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Here's an update. I contacted my host about the issue and they responded with the following... There still may be a bottleneck in one of the peering connections along your route but I need a traceroute to give to my host so we can hunt the problem down. FYI: I should have at least two more servers by the end of the year. An addition of an East coast and West coast server will give our users more options in cases like yours. We used to offer mirrors but stopped the practice years ago because it was impossible for me to maintain quality control over donated mirrors. I like my test servers to be dedicated to the tests and nothing else. As long as the problem is something within my control or my hosts control I'll see to it that it gets resolved. But if it's one of Comcast's hops then there isn't anything I can do. If you need information on how to run a traceroute see this post >> ---- Thank you for your input, I take things like this very seriously. -Damon

Can you paste me your traceroute? -- make sure your IP isn't shown when you post it. We're in a different datacenter, starting last month. Same provider but now in their Houston center instead of Dallas.

Well, RTB... with you being in the UK, I'd trust your judgement. What setings do YOU use to max out your connection over seas? -D ... 1GB test --- that could happen sooner than you might imagine.

You can always try the software at https://testmy.net/tools/test/pc_speed_test.php -- to tell you the truth it's a third party application that we sell software for. But many people see improvement with it. We've sold thousands of copies and have had absolutely zero negative feedback about it. Scanning for problems with it is free. I can't guarantee that will solve your problem however, the issue may not be with your computer... it could be the modem, a bad cable or a problem with the line on your ISPs end. First thing I usually do to nail the problem down is try another computer on the same network. Do you have any other computers on the network? If yes, are they having the same problem. If no, do you have a laptop or something you can get your hands on to try on your network. Good Luck

Yeah, allot of things are said and done during election time that never come to fruition. I live in Arizona and right now there is all kinds of stuff going on with the Mexico border... I don't think it's a coincidence that a bunch of National Guard troops were deployed to the border right before the primary. Do they think we're stupid. Funny thing is, those troops can't even make any arrests, they still have to defer to the border patrol. So basically they're doing the same exact job that the cameras and spotter planes already do. At least that's what I've taken from the whole situation. ..... Ahhhh, politics. -D

I just contacted my account rep with my host. Depending on the deal we work out it may be up even sooner.

It's most likely because you're in the UK. I should be adding a UK and Asia server by the end of the year. My bandwidth provider has extensive peering to the UK so the tests here will still give you a very good idea what your speeds are to most servers (since many major sites are hosted in the US). When the data has to travel nearly 6000 miles, across the ocean... over about 30 hops (I pulled a trace on your IP) you'll never be able to max out. Unlike some other test sites testmy.net does not rely on donated servers. For quality control I like to maintain everything myself. But because of that fact there is a heavy price that I have to pay to host such servers. I recently upgraded the main server, it's way over powered.. just how I like it. I just need to get the extra money together to pick up a few more servers. I'll most likely be picking up a European server first. My host has a datacenter in London so that's most likely where it will be hosted... I should have that one nailed down in the next 30-60 days, so there's something to look forward to. Keep checking back, once that's up and running it will be very apparent... notices will be shown to all users that can benefit from that server and traffic will eventually be automatically routed to the closest server to the end user.

Wow, Gigabit uplink to the home! Can you please provide a link to where you got this information? The logistics of rolling fiber to every home in Australia would be immense. But yes, it's definitely possible. I've even heard of 10 Gbps, 30 Gbps and 100 Gbps symmetrical fiber... not for residential obviously. Fiber has little limitation because if you hit the limitations of one strand of fiber you just need to add more strands. Here's resource from Feb 2010 that talks about 1Gbps fiber to the home Resource: http://gigaom.com/2010/02/11/so-where-else-in-the-world-can-you-get-1-gbps-to-the-home/ ..... all I know is that I would definitely find a use for that in my home

Note: Linking to speed test sites other than testmy.net is forbidden in this forum. This includes score images and signatures. Posting scores from such sites defeats the purpose of this benchmark. A benchmark is only a benchmark if everyone is scored based on the same criteria. If you post a score from another speed test site... your post will be removed. If you post a link to another speed test site... your post will be removed. If you don't like the tools here, use another site... simple as that. Allowing such links only confuses things. We can only give support and recommendations based on our own benchmark that is run under known conditions. .... for all we know the other test may have the math wrong. You post will no longer be removed for posting speeds from other sites... but realize that TMN is different than other speed tests and we give no support for their results. TMN does not know the validity of any results other than the tests taken at TestMy.net. If you have questions about results that differ from other speed tests or want to know more about why TMN is set apart from the rest read the following topics... Speed Test Legitimacy Why Do My Results Differ From Speedtest.net / Ookla Speed Tests? ... as well as any linked documents within those documents. The truth is... other speed tests may be lying to you!

I like to add a little humor to things -- like "Your line may literally be on fire!!" lol -- I just recently changed some of those quotes.

Gotta love a hot geek. It's like seeing a leprechaun riding a unicorn, rare.

the link to this is https://testmy.net/dl-97&testall=1 -- this was temporarily un-linked for a rebuild

I'd love to figure this out myself. I think you may have the same problem I have, well... kinda. I stream a ton of Media to my PS3, it plays great almost all the time. But sometimes when I pause and come back... ERROR! And sometimes the folders will disappear and I have to restart the media server to get it to work again. I've thought till this point that it was because I was running PS3 Media Server on a Mac (a program that was originally designed for Windows). Now you're making me wonder if I may have discredited the problem too early. If you don't get your answer here can you please let our community know the solution. It may help me and some of our future visitors. - Damon

I pulled your stats... nice connection Kaplay

Welcome to the site... hope you enjoy your stay

Awww, poor guy. The download will get you by but that upload .... .... -- but hey, it's better than dial-up. And if you have DirecWay you must not have many options in your area. DirecWay isn't the best but it's better than most other options if you're in a rural area. It definitely serves a purpose in the market. -D

Happy birthday!

uuuuhh, annoying! I seriously don't know what's causing this. For some reason the new version of IPB has taken liberties outside it's own directory. I mean, I call upon it all over the site but that doesn't mean it should be taking the liberties it's taking. Anyways, I got a temp fix for this... this is a head scratcher and it's stressing me out too much right now. For some reason if you add an ampersand at the end of the URL it works. So future links are now being printed with this for now. I'll figure it out.

Still waiting on this.. they answered another ticket I had, I think they just didn't realize that I opened another one. I just bumped the ticket though. -D

Cool, thanks for helping me remember to do that. Fixed, also updated the menu. resolved, topic closed

I'll correct that in a bit. I turned it off because it had errors. It's resolved i just need to turn it back on when I get to my console. This new theme will work much better. It's a newer version with many fixes, that's why it's the default now. D

By the way... for mobile users the boards are now automatically fomatted for those devices. On my droid it looks awesome, easier to use and navigate. By the way... for mobile users the boards are now automatically fomatted for those devices. On my droid it looks awesome, easier to use and navigate.

I didn't delete those lines on accident, it's all there I've got a ticket in with invision. For some reason with this new board IPB has been trying to handel a couple of things that I don't want it to... like error handeling outside of it's directory, I don't want it to do that. ... Secondly, there is NO error in that link, everything is where it should be but IPB has still taken the liberty to throw an error page up for something outside it's directory. I understand why, IPB is called upon on every page request.... but it should still keep to itself in it's own directory. It did before the upgrade. They'll give me some better insite into what's causing this. This is like the 4th headache with my .htaccess redirects that this new install has given me. I worked around the other ones but this is getting ridiculous, I need a full solution for the entire problem... it's obviously causing problem. The Invision Staff pretty quick to help, I checked the 'critical' button on the ticket... it really is critical, there are tons of links on the internet that reference this. Thanks again for reporting that, I'll let you know once it's resolved. -Damon

Read this... http://www.testmy.net/legit_speed_test.php -- it may provide insite into the variance. Your speeds aren't really that different. And your speeds will be different on any test if your connection is in use... as long as the test you're using actually does what it's supposed to do. Let me know if this helps you understand the difference between testmy.net and other speed test sites. - Damon

I made changes to the .htaccess -- must have removed that line on accident. Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I'm on it.