JoeOtto

You could always use the Seattle mirror on this site to make yourself feel better about being a DWAY customer!! :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5696 Kbps about 5.7 Mbps (tested with 4096 kB) Download Speed is:: 695 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.speakeasy.org Test Time:: 2006/04/17 - 4:00am Bottom Line:: 99X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.47 sec Tested from a 4096 kB file and took 5.891 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Firefox/1.5.0.2 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 482.41 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RB54X2LUI

Have you checked your XPOL values, forced ranging, etc... Since my initial problems with the 7000 right after I got it, I have no complaints, even in the evening. It took about 3-4 weeks before it got sorted out. My upload speeds are very consistent. Very rarely lower than the 180K range. I do have a higher level of failed transmissions with the 7000. I cleared my statistics this AM, then ran this test. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 209 Kbps about 0.21 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/04/17 - 3:49am Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 39.38 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 117.45024 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Firefox/1.5.0.2 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 129.67 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9I2TVM6BH Here is the values from the transmission page: (always around 1% or a little higher) Transmitter ready. (TxCode Number of Successful Transmissions 5717 Number of Failed Transmissions 5 Number of Packets Submitted for Transmission 2592 Downloads have been nice lately. I have had several people say these are burst speeds, but downloaded a 10MB file the other day and ended up at 158 Kbps for the whole download. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1246 Kbps about 1.25 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 152 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/04/17 - 3:56am Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.74 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 19.672 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Firefox/1.5.0.2 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 27.4 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-R5MXDF6IE

The whole WildBlue thing is getting old. Dway has its problems, and I give credit to WildBlue for shutting down new installations when they were out of capacity (allegedly), but the fact is that a hell of a lot of us don't have the option. WildBlue doesn't offer service where I live. I checked before I upgraded to the 7000 and they still don't. I had issues with the 7000 at first with evening speeds, but that is now gone. The moves are positive for us who are either happy at some level or have no choice (I am both). More capacity on e-mail and a decent portal are one step. Hopefully those steps will continue in the right direction. As for a committment to customer service, lets hope the following is a sign of good things to come: The original drop dead date for your old mail was 4-22-06. Wow. Three weeks away. Not enough time for most people. However, they got a slew of calls, and now it is pushed to August. Certainly more than reasonable to move your mail. Signs of things to come? Let's hope so.

I was surprised to see no comments or posts about all the changes with the move from the Direcway brand to HughesNet. I have been playing with the stuff for a couple hours, doing all the e-mail changes, etc. Comments? So far, I think it is a move in the right direction. At least there is a decent portal instead of the crap they used to have. Webmail has A LOT of "file not found" errors where you have to refresh over and over. Other than that, I am fairly pleased. Don't even mind moving mail. I didn't use it much, and now I can have an excuse to get rid of some spam.

WOOO HOOOO!!!!!! I wish it was real! I hope they don't fix it. It is good to have a fantasy life! :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 7088 Kbps about 7.1 Mbps (tested with 16384 kB) Download Speed is:: 865 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.speakeasy.org Test Time:: 2006/03/19 - 9:54am Bottom Line:: 127X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.18 sec Tested from a 16384 kB file and took 18.937 seconds to complete Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 646.89 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-TUD3G1X58

I love posting from the Seattle mirror!!! :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6478 Kbps about 6.5 Mbps (tested with 16384 kB) Download Speed is:: 791 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.speakeasy.org Test Time:: 2006/03/19 - 6:25am Bottom Line:: 116X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.29 sec Tested from a 16384 kB file and took 20.719 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 582.61 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ZQID79M5V

Maybe this is the site that Dway is using to convince itself it is good! (Seattle Mirror. They must be serving up compressable files) :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6726 Kbps about 6.7 Mbps (tested with 16384 kB) Download Speed is:: 821 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.speakeasy.org Test Time:: 2006/03/18 - 5:22am Bottom Line:: 120X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.25 sec Tested from a 16384 kB file and took 19.954 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 612.5 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-05RNV6ZTI

I have been getting these results regularly now. On Sunday morning, I dowloaded a 45 MB driver from HP and the speed at the end was 143 kB/s. I didn't think to screen capture the box at the end. Maybe I will give it a try. The earlier post is accurate though, usually all big downloads end up at 130 kB/s or lower... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1226 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 150 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/15 - 4:45am Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.83 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 19.984 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 30.43 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FX4NR9LYS

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1237 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 151 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/14 - 4:48am Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.78 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 19.813 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 31.88 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-OJIW8E0Q2 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 208 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 25 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/14 - 4:52am Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 40.96 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 118.06464 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 136.36 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-47RJW9FSP I originally thought the speeds in the 1200 kbps range were bursts, but they are happening frequently and my average top speeds are now in the 1150 range. Must be some tweaking going on. Evening speeds when we all drop off are only getting down to the mid 800's now. Much better.

Really? :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1207 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 147 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/11 - 5:01pm Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.97 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 20.297 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 28.95 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5OVCLUT2G :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1089 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 133 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/11 - 5:03pm Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 7.7 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 22.5 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Tablet PC 1.7; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16.35 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XF7GOQMRL Even though it dropped a bit, these are still the fastest I have ever gotten since I moved to the 7000.

Check this out this morning... Best ever for me! (for the down) :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1236 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 151 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/10 - 4:55am Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.78 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 19.828 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 32.62 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-QG6MNSHT9 Upload is average for me... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 205 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 25 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/10 - 5:00am Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 40.96 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 119.73024 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 135.63 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RM6VT2C38

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1084 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 132 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2) Test Time:: Fri Feb 3 23:56:50 EST 2006 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.76 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 20.04 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9QS5Y6OWI :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 195 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 24 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Sat Feb 4 00:01:06 EST 2006 Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 42.67 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 153.25 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-18D3N0U7Y

Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=722ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=672ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=772ms TTL=50 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=682ms TTL=50 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 672ms, Maximum = 772ms, Average = 712ms :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1076 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 131 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 06:49:57 EST 2006 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.82 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 18.63 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VA4BP06Z7 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 214 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: Mon Jan 30 06:57:42 EST 2006 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 177.92 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EK9RWCZ4F

While you are correct that those are the settings, the cached data is not on the modem, it is on a proxy server at the NOC or somewhere. It simply splits the traffic onto the other TCP port at the gateway, which is the modem. To the best of my knowledge, the only thing that is cached on the modem is DNS lookups. (which would, in fact, give the appearance of increased browsing speed too, because of the latency involved with the system)

The DW7000 isn't actually acting as the proxy server. The proxy setting simply tells the browser to send HTTP traffic on port 87 once it gets to the gateway. This simply allows the computer to access cached information to give the impression of more speed. This is a common thing to use. My work uses one. HTTP traffic travels on port 80 if you don't have it enabled, and you get the pages directly, and if you have it enabled, the traffic comes on the specified port (in this case 87) from the caching proxy server, wherever that is. On our network at work, the proxy is on port 8080. Comes in VERY handy, particularly for downloads. If, for example, I download Firefox, the file is cached on the proxy server, then when the next person downloads it, the file simply comes from the proxy server on our network and saves the T. I actually believe if you run a speed test with and without the proxy enabled, you will see the same speed both times on Direcway. (within a reasonable amount)