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I had my appointment yesterday and they couldn't find a thing wrong with my wiring. They still went ahead and switched all the cable in my house, the splitter and I got a new modem. They checked the singnal strength and said it was actually a little high so the used a splitter that reduced it a little. After all that we ran some new test here and I came in around 200-250Kbps. They now think it's something on the pole so they set up another appointment to have that checked. The weird thing is Sunday morning I ran the test at 7:30 am, before the appoinment, and got my best score ever of over 4000 Kbps. It was an odd coincidence that this happened on the same day as my appointment. I ran it early again today and got another great response (great for me at least): :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 3485 Kbps about 3.49 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 425 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/10/02 - 5:08am Bottom Line:: 61X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.41 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 7.033 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 89.34 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-KUZPBCEXY User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!] But now that schools and businesses in the area are open I ran it again and I'm getting down to my normal daytime speed: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1301 Kbps about 1.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 159 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/10/02 - 6:02am Bottom Line:: 23X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.44 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 9.423 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 33.35 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-GHSM6JRDQ User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!] :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1078 Kbps about 1.08 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 132 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/10/02 - 6:14am Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 7.76 sec Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 7.704 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 27.63 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-3XJ5IEMW0 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!] I wish DSL was available in my area.

I hope your all right this this is a wiring issue. The co-axle cable and splitter I'm currently using are the same ones I was using back in the 80's. There's a lot to look at in the link from Shug7272, I'll dig into that as soon as my 'normal' connection speeds are acceptable. Here's my midday speed: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 650 Kbps about 0.65 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 79 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 2) Test Time:: 2006/09/29 - 10:26am Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 12.96 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 18.844 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 16.68 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-WT8OUDE6N User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!] yay, I'm cruising now.

Hi, My service is considered the premiere service, with speeds 100x faster than dial up, a 6meg service. Since I started having these issues I clean my temp folder at least daily, although I've never noticed it to make a difference. And yes, generally I'll see my best times early in the morning. I just ran a test just now and and got one of my best times: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 2061 Kbps about 2.06 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 252 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 2) Test Time:: 2006/09/29 - 5:07am Bottom Line:: 36X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.06 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 11.891 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 52.9 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-WB16J3DVH User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!] Last night when I ran this I was getting a download connection of 156 Kbps, so I called my ISP and talked to someone who was very helpful. He said packets were randomly being lost, about 20-25% of the time. But they also said it was so random it would be very hard to track down. At least this time they acknowledged there was a problem and are sending a tech out to check the lines. Not knowing a lot about this yet I'm wondering if it could be something as simple as a loose connection at the pole and everytime the wind blows I'm losing packets.

First off Hi, this is a great site that I was turned on to by a tech at my ISP (although he may be regretting it now). I was hoping someone could help me understand how everytime I call my ISP about slow connection speeds they tell me everything is fine and there is no problem. I have Adelphia/TWC premium service. Which as far as I know is the best residential service they offer. I just ran a download test and it claims I'm running at 26% of average? I just called tech support and they said everything was great? How can this be? If I run this test at night I'm lucky to get 400 Kbps and average around 200 Kbps. My upload speeds jump from 100 to 880 Kbps. I am 99.9% sure I do not have a spyware/malware or virus problem (I just spent the past week on another forum getting help to determine this since my ISP claimed that had to be my issue.) I don't do any filing sharing and I don't use email on this computer. I should also add this problem started around the middle of August, everything seemed fine fine until then. Am I right in thinking that for 'premium service' these results are not good? ::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1021 Kbps about 1.02 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 125 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/09/28 - 11:20am Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 8.19 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 12 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 26.18 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SKQYDNU9L User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7

That looks great compared to my Adelphia/TWC premiere service in Maine. This is about the best I can expect during the day. At night it often drops below 300 Kbps :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1885 Kbps about 1.89 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 230 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/09/28 - 8:11am Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.45 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 13 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 48.33 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DJVASG06R User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!]