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:::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 192 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 23 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/17 - 3:50am Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 44.52 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 63.79488 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 57.38 % faster than the average for host :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1152 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 141 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/17 - 3:51am Bottom Line:: 21X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 7.26 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 21.266 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 97.96 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-H5PXKRBA1 Select Pak Beam 37

I just made the switch from Dway Small Business (with the .98 m dish, static IP and DW6000) to Wildblue Select Pack and so far I am very impressed and pleased with what I got. The installer was very knowledgable regarding all the pitfalls of poor installations I have read about on the forums and did a great job with the install and pointing. I had the Dway Small Business package (1.0 Mbps download/100Kbps upload, 99.99/month with upfront equipment cost of 999.98 back in June of 2005). With Wildblue I got the Select Pack (1.0 Mbps download/200 Kbps upload, 69.99/month with upfront cost of 379.99). I have to use Citrix to access my company's VPN and when you combine the latency of satellite and the slow upload, you spend most of you time waiting for the screen to catch up with you. My latency with my Dway package was an average of about 900 to 1000 ms. With Wildblue it is between 700 to 750 ms consistently. Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [68.142.226.37] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=834ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=867ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=600ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=706ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=628ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=750ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=674ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=760ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=675ms TTL=48 Reply from 68.142.226.37: bytes=32 time=594ms TTL=48 Ping statistics for 68.142.226.37: Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 594ms, Maximum = 867ms, Average = 708ms Why there is a difference, since they both have to hit a satellite 22,000 miles in space, is beyond me, but the lower latency combined with the greater upload has been very noticeable. Although nowhere near what DSL or cable would be, I will take what I can get. Here is my speed from this morning. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 173 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 21 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/06 - 6:09am Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 48.76 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 38.4 % faster than the average for host (wildblue.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4JLRYZ7G8 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1106 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 135 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/06 - 7:39am Bottom Line:: 20X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 7.59 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 93.49 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8XJM2ID91 With Dway I used VanBuren's Cablenut DW6000 tweaks from version 8, which seemed to help. With Wildblue I cleared all tweaks in Cablenut and then loaded the Wildblue optimizer. The only tweak that shows up in Cablenut when the optimizer is loaded is MaxConnectionsPerServer 10 and in the Internet Properties, Connections, Lan Settings, Automatic Configuration both Automatically detect settings and Use Automatic Configuration Script checked. This produced poor results when tested (download around 800 and upload around 75). I unchecked both Internet Properties items, left everything else alone, and now things are smoking. This same scenario played out on both my desktop, and wireless laptop. I will be looking for further tweaks that may help me maximize upload speed and post anything that works.