RobertHeadley

not to mention FIOS, nothing like being compared to a 35mbps connection.

stupid verizon.

You are provisioned at 1.5 and you get 1.49 ? I think you are picking at straws here man.

I am provisioned at 3.0 and get about 2.8 2.7 most times

DSL degrades over distance, so they can't garuntee rates..

Yours is prefect for your provisioning tho.

Problem: Verizon renews DNS every 15 minutes, which the crappy westell modem they gave me couldn't handle, would time out, and I'd lose connection,

Solution: I installed a Linksys router and I have it handle the DNS, no problems since.

Problem: Verizon's DNS servers Died constantly.

Solution: I switched to using OpenDNS (http://www.opendns.org) and no DNS problems since.

I am not saying these aren't the only solutions but they sure helped. Just thought I would share.

all of these are good programs but dont forget Panda software!

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

Now if only I can find something to use that bandwith for.. LOL

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 2522 Kbps about 2.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 308 kB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Tue Mar 29 2005 02:32:29 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time)

Bottom Line:: 45X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.32 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 156.82 % faster than the average for host (dsl-verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-IBH2FJWS3

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 483 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 59 kB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Tue Mar 29 2005 02:33:59 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time)

Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 17.36 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 125.7 % faster than the average for host (dsl-verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8JRCW547N

http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:484e636?service=dsl&speed=3000&os=winXP&via=normal

Thanks, a bit of an improvement, I imagine.

Connection is:: 2447 Kbps about 2.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 299 kB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Tue Mar 29 2005 01:11:32 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time) 

Bottom Line:: 44X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.42 sec 

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 149.44 % faster than the average for host (dsl-verizon.net) 

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-MGOJP6Q4B

I definetly get Good speed and if this is all I can get, I would certainly be happy with this, but I would like to squeez the extra juice out if possible.

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 483 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 59 kB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Tue Mar 29 2005 01:19:33 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time)

Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 17.36 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 125.7 % faster than the average for host (dsl-verizon.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8C5R2W17X

http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:96c416?service=dsl&speed=3000&os=winXP&via=normal

I seem to remember a program that could test and then tweak without having to manually enter settings, but i can't seem to find it, I would appreciate any help someone could offer. Thanks.