who hasn't been screwed at one time or another by a cable company. She would have surely gotten a sympathetic jury.