1. Win XP SP2
2. SBC Yahoo DSL Downstream: 384Kbps-1.5Mbps Upstream: 128Kbps-384Kbps
3. http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:23da0b8?service=dsl&speed=384&os=winXP&via=normal
4.:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 328 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 40 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Wed Jul 13 16:46:14 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB download in 25.6 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 19.25 % of your hosts average (ameritech.net)
Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FLB6DGX0T
TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 328.58Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 323.04kb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link
Information: The receive buffer should be 173.28 Kbytes to maximize throughput
Log created by AutoCheck.bat on Wed 07/13/2005
Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=45
Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=45
Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=45
Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=45
Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 55ms, Maximum = 57ms, Average = 56ms
Ping Complete.
Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 12 ms 13 ms 13 ms adsl-68-73-15-254.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net [68.73.15.254]
3 13 ms 14 ms 13 ms dist1-vlan60.sfldmi.ameritech.net [67.38.70.242]
4 12 ms 14 ms 13 ms bb2-2-0-2.sfldmi.ameritech.net [67.38.70.66]
5 21 ms 20 ms 21 ms core2-p6-1.crchil.sbcglobal.net [151.164.242.129]
6 21 ms 21 ms 20 ms core1-p8-0.crchil.sbcglobal.net [151.164.188.42]
7 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms bb1-p6-0.chcgil.ameritech.net [151.164.42.184]
8 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms bb2-p5-0.chcgil.ameritech.net [151.164.191.178]
9 21 ms 22 ms 24 ms ex1-p0-0.eqchil.sbcglobal.net [151.164.42.147]
10 23 ms 24 ms 23 ms ge-3-0-1.edge2.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.68.127.225]
11 23 ms 24 ms 24 ms so-1-1-0.bbr1.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.68.124.197]
12 51 ms 51 ms 49 ms as-0-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [209.247.11.22]
13 52 ms 52 ms 50 ms ge-1-1-53.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.70]
14 54 ms 54 ms 53 ms 4.78.220.10
15 58 ms 201 ms 200 ms dist-vlan32.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61]
16 54 ms 54 ms 54 ms dist-vlan41.dsr2-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83]
17 54 ms 53 ms 55 ms gig1-0-2.tp-car9-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.85]
18 55 ms 55 ms 53 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85]
Trace complete.
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10. check, and the results from testmy.net is now...
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 327 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 40 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Wed Jul 13 17:22:45 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB download in 25.6 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 19.19 % of your hosts average (ameritech.net)
Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9YFC32KEL
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Didn't bother with 15 or 16, because I don't know exactly what I am doing and it seems like a lot of work I wouldn't be able to understand
