CamaroGuy

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 3288 Kbps about 3.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 401 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/02/20 - 12:50pm Bottom Line:: 57X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.55 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 7.453 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 292.36 % faster than the average for host (255.165) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DPO6T0IEH User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!] First test with new 2.4 antenna, WOW notice the speed I am actually getting what I pay for now, its almost a shame that I am in the middle of selling my house and will soon be moving away from my once again high speed wireless connection!!! Xplornet has got to be the stupidest company I have ever dealt with and even with my speeds getting back to good they owe me and all the other customers out here huge apologies I cant wait to move back into the city and deal with Shaw cable again, wow who would have thought the idea of dealing with Shaw's billing problems and poor installers would be a plus hey?? anyways have a great day everyone and to those that haven't yet received their new 2.4 antennas, keep on fighting one day you too will be on internet thats a fast as what they told you when they took all your hard earned money to install it!

Well Well, today I am receiving a new 2.4 ghz antenna due to the fact that we have new towers out here and someone at xplornet forgot to inform me that i was qualified for an upgrade, also I got the whole story from the installer that is coming to switch out my antenna, it seems xplornet sold out on their bandwidth and are now using some extra from Telus instead of Shaw (BigpipeInc.) That is the reason everyone is experiencing a slow down out on the Alix tower, Also our new burst speed is only going to be able to reach about 1.2 mbps until they get this situation worked out with the bandwidth, but at least I now have the real reason and am once again an informed customer, although I will be on the phone with xplornet later today to fight for having to pay for full speed when they are unable to provide anything near that level.

Well Well, No call back from level 3 yet!!!!, I'm getting seriously disappointed with the lack of service after spending all this money with the company, getting to the point of actually thinking about just shutting off xplornet and going to dial up waiting with fingers crossed that Telus comes thru with the DSL, seriously I can think of a lot of ways to spend the $65 a month I will save by having dial up, sure I'll miss being able to download mp3's, and working on my website will take hours rather than minutes, simple things like checking my bank balance will take 10 times longer, The thought of it brings a tear to my eye, but I cannot continue to support such a poor company, unless Xplornet calls me and fixes the problem properly and for good this time IE: my speeds stay above 1.2 MB, for at least 1 month I'm afraid I will have to pull the plug and give them back their $10 a month antenna and bite the bullet on the $600 install, seriously guys I'm all out of energy trying to fight with this crappy connection.

::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..:::::::::: Download Connection is:: 720 Kbps about 0.72 Mbps (tested with 748 kB) Download Speed is:: 88 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 66 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Upload Speed is:: 8 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 2) Test Time:: 2007/01/30 - 11:45am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XFCOG82RK U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FTUI01W62 User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Slow as hell again!!!, called tech support. got the usual run around but this time they admitted that the tower I'm on has had a lot of connection problems in the last few months, level 3 supposed to call me back and reconfigure my connection but I'm not holding my breath, good news though i called to bitch to telus and they say if enough xplornet people call them and let them know they want high speed they will bring dsl out here in a few months!!!!!! i know telus has problems as well but they have to better than xplornet, and i wont have to pay $600 to have dsl installed!!!!! yay so everyone on the Alix Ab tower call telus and beg for dsl out here!!!

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 2672 Kbps about 2.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 326 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/12/11 - 11:19am Bottom Line:: 47X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.14 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 9.172 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 123.97 % faster than the average for host (bigpipeinc.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-H8JBIMU2X User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!] Looks like xplornet is coming through with the promise to get things back to decent levels again!! haven't posted for a while but Ive been getting between 1.8 and 2.7 consistently for the last week!!

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1634 Kbps about 1.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 199 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/11/20 - 2:31pm Bottom Line:: 28X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.15 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 15 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 5.69 % faster than the average for host (bigpipeinc.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-TMZN9BE21 User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!] :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 340 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 42 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/11/20 - 2:33pm Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 24.38 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 36.078 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 13.71 % faster than the average for host (bigpipeinc.com) U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9JI0SQAYG User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!] this is after using TCP Optimizer and begging Xplornet to re-evaluate my connection to the tower closer between them adjusting their end and this optimizer on my end i am almost a happy customer again!!!!

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 4675 Kbps about 4.7 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 571 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/11/15 - 4:55pm Bottom Line:: 82X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.79 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 10.485 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 11.23 % faster than the average for host (shawcable.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ZB0JG5QCN User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!] this is from my parents computer in red deer alberta, shaw cable is the fastest internet available in alberta today! if i hadn't moved out of the damn city i would still be enjoying these speeds today!!!!

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 38880 Kbps about 38.9 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 4746 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/11/15 - 2:22pm Bottom Line:: 678X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.22 sec Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 2.562 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 2397.11 % faster than the average for host (bigpipeinc.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RJ9GXF60T User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!] somthing obviously isnt right here but i figured i better post it anyway!!!

:::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 1006 Kbps about 1.01 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 123 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 333 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 41 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/11/15 - 11:11am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-G4PTHV2CU U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5URXSCOK9 User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!]

Im on Xpress package in Alberta and when my connection actually works, about 1/3 of the time I need it too!! I am usually around 1200 down and 450 up which isnt bad I guess but it sucks when I am paying for 3000 down and 600 up.