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You're all so tall!  I'm 5'5" and I'm a 16 year old male.  : (

Wee I'm so happy.  I just woke up and the first thing I do is run a download test.  I haven't even called my ISP yet, and here are my results!

BEFORE (at the time of my first post)

80 kB/s

NOW

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

Download Connection is:: 1332 Kbps about 1.33 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Download Speed is:: 163 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/07/05 - 1:02pm

Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.28 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 18.406 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 65.91 % of your hosts average (pacbell.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6ZHK2WXBJ

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; InfoPath.1)

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

Upload Connection is:: 339 Kbps about 0.34 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 41 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/07/05 - 1:05pm

Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 24.98 sec

Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 72.26976 seconds to complete

Upload Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 7.62 % faster than the average for host (pacbell.net)

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BTE58Q36K

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; InfoPath.1)

I guess it got fixed by itself.  : )

EDIT:

And yes I did clear the cache and all.  My dl speeds have increased dramatically, but it is jumpy still... After completing over 5 tests, I noticed that it can range from 155-170 kB/s.  I guess I still have to let it settle?

I'm happy still. 

The conversion calculator on this site can be very helpful too  : )

Wow nice!  Can I have one too? (PM)  Thanks

Before I upgraded, I had the Basic package with advertised speeds of 384/384.  Some of you may have not heard of this package before since it is a "grand-daddy" package and it is no longer offered.  I was paying $26.99 a month for this and have been using it for about 2.5 years.

Clearly I have paying too much for such a speed so I decided to call SBC.  I was advised to upgrade online at www.att.com/upgrade.  I chose the lowest package that is offered right now -- the Express package with advertised speeds of 1.5 dl / 384 ul.  It's a promotion called the "loyal customer upgrade"?

Anyway it has been 4 days since I upgraded and I am only receiving 81 kB/s download.  My  upload seems about right at 40 kB/s.  I'm not even getting half of the advertised max!  However I do realize that this falls in the 384 - 1.5 DL range.  Upsetting...

BUT here's something that confuses me.  I go to http://192.168.0.1/

and it shows that I am ONLY connected at 768 Kbps (downstream)!!  If I dl at 81 kB/s, it seems allright if my max really is 768 Kbps!  Can somebody help me?  Much appreciated.