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There are problems if you upload via FTP. I've also had problems uploading to iDisk.

I agree with that in principle. But when the "system" is operating properly both small and large tests give similar results, browsing and email are snappy. When there are problems at the Gateway the discrepancy between small and large tests become apparent and obvious in painful browsing and email errors. As for dfrag it is an non issue. With GHz CPUs and journaled HDs it is like farting in the wind.

It might be more accurate but does not reflect reality. For browsing and email with typical attachments the smaller tests give "real life" results. If my typical work involves U/Ding several MB at a clip I can see using large files to test. The question here is not whether a Ferrari is faster than a Vespa but rather which can get across town in rush hour faster.

The page will open if you use the WB proxy. It does not appear to be a godaddy site. A "Who is" query for fromthebarrio.com at http://www.gkg.net/whois/ returns: Note that the servers are secureserver.net which are probably blocking WB IPs unless you use the AT&T proxy

Welcome to the forum... If you use the proxy it will connect. I normally do not use the WB proxy and at first your site did not load. I turned the proxy on and connected to the site in ten seconds, took a little longer to complete. I use a Mac and Safari browser so I am not the one to advise on how to turn the proxy on for XP. May be a Windoze user will chime in. Good luck

Do not assume every one has Windoze!

http://www.wildblue.cc/wbforums/showthread.php?t=4290

There are at least three "flavors" of WildBlue. Which one do you have? Run a speed test and post results here.

We can use all the help we can get!

. . . and the speeds for prime time are decent. [value-beam 35] :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 111 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 14 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2007/10/16 - 4:44pm Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 73.14 sec Tested from a 579 kB file and took 42.717 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: 90% + Okay : running at 99.11 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-I1BY52UGM User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/419.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3 [!] :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 581 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 71 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2007/10/16 - 4:45pm Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 14.42 sec Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 14.3 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 43.95 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-HPBKJZSMO User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/419.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3 [!] P.S. I use relatively small files to mirror my real life usage.

More consistent is the term I'd use. Start: 10/16/07 6:39:34 PM PING from: 192.168.2.2 to: 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99) Every 500 mSecs PKT# RESULT TIME(ms) LENGTH Min Avg Max Timestamp 1 success 1215 40 1215 1215 1215 10/16/07 6:39:35 PM 2 success 1309 40 1215 1262 1309 10/16/07 6:39:37 PM 3 success 1165 40 1165 1229 1309 10/16/07 6:39:38 PM 4 success 1222 40 1165 1227 1309 10/16/07 6:39:39 PM 5 success 1490 40 1165 1280 1490 10/16/07 6:39:41 PM 6 success 1196 40 1165 1266 1490 10/16/07 6:39:42 PM 7 success 1169 40 1165 1252 1490 10/16/07 6:39:43 PM 8 success 1212 40 1165 1247 1490 10/16/07 6:39:45 PM Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 8/8/0/0.0 Round Trip Time (ms) min/avg/max = 1165/1247/1490

Well, I guess you are right about that.

They know if you are using a router, its IP and what make it is. From the Current Modem Status portal: CPE MAC CPE IP Manufacturer xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 75.105.xxx.xxx Belkin Corporation

I am on WildBlue Satellite connected with Belkin Wireless-G router F5D7230-4 and have no problems. There are several versions of this router. I have heard that version 7 does not play well with WildBlue. BTW Belkin routers have by default IP 192.168.2.1

From what I've heard, "high pings time" is a new feature.

I must agree with almost everything you said. I'll add that secure connections, both browser and email have gone to the toilet. While the FCC route you describe may have some merit it is a very protracted process. All of us that use Satellite internet, regardless of provider, have one thing in common: we live in the boonies. Small communities. We can turn this handicap to our advantage. Word of mouth in my county is faster than WildBlue. Since I know personally by name more than half of the inhabitants in this county they ALL know how well (or badly) WildBlue is performing. I have been with WB for well over a year and in the beginning I was recommending it to anyone that would listen. I really wanted the company to really succeed. Now I do exactly the opposite.

Current Conditions at NOC Syracuse: Temp: 41 Clouds: Mostly Cloudy Humidity: 73 Wind: 20mph WNW Current Conditions Beam 35 (value pack): Temp: 39 Clouds: Cloudy Humidity: 94 Wind: 2mph WSW :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 131 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 16 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/12/24 - 8:11am Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 64 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 187.401 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 5.65 % faster than the average for host (wildblue.net) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1EA9K3P7J User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/417.9.2 [!] :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 518 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 63 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/12/24 - 8:14am Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 16.25 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 47.29 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 39.42 % of your hosts average (wildblue.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ZIFOPYBM1 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/418 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/417.9.2 [!] Start: 12/24/06 9:17:26 AM PING from: 192.168.2.2 to: 4.2.2.2 (4.2.2.2) Every 1200 mSecs PKT# RESULT TIME(ms) LENGTH Min Avg Max Timestamp 1 success 1250 256 1250 1250 1250 12/24/06 9:17:27 AM 2 success 1164 256 1164 1207 1250 12/24/06 9:17:28 AM 3 success 1194 256 1164 1202 1250 12/24/06 9:17:30 AM 4 success 1157 256 1157 1191 1250 12/24/06 9:17:31 AM 5 success 1174 256 1157 1187 1250 12/24/06 9:17:32 AM 6 success 1106 256 1106 1174 1250 12/24/06 9:17:33 AM 7 success 1122 256 1106 1166 1250 12/24/06 9:17:35 AM 8 success 3655 256 1106 1477 3655 12/24/06 9:17:39 AM 9 success 2476 256 1106 1588 3655 12/24/06 9:17:41 AM 10 success 1145 256 1106 1544 3655 12/24/06 9:17:42 AM 11 success 2421 256 1106 1624 3655 12/24/06 9:17:45 AM 12 success 1133 256 1106 1583 3655 12/24/06 9:17:46 AM 13 success 1116 256 1106 1547 3655 12/24/06 9:17:47 AM 14 success 1133 256 1106 1517 3655 12/24/06 9:17:49 AM 15 success 2689 256 1106 1595 3655 12/24/06 9:17:52 AM 16 success 3729 256 1106 1729 3729 12/24/06 9:17:55 AM Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 16/16/0/0.0 Round Trip Time (ms) min/avg/max = 1106/1729/3729 • Ping Completed 12/24/06 9:17:55 AM •

Thanks Bird Fan. Yes this is what they say. Sorry tommie gorman, my bad I misunderstood.

Posted here: http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-11006.msg193180#msg193180 Download Speed is:: 56 kB/s Upload Speed is:: 16 kB/s

Thanks for the welcome! I've been lurking on this board for some time; been with WildBlue for over a year. First few months were wonderful, even able to use Skype since there are no land lines anywhere near here and no cell towers either. Pings used to average in the low 600 range with no drops. Now: Start: 12/21/06 10:35:15 PM PING from: 192.168.2.2 to: 4.2.2.2 (4.2.2.2) Every 10 mSecs PKT# RESULT TIME(ms) LENGTH Min Avg Max Timestamp 1 success 2372 40 2372 2372 2372 12/21/06 10:35:18 PM 2 success 1164 40 1164 1768 2372 12/21/06 10:35:19 PM 3 success 1246 40 1164 1594 2372 12/21/06 10:35:20 PM 4 success 1178 40 1164 1490 2372 12/21/06 10:35:22 PM 5 success 1197 40 1164 1431 2372 12/21/06 10:35:23 PM 6 failed 12/21/06 10:35:38 PM 7 success 3111 40 1164 1711 3111 12/21/06 10:35:41 PM 8 failed 12/21/06 10:35:56 PM 9 success 1350 40 1164 1659 3111 12/21/06 10:35:58 PM 10 failed 12/21/06 10:36:13 PM 11 failed 12/21/06 10:36:28 PM 12 failed 12/21/06 10:36:43 PM 13 success 1242 40 1164 1607 3111 12/21/06 10:36:44 PM 14 success 1148 40 1148 1556 3111 12/21/06 10:36:45 PM 15 success 2434 40 1148 1644 3111 12/21/06 10:36:48 PM 16 success 9608 40 1148 2368 9608 12/21/06 10:36:58 PM Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 16/11/5/31.2 Round Trip Time (ms) min/avg/max = 1148/2368/9608

Since 11/17/06 the latency (ping time) has more than doubled on WildBlue thereby making "Satellite Broadband" an oxymoron!