AmericasBoyToy

Yup that is exactly what I signed up for!!! Absalutely posatively! So now can you peeps gimme some advice? Or do I not need it?

Okay I called and got another person who said: DL:1500 UL:384

I called and asked them and they pretty much just said it could be up to 1MB or something like that arg hehe and that they stopped advertising it for some reason... yada yada yada the main thing is that is all he said... So there's no way to help me if I don't know that? Pretty much just wanted to make it faster even though I am not sure what I am supposed to have...

My OS: WinXP SP2 Service: McLeodUSA Advertised Speed: They didn't advertise anything at all. So I didn't fill anything out when I was asked the same question on the tweak test. Oh also I didn't know what to put for connection so I just left it as normal. Q's like winpoet etc. Results URL for Tweak Test: http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:3eded85?service=dsl&speed=&os=winXP&via=normal TestMy.net Results: I had clicked on SmarTest for both Download and Upload [FYI] The results for the Upload Test didn't seem to be at average. Eeekerz :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1294 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 158 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jul 25 2005 21:30:12 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.48 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 19.81 % faster than the average for host (mcleodusa.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-U82TPLDFE :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 326 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 40 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jul 25 2005 21:33:48 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 25.6 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 89.32 % of your hosts average (mcleodusa.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EUPCKZRW0 http://nitro.ucsc.edu/ Results: TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 321.66kB/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.27Mb/s Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem Information: The receive buffer should be 137.68 Kbytes to maximize throughput click START to re-test My Tracer(or t which was said on the STICKY post not sure which is right) and Ping Results: The current date is: Mon 07/25/2005 The current time is: 21:38:48.32 Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=51 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=51 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=51 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=51 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 61ms, Maximum = 67ms, Average = 63ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1 2 27 ms 129 ms 67 ms 63-253-34-254.dsl.mcleodusa.net [63.253.34.254] 3 38 ms 37 ms 37 ms DNVTCOUZH00JP01-SO2-1-1-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.13] 4 39 ms 36 ms 37 ms DNVTCOUZH00JC01-SO1-2-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.229] 5 63 ms 62 ms 69 ms DLLSTXHMH04JC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.101.130] 6 67 ms 62 ms 62 ms DLLSTX97HBZJC01-SO0-3-0-0.mcleodusa.net [64.198.100.42] 7 63 ms 64 ms 62 ms eqix.dlfw.twtelecom.net [206.223.118.36] 8 63 ms 62 ms 70 ms core-02-so-1-0-0-0.dlfw.twtelecom.net [66.192.246.52] 9 64 ms 62 ms 62 ms hagg-02-ge-3-3-0-504.dlfw.twtelecom.net [66.192.253.125] 10 66 ms 62 ms 64 ms 168.215.241.150 11 63 ms 64 ms 62 ms dist-vlan32.dsr3-1.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61] 12 63 ms 65 ms 64 ms dist-vlan41.dsr2-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83] 13 63 ms 64 ms 64 ms gig1-0-1.tp-car9-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69] 14 63 ms 64 ms 72 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. -There are no protocols installed under my LAN connection properties -Nothing is checked here: Internet Explorer>>tools>>internet options>>connections>>LAN settings. [FYI I use Firefox as default] -Modem or Router (not sure it says Netopia though) is connected through Ethernet cord. -I run scans for spyware about 3 times a week using Ad-Aware and Spybot - Search & Destroy. I shield myself with Spyware Blaster atleast I think. I am not sure if it is supposed to be running all the time or just a thing you just have work with your explorer her and there. -WinXP SP2 Firewall is which firewall I am using but I think I might re-install ZoneAlarm which I had a while back. -I scan about once a week with AVG Anti-Virus -Up to date with Windows Updates -Used CCleaner once before but didn't really care for it. ~~~Okay I wasn't sure if I was supposed to post ALL of that information. But if any of you think you have an idea of ways to help me that would be great!