Gareh

Perth, Western Australia.

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 8247 Kbps about 8.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1007 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 2006 00:29:00 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 147X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.02 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 275.38 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NAEDR938W

Yep. In Australia. Its actually ADSL2+ now. My ISP (iiNet - www.iinet.net.au) has uncapped their service to possible cater up to 24Mbps. I'm about 2.1km away from my exchange so I only manage 14Mbps. Here's a test from here: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 8247 Kbps about 8.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1007 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 2006 00:29:00 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 147X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.02 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 275.38 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NAEDR938W :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 8247 Kbps about 8.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1007 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 2006 00:29:00 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 147X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.02 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 275.38 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NAEDR938W

Wow, just did some tweeking. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 10349 Kbps about 10.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1263 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sat Dec 17 2005 23:27:23 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 185X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.81 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 568.97 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1JZQ9C4IP

My connection is ADSL2+. Although I am about 2.1km away from my exchange I still manage 14Mbps. All that I get from testmy is this, which is pretty good considering I'm in Australia. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5290 Kbps about 5.3 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 646 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sat Dec 17 2005 18:26:41 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 94X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.59 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 243.73 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-GPOFBHI39 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 821 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 100 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Sat Dec 17 18:30:08 UTC+0800 2005 Bottom Line:: 15X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 10.24 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 458.5 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SM0LNIJV4 From a local server *check attachment*

This is my new 12/1 ADSL2 connection.

12/1mbit 20GB peak + 20GB off peak traffic quota for $69.95 AUD per month. Roughly $54 USD.

For anyone who isn't familiar with Australian ADSL plans (most of you, I'd assume!) I now have a service which is advertised as "1.5 Mbit per sec, upto 12 Mbit per sec". My modem syncs at the full 12Mbit rate and on a good local server I download at about 1.3MByte per sec. But to testmy.net I get: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4801 Kbps about 4.8 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 586 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Sep 07 2005 23:23:49 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 86X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.75 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 163.65 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-874HVLF2N :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 832 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 102 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Wed Sep 07 2005 23:30:40 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 15X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 10.04 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 469.86 % faster than the average for host (net.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9DRFZLMXC Not to bad for Australia. Thoughts? Edit: Added upload speed.

As far as I have read with Direcway there is nothing that can be done about the upload speed.

Well, back on the subject... this is my speed from the TestMy.Net servers... This is a TPG 1.5 Mbps/ 256 Kbps connection. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1271 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 155 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Jun 23 2005 19:57:55 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.61 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 24.85 % faster than the average for host (com.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-UDZJT3HL1 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 213 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Jun 23 2005 19:58:44 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 99.07 % faster than the average for host (com.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-KCOH2PI17

How did it figure that my connecion was -163 Kbps? IE: :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: -163 Kbps about -0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: -20 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Jun 15 23:26:21 UTC+0800 2005 Bottom Line:: -3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in -51.2 sec Diagnosis: Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YK9C1UPJW :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 174 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 21 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Jun 15 23:27:16 UTC+0800 2005 Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 48.76 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 62.62 % faster than the average for host (com.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FUSOD8HXA Firefox: :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 213 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Wed Jun 15 2005 23:26:10 GMT+0800 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 99.07 % faster than the average for host (com.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ILQV07D6Z

14mbit downstream/4mbit upstream.

At my school they have two 10mbit pipes. Awesome speed. High school with roughly 900 students, 50 classrooms, with 5 computers in each classroom... Several computer labs. So all in all about 500 computers.

We'll leave that up to CA3LE to decide. I can understand if he doesn't want it here. Althought it would seem redundant, as there's a thread on how to burn copyright DVD's. Same difference. Feel free to delete this post -- if need be, mods. In the meantime, if anyone wants to point me in the right direction PM me. [Edit: typos]

If that's what they're called, then yes. As I said, I'm new to FTP so I don't really know what I'm looking for.

No, I wanted to know if anyone knew of any good FTP servers that had apps, games, movies, music etc.

I'm rather new to FTP so I was wondering if anyone knows of any good FTP sites? Thanks, Gary.

I just used the Royale Blue theme. I love it. Considering my computer is pretty much a Media Centre. Has a remote etc, just not the correct OS! Thanks!

I use DVD Shrink as well. Although if I want to keep the movies quality then I just copy the movie itself, and not all the menus and the special features. Usually when you just copy the movie, you'll have the full quality. Then once you've only got the movie selected in Re-Authoring mode you can go back and select which audio streams you want. So you can take out unwanted subtitles, and different language audio tracks etc.

Yeah. That's the program I use. On my computer for an hour and thirty minute movie takes about 3 hours. From *.avi to *.vob (DVD files). You might have an older computer? I have an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ CPU. Of course the CPU isn't the only thing that makes the process time vary. But it's the main thing.

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 54492 Kbps about 54.5 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 6652 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Thu Apr 21 18:51:28 UTC+0800 2005 Bottom Line:: 973X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.15 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 6251.05 % faster than the average for host (com.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DQKBLGMWZ :haha:

www.dvd-guides.com I've been using this site for a while. It's a great resource for anything DVD. But for your case here's the direct link: http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/52/59/ That guide is for DivX/XviD files, but you still follow the same process even if it's not DivX or XviD. If you run into any problems, post here and let me know. I do a lot of *.avi to DVD.

You are currently using 20 MB (1%) of your 2105 MB.

If you mean to insert the harddrive from the old computer into your new computer with XP already installed on it, then no. That work work. Because when you install XP on a computer it only loads the drivers needed for the specific motherboard and CPU that you're using. So in short, you need to reinstall XP if that's your case. If you want to use the same CD for XP then that will be fine. By law, it's not acceptable but your computer still accepts it. Hope that helped. Gareh

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1303 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 159 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Apr 14 13:22:28 UTC+0800 2005 Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.44 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 52.04 % faster than the average for host (com.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YE4QARU08 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 210 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Thu Apr 14 13:25:09 UTC+0800 2005 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 70.73 % faster than the average for host (com.au) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-OV2S4HI18 ----- Not too bad, eh?