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Wow, good deal for $30... Charter hooks it up!

I'm testing well on LTE

Welcome Robin! Glad to see you're able to post. ... I learned from our conversation that Robin's 'critters' are things like a lamb and a mountain lion. She's also a welder and comfortable working with heavy machinery. Very cool, she'll fit in around here.

Windows Media Center shouldn't have anything to do with that software. They're totally separate. If there is a problem with that software I'd like to know... but I'm not the author. I just refer people to their software. I have a similar offer for Mac users. Both vendors have an easy and helpful process for issues. PC Speed Up Support Ticket and MacKeeper contact and support (for Mac users) -- if PC Speed Up finds that their software is at fault (maybe it made a mistake in optimizing the registry) please let me know so I can talk to them about it and make sure it's not an issue for my users going forward. By the way ... both software vendors I'm using right now have zero complaints from my users over the course of years of referrals. Let me know if you're unhappy with it, I need to know that stuff.

No problem... I love building this and that so many people find it useful. It may have been a weird glitch in the browser that caused the client-side javascript to lag... resulting in the time being started late... resulting in an inflated score. I put a comments in the results program detailing a method I think I could use to make sure it never happens again. I'll work it in later, as you can see by your other results it's an infrequent occurrence. ...I'd bet money that it was a client-side browser hiccup. But I think that I can detect it, in a fairly simple way... ...if I can detect it, I can calculate it out or start a new test. Thanks for letting me know, you really help by reporting things like that.

First, what's your connection speed supposed to be?

Hey, sorry for the delayed response. I'm deep in development. I can't wait to show you guys the new utility I've been building. The amount of useful network information it will provide is INSANE. It will be released to my beta users first. If you haven't already sign up for that... I'll update the beta users group and email them when I make an announcement. It's automated, you tell the server to inspect the IP and it builds you a report while you do other stuff. It then emails you the report and flashes notification that it's complete on TestMy.net. ... the reports are very deep and detailed. It's going to blow your minds. ...seriously powerful tool. It's going to make the Internet better. Anyway, on to your topic. Yeah, it happens. I try my hardest to detect that and throw you a new test... if you tell me exactly what you did when you started the test it might help me program a fix for that situation. It could be that the browser glitched, but I might be able to detect it on my end if that's the case... I just need to know how it glitched. Did you go back in the browser? Did you request the page differently other than clicking the links on the page? I removed the result, you can also do this yourself by clicking the X next to the result. I noticed there was a bug, I had a conflict but I fixed that button. It now also removes the result from all the databases... not just the main user DB. I was doing a trial on the delete button and it seems that the results being removed are genuine so I'm going to allow that function to delete from all the databases. I'm also going to give you multi selection options and the ability to organize your results, in my next major database upgrade.

You're seeing the peaks but are you taking the valleys into account? btw... I'm working on TiP for the upload test which will show greater detail of what's happening during the test.

I get this one often... I think that people research the attacker and end up finding information I have listed, then they use my contact form for some reason. Maybe they think I'm the ISP. All I know is that lots of people send me emails like the following. Hi Adi, You've probably mistaken the tool that's helping you research your attacker for the attacker. I run TestMy.net and have no connection to that IP address, other than providing information about who they are. You probably were researching the IP and found information like... Research IP 221.15.163.82 Good luck tracking them down. I have to deal with hackers like that on a daily basis, I know your pain. Your attacker is from China, your best to find a way to block the attack; if you have a hard time contact your ISP. Contacting the attackers ISP in China (or Russia) is usually hopeless. Which is dumb because it degrades their network as much as yours... attacks usually take bandwidth, the Chinese and Russians weaken their own networks by not working with us. Probably about 90% of attacks on my servers come out of China or Russia. It's not because the Chinese and Russians are out to get us... the hackers are often in different countries tunneling in. Those countries just don't seem to care if their computers attack Western computers and networks, they don't do much to stop it. If you're getting DDoS attacked your host may be able to filter your traffic through something like Cisco Guard. I've had my host do that a few times for me, it does a great job. It allows good traffic to continue flowing while stopping the attack. Last time I had it enabled it was blocking a little aggressively and denied some genuine traffic. But it still helped to mitigate the situation. Your host should provide this for you free of charge. Stopping attacks like this makes their networks faster and better... they need to help you stop it, the data is flowing through the network you essentially rent from them. --- if your host won't help, find a new host. - Kind Regards, - Damon

Hi Angela, Usually you have to query the Connection ID separately to look at the results you took when you weren't logged in. Having said that... I added a feature for you. By default it will now include the tests taken on the same connection. It will highlight the result yellow if it's not logged by username. (see the screenshot) You can also toggle the feature on and off below the results list. (see the other screenshot) Hope this helps. Please note that only works on the connection that you're using, if you share the page others can still only see the results logged by username. If your IP changes those results will remain but may be lost unless you know the ID. My next database upgrade will track your IP changes so after that you won't have to worry. Until then, stay signed in and you'll easily track your results. Thanks for the suggestion, please let me know what you think. - Damon - TestMy.net

Are you seeing much quicker response time? You should also go into the router and change the DNS. Then other machines on the network that resolve DNS to the router will resolve to the DNS you want. You can then enter the DNS in your computer as the router address... and when you change it on the router the setting is global for your network, not just the one computer. Here's in my Netgear N600 Usually your routers http server can be found at http://192.168.1.1 (other common addresses are 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.100) Under the basic settings You're right, faster DNS speeds up the lookup of domain names, quickens response time... doesn't make your internet speed faster but it can make it snappier between clicks. I'll give the google DNS a try... the ones I have entered are for Cox and are very nice already. Let's see if I can see a difference.

Update on Donald's results. 6 hours right now. up to ~ 5x slower in the valleys than the peaks. That's significant for sure.

Hi Charles Norris, can I call you Chuck... just kidding. I bet you get that a lot. Or maybe you are THE Chuck Norris, I don't know. So, when it comes to size larger is always better when it comes to testing Internet speed. The size that's right for your connection will be different from the size that's right for my connection. If you send me a the link for your results I can give you an idea of what a good size is for your connection. TestMy.net also makes suggestions. On the upload and download test pages you'll see an 'express' button. Express sizes the download based on your previous results. It usually does a good job of picking a good size without going overboard with the size.... you want it large, but not so large it's going to waste your afternoon. If you look at my screenshot you'll see the button. For me it's suggesting 44MB, which fluctuates as tests are performed. The button on the homepage that says "Test My Speed" (now says "Test My Internet") also uses the express feature when applicable. Although it tests both upload and download... in my opinion you only usually need to test download speed. I hope this helps and I hope you like what I've built. Please take the time to help me spread the word if you like what you see. - Happy Testing! - Damon Mueller - TestMy.net

Hi Alvin, If you go to "Your Results" below the graph is a link that says "Export". Click that and TestMy.net will output a .csv file that can be read by spreadsheet and database programs like excel, access, mysql, etc.. it can also be read by any simple text editor. For your convince the links above will get you to what they describe future readers of this, only my results will work for you. Attached is a screenshot of my "Your Results" page with the link highlighted. The export link follows the query, so if you query a specific period of time for instance it will only export those results that were shown. Exporting is cool if you want to play with graphing the information yourself. But the results saved to my databases aren't going anywhere and it's pretty easy to query and graph the information within the site... if you wanted to export to share your results, you could alternately share the query. You'll also see share links in the same area as export as long as you have a browser that supports flash (no longer necessary). You can share the URL from the address bar on "Your Results" but if you modify the query in any way you need to use the "Share This Query" button as also seen in the screenshot. Another screenshot shows the detailed list below the graph. If you want to share a single score click 'share' on the right. If you want to share two, simply copy the Test ID of one of the results then click 'share' on the other... paste the score you copied and submit and you'll be shown options for two combined. ... You know what... here's a little video I put together to show you. My family is sleeping, it's only 6:30 here is Arizona right now, so just pretend that I narrated it. haha ... if you turn the sound up you can hear pandora playing in the background. TMN is an independent one man operation and 100% word-of-mouth. I hope you like what I've built and share it with your friends. - Kind Regards, - Damon - TestMy.net

Hi Joe, I've never personally had a Satellite connection to test on... but the principals are the same for any connection type. Data is sent or received, I time it and calculate the speed... many ISPs no longer like my results, I tell consumers the truth. Over the years I've got feedback from literally thousands of satellite users. They ALWAYS tell me just the opposite. They say it's the only truly reliable way to test. The veteran users of Wildblue World and the admin of xplornetsucks.com swear by it... Accurate Speeds Or Speed Test Error? (search their forums... hundreds of examples of Wildblue users testing with TestMy.net) Use Testmy.net or else!! NO MORE speedtest.net posts will be allowed!!! (Xplornet is another satellite ISP, this forum is made by and for it's frustrated users) I don't know these guys. But they are satellite experts and use TMN over the other options out there. Also, if TMN was inaccurate on Satellite then why does ViaSat want me to design something to display their average speed on their website? (added: this is now available on the share tab for all the ISPs, cities and countries listed in the speed test database) If you research deep enough in my forums you'll see numerous accounts of Wildblue sending their customers to TestMy.net so I don't know why they would tell you that. Maybe now they've joined the bandwagon and are hosting their own BS test. Trust me, get network monitoring software that graphs your throughput and compare TestMy.net to others... You'll realize quickly that Wildblue is full of sh!t. You can trust them or you can trust the findings of an independent third party that's been testing connections for over 17 years. My results and methods are time tested and proven. Thank you for visiting, I hope you like what I've built. It's a labor of love... please help by spreading the word. TestMy.net is word-of-mouth. And if you spot inaccuracy in my results, I'd love to hear about it. - Damon - TestMy.net P.S. Thank you for the feedback. I need to know this stuff. I can add them to a long list of ISPs who tell that to their customers. It's not true.

Hi Mike, Check out https://testmy.net/make-a-speed-test -- start the process and I'd love to get a custom test setup for you. - Damon - TestMy.net Oh, Sorry Mark, I misunderstood. I woke up at like 4:30, I answered your email half a sleep and went back to bed. Haha. That's the kind of dedication I have to my website. I had 4 people ask me for speed tests yesterday and I guess I half read your message and assumed that was what you wanted. Oops, sorry. I'm always interested when people ask me this question. About 6 months ago I had a serious offer. Whoever it was had his broker call me, I guess the guy buys a lot of sites. I declined, they forgot a zero. My site is worth much more to me than money. It would take a very serious offer to peak my interest. 8 figures, that would make me sleep on it. You might not think that's worth it... I don't care because I'm not selling it anyway. It's a strong growing market that I'm growing in. I believe very strongly in what I've built and I think it's only a matter of time before more people realize. For me to not see this to the end... it would be expensive for whoever was interested. But that's because I know what I'm sitting on and I'm patient enough to wait. -- there is no other site that does what mine does, using only native browser technology. I also offer logging and auto testing functions that nobody has. It's only a matter of time before more people realize that I'm here. Watch, wait and see. I appreciate your interest, shows me I'm on the right track, Cheers, - Damon Mueller - TestMy.net Hi again Mark, I want it to be out of peoples price range because I don't want to sell it. I've been actually getting a lot of emails asking the same thing. Here's one that just came in a couple hours ago. "One of our TOP clients expressed interest in making an offer on buying your website business testmy.net. He would like to know more details (upon a signed NDA if you require) and if all things are fine and we come to an agreement as far as pricing, we could close a deal." I'm happy that people are interested, like I said, it shows I'm on the right track. But I just don't see myself selling it, I've really poured myself into TMN so much that selling it is like selling myself. So even when it's worth the figures I would want right now... I'll just change the price to something else that nobody would pay. Haha. I sabotage the possibility of selling it on purpose. Now when I feel like I've finished... I might want to sell it. Although I'm starting to feel like I can't finish it, there is always more I can do. As for the "make a speed test". This is brand new, right now the mirrors function as my own mirrors do. The host sets up TestMy.net on their server, TMN and the host server work together to provide the speed test. TMN takes care of the heavy lifting like usernames, logging, results processing, statistics... the host server runs a controller that TMN calls upon, drawing off the host resources. This allows people to setup their own private speed test servers with minimal requirements on the host end. --- later I'll offer ways to better integrate the service into websites. Here's an example from a German website Thanks again for the interest, keep visiting! - Damon

Hi, Want to know the way I do it? I don't delete anything, I change the query date range. This way you can look back at those old results. On "Your Results" you will see an 'update' button, next to that is the date range. Enter the number of days you'd like to go back and the date, it will remember your choice later. Another thing you can do is add an extra identifier. Before the test, select an extra id, there are drop down boxes near the testing links around the site. You can then modify your query to show only those results. Play around with the ways to narrow your query within "Your Results" page. Having said that... I'm going to have an option to reset all results and select multiple results for deletion. New concepts will include an undo option for anything deleted along with more ways to organize and sort your test results. If you want to get these features before the general public please signup for the new beta program. They should be released within the next couple of months. If you like what I've built, please spread the word. - Cheers, - Damon This is slated for the next version. But you can always contact me and I'll reset it for you. - Damon

Hi Chris, I'd be happy to help. Free to you and your users, I'll even set the server up for you if you need me to. Everything I offer is free... you're promoting my service. Go to https://testmy.net/make-a-speed-test to start the process. Email me back the server details and I'll get you a test server online that works exactly like TestMy.net... it just uses your resources. I run the same exact build on my own mirrors. I have an update coming out in a few days so as soon as we get you online we'll need to update the core. This is brand new, there are lots more in store over the next few months. I'm beta testing a brand new mobile GUI. Go to the homepage, scroll to the bottom and click 'mobile optimized' ... it works great in all resolutions and uses the same core as the full version. When I'm finished I'll flip the switch so that it defaults to that GUI for mobile devices automatically. (released and done long ago) I've done it in the past but this version is VERY adaptive. Pages morph automatically to fit the situation. I definitely have the most compatible speed test, by far. Hit me back when you're ready, I look forward to getting you going. - Damon - TestMy.net

Hi Ken, I have users that regularly pull over 600 Mbps (>70 MB/s). My servers are ALL very well connected with at least 1000 Mbps symmetrical. My main server has dual symetrical 1000 Mbps connections connected into Softlayer's multi-homed network >> http://www.softlayer.com/about/network/carriers. I'm in all of their datacenters. I've got a lot of bandwidth to back up my application, before anything... I make sure that my bandwidth is premium for my users. It's a bandwdith testing application, to be real.. it has to be on the best connected networks. Research my host and you'll find that I'm very well connected and peered. ... My main server is also very powerful with SSD RAID5 and 24 cores. Overpowering my end means that when you test you're guaranteed a private core, memory and plenty of bandwidth on tap. I'm running at a small fraction of my servers potential... and then I have 5 other servers on top of that to choose from. All dedicated to the task of speed testing. https://testmy.net/mirror -- 10 more mirrors hosted by other people too (new project, offering it up to anyone with a web server, you should host one at your school if you can). https://testmy.net/make-a-speed-test I suggest testing to some of the mirrors to see if there may be a routing issue. If you get limited speeds similar on most servers you might want to look into the problem locally. Either on the client machine or network. Often tweaking TCP settings can improve connections that fast. For Windows, which is the worst culprit, search for TCP optimizer from speedguide.net (I think it's) https://speedguide.net/downloads.php. For other OS search google for gigabit TCP tweaks for your specific OS. Note that TestMy.net is sensitive to many issues that other speed tests don't detect. It's purposely designed to be a hard test to ace... try to score as high as you can, then compare your subsequent results to your own average, highs and lows. Don't expect to pull your full speed on every connection type you test with... especially gigabit and faster. I can't... but the tools still makes the health of your connection very obvious in my opinion. TestMy.net is more than just an Internet speed test. I've seen first hand where it scored my girlfriends macbook under 20 Mbps on a 50 Mbps connection... I swapped her hard drive for an SSD and upon reboot her TestMy.net score maxed out my connection. I purposely tested around to prove a point. No other speed test picked up on it... even though my download and Internet surfing performance were obviously degraded. I wrote every line of code and I don't even know what truly makes my test different, it just is. Some known differences between how I do it and how my leading competitors do it are touched on at https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/28902-why-do-my-results-differ-from-speedtestnet-ookla-speed-tests/. If you like my life's work, please share it... it's totally word-of-mouth. - Damon

When you come back to your computer is the window blank or does it still show TestMy.net? What browser are you using? - Damon It re-tests for me every time... in any browser. The browser command that's being executed is one of the most basic, failsafe methods. I haven't ever seen it fail. Maybe you have a browser add-on, internet security software or changed a setting that would disallow this method. I can see how some internet security programs might think that's malicious... but obviously in this case you want it to refresh the content. Try disabling any software that your connection may be routed through or adding TestMy.net to any whitelists. ... TMN has been a very safe, trusted resource since I started it so you can trust me on your whitelist. - Kind Regards, hopefully that helps, - Damon - TestMy.net Hey Paul, You can still browse the Internet. Just have the Auto test running in a different window... some people even load up a different browser so they don't accidentally close it. You should be able to browse within TestMy.net inside the auto test, but I don't... I'll open a new tab or browser windows personally. I just ran an auto test, browsed around the forum for a little bit, flagged some spammers... and then just now it re-tested. As long as you can see the banner at the top that says "This test will automatically... blah blah blah" it should retest every time for you. If you encounter a link that opens on top of that banner please let me know, it shouldn't do that. ... I recommend starting it in a different window, off to the side if your screen resolution allows... then if you see it retest while you're on the Internet, just wait a second until the results come up... then get back to what you were doing. I personally run it when I'm away, I start it and sleep my monitor. As long as your computer and network card aren't set to sleep... it will work every time. Every time I've seen it not refresh it was because the computer or NIC fell asleep. Let me know if you find the issue, - Damon I don't have an option to select more that one... But that will be in the next version. You can modify the date and days to only show the most recent. That's how I've always done it. - Damon

Hi Leila, Thank you, I try to build something that helps consumers. I've got so much information logged about connection speed and I've only scratched the surface of ways to present that information in useful ways. Very soon I'm going to aggregate providers for each location. Example, say you live in Phoenix, AZ United States. You look at the Phoenix database and instantly it will pull the names of all the providers found in the Phoenix database... it will then calculate the averages, maximums and minimums for each one and rank them the way you want. Hopefully armed with that information a lot of people can get help to find the most reliable providers in their area. Like I said, the information is there... I just need to present it better. ... I know this, but I'm also one person trying to pull this all off so I really have to manage my time and build in stages. It all takes immense amounts of time and dedication. Luckily I'm very patient. Ultimately my site is aimed at helping consumers, I hope you stick around to watch it develop because I'm just getting started. Please tell your friends, TestMy.net is word-of-mouth. Let me know where you live and I'll provide some examples in my database that might help you find a good provider in the area. ... I might even know off the top of my head depending on the area. - Kind Regards, - Damon Mueller - TestMy.net ______ Damon's response today ______ Hi Leila, I just wanted to let you know that there was a speed test database update that might help you with the information you were after when you emailed me in late May. Search for a provider and it ranks the members on that provider. Search for a city or country and it ranks the users and the ISPs in the area. All data is rendered live. Enjoy! I appreciate the feedback, - Damon TestMy.net P.S. Screenshot I forgot to attach. By the way, you must be signed in to see the ranking... -D

Hi Alex, Distance will not be an issue if your provider is delivering. GB to NL isn't that far, if your provider and the people they peer with were delivering... you'd be able to easily pull your speeds at that distance. I have connections that I pull hundreds of Mbps from at distances of thousands of miles. TestMy.net uncovers issues that other speed tests fail to detect. It could be your TCP settings effecting performance. It could be poor routing or it could be that your ISP is pulling a fast one.. shaping the way you can draw your bandwidth. LOTS of people are contacting me telling me that this is happening to them. TMN is purposely designed to render as normal content would which makes it in tune with many issues that go undetected otherwise. Before you're so quick to judge you might want to read this post one of my members wrote, just last night. https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/30731-multithread/?p=339762 -- He's an aerospace engineer with a lot of experience with bandwidth. His independent findings as well as others backup my claims. That's coming from someone who's pulling over 600 Mbps frequently using the same exact test you used... it's not my test, it's not my bandwidth. Other speed tests are wrong more often than not. Believe the numbers you want to believe but before you rush to judgement you might want to put a meter on your line and compare. TestMy.net is right on the money every time. Other tests myself and others compare to don't line up and obviously aren't taking the entire test into consideration. They also often don't use enough test information to be accurate so results can be inflated from bursting. Another way you can achieve higher speeds is by multithreading. If you go to https://testmy.net/mirror you'll see information on it and a link to toggle it on and off. Currently however I haven't expanded this to my servers outside of the US. The way it's setup now you'll be pulling resources from all my servers in the US at the same time. By opening more threads you may be able to pull more speed, even given the distance. The resulting score will represent your speed not just to one location... but across the entire US. Multithreading is not my default option because enabling it can mask issues that only testing a single thread will pickup on. Again, this is what makes my site different. Other sites are simply trying to max out your connection. There is more to it than that. The truth is, if your connection is running correctly and your ISP isn't shaping your bandwidth... you should be able to max a single thread. ... personally, I have the same issue on my home connection as you might. I can't come close to my speeds in a single thread, multithread opens me up an extra 30Mbps. Using the multithread speed test on my connection more accurately depicts the capability but the question remains, why can I only do that when I open more threads? If there was an issue with the test or servers myself (on other connections I have) and other users wouldn't be able to pull many 100's of Mbps. ISPs are starting to heavily shape the way you can draw your bandwidth. Often limiting single thread transactions. Other speed tests fail to pick up on this... maybe they design it that way on purpose because that's who the ISPs use. ... Ookla brand speed tests in particular are BS. They ignore part of the transfer and omit a portion of the data, the result is an inflated score. Read more - That information comes from their OWN admission printed in their own wiki. Dude, you have to admit to me... if the results are adjusted, it nullifies the result. You can't trust something that makes adjustments for a number that's variable. ... Say that your connection dips for part of the test. Chances are, it won't be accounted for in the final result. You're testing to know that information and they're hiding it from you. TMN accounts for EVERYTHING that happens during the test. If you look at the TiP details on my results you'll see how much simply looking at different parts of the data can effect the result. Look at 'middle average', that's removing the first and last reading... Not only does ookla/speedtest.net ignore the start and finish, they remove the worst portion of your results before calculation. Flash speed tests have been proven inaccurate by MANY people much smarter than I am. I've also been told that ISPs that opt in can actually make adjustments to how much of the results are dropped off. HAHA, sounds like fraud to me. Letting ISPs basically make their own results. BAH! How they sleep at night escapes me. Keep this in mind too... I was building my test nearly 10 years before ookla released their first test. Believe who you want to... my program is just calling it how it sees it. Other people in GB are able to pull well over 100 Mbps... even out to my US servers --- https://testmy.net/country/gb/max --- your connection just isn't delivering like you thought it was. The truth hurts sometimes but when you searched for a speed test I don't think you were looking for someone to pull wool over your eyes... you were looking for a test. If you don't believe my results, use the other guys test with results designed to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Thanks for visiting, I hope that I've helped shed some light and that you'll trust and continue to use my service. If I opened your eyes to anything, please help me spread the word. I'm trying my hardest to get this information to people but I'm only one person. - Cheers and Kind Regards, - Damon Mueller

Hi Aaron, This is a question that would be best answered by the TestMy.net Forum. Post up your question and myself and other TestMy.net members will try to help you. Having it as a topic in the forum might help someone else in your situation later. When you post your question be specific about your device, operating system, provider.. the plan you have. More details from you = better help from us. I look forward to helping you get more out of your connection. Don't forget to tell your friends about my site, it's word-of-mouth. - Damon Ouch, that has a proprietary operating system doesn't it? Do you have access to any apps like android or iOS does? If you had an Android or iOS device I'd recommend Chrome. I don't think you can put that on your phone however. I think that you might be stuck with Opera Mini. Having said that, your speeds are super terrible. Sprint doesn't have a very fast network to begin with. Out of the large providers, they rank the lowest. But really, if your speeds stay around the 5/2 range like you said, you should have a comfortable Internet experience. If your having problems with the test completing sometimes then you might have coverage issues. Some providers perform better in some areas, you might want to see who your friends and neighbors in the area use. I had Sprint years ago and when I moved once I had to switch providers because my signal was so bad in my new area. It worked fine before I moved but my new hours just sucked for Sprint. I switched to Verizon and problem solved. I get over 30 Mbps on my iPhone using Verizon LTE in good areas. At my house it gets around 10-20 Mbps. Sprint is capable of the same thing but their networks are more congested because they're unlimited... providers that have bandwidth caps have cleaner, faster networks because users are more likely to get on WiFi when they can to save bandwidth and money. Wireless providers are highly variable... in terms of you trying to get more out of that, on your cell phone.... I think that you might already be pushing it's capabilities. If you have a choice in the matter, next time get a phone that has a more open platform that allows for more expansion. Android or Apple iOS are always your best bet. The popularity of the operating systems on those devices means that they'll continue to grow, MANY more developers for those devices means more options with software and support. Personally I would stay FAR away from windows phones and phones running proprietary operating systems. If you're within your return policy, take it back and get an Android phone. You'll thank me later. Good Luck, hope your speeds improve, - Damon Mueller - TestMy.net

Hi Matt, Thanks for visiting. Have you tried the speed test server in Singapore? I know that's still a little ways away but I've seen people in AU pulling decent speeds from there. I'm sure I'll have a server there soon. It's only been a few months since I released the program to anyone who has a server and servers are already popping up all over the place. If you have a webserver in AU or know of someone who does you can easily setup a mirror of your own. You can have it privately for your own use or share it with others. It will work great even with a simple VPS server. Just go to https://testmy.net/make-a-speed-test -- contact me after you've started the process and you can have your own server running in no time. If you decide to do that it will be at least a week before I can finish the setup on my end, I'm leaving for Monument Colorado in the morning to take some much needed time off. I appreciate the support. If you like what I've built, my labor of love, please spread the word. TestMy.net is word-of-mouth and I rely on my visitors to keep it going. Kind Regards & Happy Testing! - Damon Mueller - TestMy.net Hi again Matt, Thanks for the congratulations. I also forgot to say your welcome in my previous email. I've been building my site since I was 16 years old... I'm 31 now. It means a lot to me when people give me positive feedback. Makes the countless nights of programming worth it when I know it's helping people. Feedback keeps me pushing to build a better, more powerful system. 50-100 /megabit, geeze! Bandwidth is definitely expensive in Australia. South Africa is another place that's really expensive. A dedicated box isn't necessary though. Of course it would be better but to tell you the truth even my own mirrors are single core VPS with only 1GB RAM. (my home server however is a very powerful dual hex core xeon, 24 processing threads, 16GB RAM and RAID 5 SSD... but that server has a TON of database work it does constantly and it also handles a large majority of the testing). I've developed the program to require minimal resources. My main server does most of the heavy lifting and what resides on your server is a lightweight controller. My mirrors average 0.00 load despite heavy use... it's so stable that I've had servers with indefinite up times. Most of my servers I have on right now have never been rebooted because all they run is my program.. it's super stable and doesn't require much to do the job right. The most important factor is the uplink. 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps uplink is recommended. Hopefully linking into a provider with at least 1x10G. Also, if you have an option to do so... pick the fastest hard drive solution available. If you have SAS available, go with that. As for the amount of space, it's minimal, 25GB SAS is what I have on my own VPS mirrors. Hard drive performance can impact the results at REALLY high speeds, so heads up. It would be really cool to have an Aussie server available for my users. The amount of bandwidth drawn depends on how many people like the server. Over time as more people realize that there is an AU server you'd get more and more traffic to it. Most people will still use my servers however so I wouldn't expect more than 1-10GB/day of transfer. If bandwidth is an issue the mirror can be made private, a cap can be set or you can turn it off on your end or by emailing me any time. So far, everyone who's had concerns about that hasn't had an issue. Hosting a mirror can help drive traffic to your site too. Especially once I pull the program out of beta and make it more known that the mirrors exist Bandwidth will go up a little once I make them more known too... but so will your link exposure. On the results page and test page there is a link to your site and clicks from that could result in conversions for your business. It will at the very least drive a little traffic. By the way, this is completely free to you and your visitors... just like everything I offer. In the future you'll also be able to co-brand it with your logo, modify the layout to resemble your site and call upon the program within your site. I've barely scratched the surface of my plans with that branch of my site. What I have released right now is just a proof of concept and starting point for a much larger concept. I hope you stick around and watch it develop over time. Let me know when you're ready. And don't you worry, I'll have a great break! Feel free to email me even though I'm away... I can still help you and answer any questions. I'll probably have some downtime while I'm there and it only takes me a few minutes to set that up for you once you're got your end finished. It will only have to wait if you're having issues setting it up. Cheers, - Damon P.S. By the way, have you tried the multithread speed test I offer? I was just looking over some speeds in AU and saw some people with some really good scores using that method. When you use the multithread test it pulls the information from all of my US servers simultaneously .. so the resulting score is very comprehensive. You might want to try that. Turn this feature on and off by visiting >> https://testmy.net/multithread ... I just created this a couple weeks ago so it's not well known yet. TestMy.net is the only speed test that's able to test from multiple locales at the same time. In the near future I'll expand this to all my mirrors (done) and give users the option to test from their own selection of servers. You'll be able to test pulling data from all of my servers world-wide at the same time if you want to... giving you a resulting score that represents your Internet speed across the globe. Pretty cool huh? Personally, when I turn on multithread I'm able to pull up to 30Mbps of extra speed, due to the fact that my provider to at my home is limiting single thread transactions. Lots of ISPs are doing that. Another thing that TMN is able to pick up on that other speed tests don't notice. The classic method is also able to passively detect more issues that can slow you down. So it's not a replacement to my normal test... it's just a different way to render the data. Thought I'd let you know about that, - Damon Australia Speed Test

Hey Mike, I've had suggestions before about reporting if the connection is lost but not the threshold idea. I like that. I'm going to work something into my system for you. I'll add that to my next update of the auto speed test. (which will also have recovery and reporting if the connection fails) Sorry, no ETA, I've got a lot on my plate and I'm only one person trying to write a million lines of code. But I've already worked it out in my head how I can easily add that option... it's seriously almost written, I've got your idea mapped I just need to type it out. Once I get to the auto test on my to-do list I'll make sure that's included. Look for this in the near future, I'll email you when it's ready to use. I appreciate the great idea, suggestions from people like yourself have helped me build TMN over the years. Don't hesitate to email me more suggestions, if they fit, I'll add them. I'm very quick to adopt great suggestions from my users. Help spread the word, TMN is word of mouth and I rely on my happy users to tell people. I feel that not advertising keeps me on my toes, if I don't release a great product... nobody will share it. So I'm always working to make it better for you. ... heads up, I haven't even scratched the surface of the vision I have for TMN. Much more to come. - Kind Regards, - Damon - TestMy.net I'll email you when I have something.