zalternate
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I would point someone towards Hughesnet 'KA band'. Due to being able to have at least two years(or more) before any high capacity of people get on the satellite. Other than the daily FAP limit of beginning at 200MB per 24 hours. But no FAP in the 2am to 5am eastern time, for larger updates.
Some beams of WildBlue are full or really slow. And WildBlue has a monthly FAP that people can burn through in two weeks at first and then upgrade to be able to surf properly again.
But at least check to see if any other providers are in whatever the users location may be. Like wireless or such.
Attached beam maps. I don't have a beam map for WildBlue1 satellite(WildBlues own satellite). Other wise they also use the Anik F2.
Hughesnet is the Spaceway3 satellite. Stay away from the 'KU band' satellite packages.
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Ping ms = Ping milli second. 1000 mili seconds = 1 second.
But that flash based test site never has the proper ping result. Just ignore that ping part.
Better to do a ping from from the cmd line.
Start, run, type in, cmd ,then type ping and then a space and a web sites name or IP address. Or do a tracert . by typing tracert and a space instead of ping. Enables you to see what servers are slowing things down to your destination.
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Microsoft was given the Beta out to anyone that had a Msn or Hotmail account back in January. Microsoft has for now, stop giving out the Beta version .. In April Microsoft is suppose to start allowing the downloading of the Windows7 RC version. My guess is you will still need a MSN or Hotmail account to get it from Microsoft.
Like Coknuck, I am waiting for the Microsoft release before I download it.
Cool. I can then get the new RC version and put it on my 8 or 9 year old 512MB ram, 1.5ghz system. ...Windows 7 Still beats Vista Basic by a mile in speed too(and the Vista basic 1 year old machine has a Gig of Ram and 1.8GHz single processor).
Hopefully it's just a notification at my snotmail account for the Microsoft download site to get the RC version.
And Standby and the Areo interface does not work on the old machine of course(lacking ram space).
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Use MalwareBytes in safe mode. If you can download it that is(virus blocks some stuff), other wise burn it to a CD on another computer and install that way.
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I spent my new build computer money on my teeth a few weeks ago. So now I have to wait until this one dies or around X-Mas time as my,,,errr,,, I mean, our X-mas present... But keeping my natural front teeth is more important than a box of teeny, tiny wires and bumpy bits.
And if your computer is worth more than your vehicle, you might just be a Uber Geek.
![[geek]](//testmy.net/ipb/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png)
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I thought it was 500MB in the download and upload direction. 500Mb for total data traffic. Unless Hughes does not have that on it's site. Unless you are reading 300Kbps 'upload speed' under the '500Mb download limit' on the Xplornet site.
Those file sharing programs people forget about the 'sharing' part.
There is a flash plugin on CNN.com that is called something like the octopus. It is actually a filesharing program, so CNN saves on bandwidth, by having the users feed upstream the streaming data to other users. Too much money behind it to close the companies doors instantly.
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So a reinstall of Windows media player 11 and it did nothing to stop the pauses. Another 7ish months till the next system build, with most probably Windows 7. I do like the Beta version of Windows 7.
But just downloaded SonGBird.
And the add-on of "shoutcast radio" for my streaming radio stations.
And no pauses. YAY...
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Windows Media player 11 pauses when streaming Internet radio stations.
And going to another station, there is still a wait till the pause stops and the stream begins again. The pause is about 30 seconds or so, Where the stream just stops. My ISP does not block anything. The CPU is still showing as the Media player is functioning, but waiting for the stream to come back. It does not affect browsing or any program downloads.
The stations are pingable during the pause. It happens whether I use the FireFox media player plugin or the stand alone Windows media player 11.
I'll probably figure it out eventually. Or I'll try a re-install of it.
These are the stations.
http://www.lynxradionetwork.com/crikclassic.asx
http://www.9412.com/rockchick/asx.asp
http://www.sky.fm/classicrock/
Or what is a good free media player as a replacement?
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its a fairly new pc and i dont have much on it but music but, it runs really really slow and i looked at my resource moniter and it said my svchost.exe or something is running and i have 13 of that process running at the same time when i look at processes in windows task manager....could this be a problem with my files somewhere?
Did all the songs get there via purchase or via a file sharing program that came with malware?
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://safer-networking.org/en/index.html
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/content/home.jsp
http://www.filehippo.com/download_zonealarm_free/
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Join the party.
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Well I did serveral testes over the days my first time testing landed me an 4.2 Mbps and then I did another one another day 5.1 and then I did it again 6.1 so I just wrote that down . it says 74% in my order status as completed and I just redid another test came out to be 6.4
When I upped my package from 3Mbps. I had about 24 hours of unstable speeds in the 4mbps range, till it locked in to the new speed. So my tests were all over the place.
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With DSL, there is a certain amount of overhead(system data) and then line distance to the main connection point down the street.
So your speeds will average about 500Kbps to 1000Kbps slower than package top rated speed.
My ISP is Telus and my package is 6Mbps. My stable speeds are about 5200Kbps(5.2Mbps) 24/7.
Sometimes there is a delay in processing for full speed if a tech has to do something at the main switch for your connection. But if you are upgrading from 3Mbps, then you have probably hit top speed if it is now stable at that.
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Why do you take the first two from the result ? There's nothing personal in there.
If the pings/tracert is good in there, I usually just ignore them from a post. For the most part, the tracerts further down the chain are more important.
But I have seen some peoples tracerts that show their own router or modem as the main slowdown in the tracert. And those are the simple ones to fix. Sometimes as simple as rebooting their router or modem at least once a month. Or as tough as getting out the 5 pound sledge hammer for the satellite people.
My XP box was acting weird one day and I realized that I had not rebooted in a month. Standby at night is an insomniacs delight.
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i think must be something with your route or your connection...mines fine...but then again it's been awhile since i've tested til just now...i pay for 7/512 but Cox has power boost so this is what i usually get about the same as my sig...
zalternate...do a dual test...see what you get...
:::::::::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..:::::::::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 11521 Kbps about 11.52 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1406 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 100 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 12 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/03/08 - 9:41am
D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1TP3BJUOK
U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-CEIX4OGRN
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) ; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; InfoPath.2)
Seems part of the slowdown in network servers has lifted. Ping is almost to the normal 80ms(showing 90ms now). Upload is still showing slow. Mine is generally an upload of 800Kbps. Download is showing okay now. I underlined two servers that are still showing higher tracert times.
::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 447 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 55 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/03/08 - 11:46am
Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 18.62 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 18.586 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 43.31 % of your hosts average (233.203)
U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-W8BQC6TXM
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009021910 Firefox/3.0.7
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 5220 Kbps about 5.2 Mbps (tested with 6144 kB)
Download Speed is:: 637 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/03/08 - 11:47am
Bottom Line:: 91X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.61 sec
Tested from a 6144 kB file and took 9.643 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 259.5 % faster than the average for host (233.203)
D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7I6ZAKQGW
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009021910 Firefox/3.0.7
Pinging testmy.net [74.54.226.166] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=52
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=52
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=52
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=52
Ping statistics for 74.54.226.166:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 90ms, Maximum = 91ms, Average = 90ms
Tracing route to testmy.net [74.54.226.166]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
3 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms secure.ca.inter.net [154.11.89.130]
4 24 ms 23 ms 23 ms 204.225.243.22
5 23 ms 24 ms 23 ms ge-11-3-5.mpr1.sea1.us.above.net [208.185.175.69
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6 90 ms 42 ms 42 ms ge-4-1-0.mpr1.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.31.18]
7 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms so-1-0-0.mpr3.lax9.us.above.net [64.125.26.25]
8 104 ms 92 ms 92 ms so-0-1-0.mpr3.iah1.us.above.net [64.125.25.46]
9 92 ms 91 ms 92 ms xe-1-1-0.er1.iah1.above.net [64.125.26.222]
10 92 ms 92 ms 92 ms 209.66.99.94.available.above.net [209.66.99.94]
11 91 ms 90 ms 90 ms et5-4.ibr04.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.53]
12 239 ms 197 ms 199 ms te7-2.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.10]
13 90 ms 89 ms 90 ms te1-4.dsr01.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.87.253.114
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14 92 ms 92 ms 116 ms po1.car06.dllstx6.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8]
15 90 ms 91 ms 90 ms a6.e2.364a.static.theplanet.com [74.54.226.166]
Trace complete.
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Of late been using pc pit stops speed tests. Not sure why but testmy.nets speed test has been wrong on my connection. I have been trying to use testmy SmarTest.
It was only showing speeds of say 3.2 when pit stop was showing my connection was up to speed. When pit stop was telling me my connection was up to speed, the surfing to diffrent sites, video from diffrent sites all worked as they should. My net connection was humming right allong as it should. Then as it slowed pit stop tests showed my connection had slowed while testmy was showing the same speed. Yes I closed the browser ran CCleaner and even tried a reboot.
This is not a flame or a slam or whatever at testmy speed test. Not sure why its been so off the last couple of days. Using the same sites and video ya know you just KNOW when your connection if fine or running slow. Pit Stop was confirming while testmy was telling my speeds had not changed. I just figured while running the test last couple of days maybe testmy was having some problems? Unsure.
Actually my tests is showing slower on here too last couple of days. Should be about 5200Kbps. Maybe someone spilled a brew on the testing server.
:::::::::::::::::.. Download Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 4096 Kbps about 4.1 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB)
Download Speed is:: 500 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/03/07 - 10:47pm
Bottom Line:: 71X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.05 sec
Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 24.559 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 246.24 % faster than the average for host (233.203)
D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-OU2VCP4D1
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009021910 Firefox/3.0.7
Ping is about 40ms longer too.
Pinging testmy.net [74.54.226.166] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=53
Reply from 74.54.226.166: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=53
Ping statistics for 74.54.226.166:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 120ms, Maximum = 120ms, Average = 120ms
Skipped posting the first part of the tracert
Tracing route to testmy.net [74.54.226.166]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
3 19 ms 19 ms 18 ms secure.ca.inter.net [154.11.89.130]
4 24 ms 23 ms 23 ms 204.225.243.22
5 24 ms 23 ms 23 ms ge-11-3-5.mpr1.sea1.us.above.net [208.185.175.69
]
6 57 ms 42 ms 42 ms ge-4-1-0.mpr1.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.31.18]
7 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms so-1-0-0.mpr3.lax9.us.above.net [64.125.26.25]
8 92 ms 92 ms 92 ms so-0-1-0.mpr3.iah1.us.above.net [64.125.25.46]
9 92 ms 92 ms 92 ms xe-1-1-0.er1.iah1.above.net [64.125.26.222]
10 93 ms 92 ms 92 ms 209.66.99.94.available.above.net [209.66.99.94]
11 121 ms 131 ms 120 ms et5-4.ibr04.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.53]
12 121 ms 120 ms 120 ms te7-2.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.10]
13 131 ms 123 ms 122 ms te1-4.dsr01.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.87.253.114
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14 138 ms 121 ms 121 ms po1.car06.dllstx6.theplanet.com [12.96.160.8]
15 122 ms 121 ms 120 ms a6.e2.364a.static.theplanet.com [74.54.226.166]
Trace complete.
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Were you using the http://www.testmy.net/speedtest/download_speedtest.php speedtest here? Or the other one that is flash based and gives odd numbers(high) to certain ISP's?
But it could be an error for Hughesnet speed provisioning at the top speed.
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how can i save my firefox tweak settings and use it in another computer??
so that i will not input the all the tweaks in about:config all over again...
thank you
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IE7 because it came on the computer, is fast for me, and gives me no problems.
Tommie is going to need some medicine...
If browsers were women
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I have typed in this address to access my router and it only opens up MyWebSearch and Ask.now pages. It won't open the router???
Some Anti-spyware. Anti-hijacker programs to run. Download, install and then update before scanning.
http://safer-networking.org/en/index.html
http://www.superantispyware.com/
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How about this page as a start....
http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=a33c9afba1683c2927a1cb18920be6ca
File System Modifications
* The following files were created in the system:
# Filename(s) File Size File MD5 Alias
1 %System%conf.cfg 0 bytes 0xD41D8CD98F00B204E9800998ECF8427E (not available)
2 %System%queue.vdb 369,222 bytes 0xF5CE0E589E22755A887AD37E9ADE9758 (not available)
3 [file and pathname of the sample #1] 1,011,712 bytes 0xA33C9AFBA1683C2927A1CB18920BE6CA Virus.Win32.Fasec [ikarus]
Registry Modifications
* The following Registry Keys were created:
o HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInternet
o HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMalware Defender 2009
o HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMalware Defender 2009Lic
* The newly created Registry Value is:
o [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun]
+ malwaredef = "[file and pathname of the sample #1]"
so that [file and pathname of the sample #1] runs every time Windows starts
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what don't u like about the tabbed browsing? I'm always lookin for new ways to tweak my firefox.
Cause I'm old fashioned.
If I were to have over 6 windows open at a time, maybe Tabbed would be okay. But generally I don't go over 5 windows open at once. And I am accustomed to have them sit in the bottom task bar. People who leave multiple sites open for hours on end and switch back and forth, love Tabs. And Tabs free up the task bar for desktop programs. Great for office workers who are supposed to be working. But I have 'just the browser' or the 'just the desktop' open usually.
Heres a link to some TAB add-ons reviews.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/too-many-tabs-firefox-add-ons-to-manage-a-tab-jam/
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And do what I did in the delivery room...........
Eat donuts and drink soda pop.
Great way to take it easy with the wait. Nice comfy reclining chairs in the birthing rooms... And the wife just waddled around, so it was okay.
And when you cut the umbilical cord,,, It may squirt on someone in the room.
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Used FireFox when it was Phoenix just before it was called FireBird and then FireFox.
But I hate tabbed browsing. So I love being able to" about:config "and modify things a bit.
And also don't like the address bar popping down my bookmarks when I am typing in a web address. I changed that as well to go away.
But as with any browser, people still need to to look out for the bugs on the Internets.
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And I suppose you already know that Hughes is wanting people to upgrade to at least the HN7000 modems... And a free equipment upgrade also means a new contract of 18 months or so.. The fine print that people are missing on the upgrade bit... People would be better off with the HN9000 upgrade/reinstall.
http://www.copperhead.cc/tips.htm
HyperTerminal Access : Windows XP comes with a handy terminal emulation program called "HyperTerminal" .. so why not have some fun using it ! Another method of accessing the internal commands & stats of your DW6000/DW7000 modem is through terminal programs like HyperTerminal. Here's how it's done : Click on START/ALL PROGRAMS/ACCESSORIES/COMMUNICATIONS and select HyperTerminal. HyperTerminal will ask you if you want to make it your default Telnet program .. your choice .. there's no bad answer.
It will ask you to enter a name, & choose an icon for the connection. You can enter any name, and select any icon .. then, click "OK".
This will bring up the main program window. From the lower pull-down menu select "TCP/IP (WinSock)". Next, enter 192.168.0.1 in the
"Host Address" bar, and enter 1953 in the "Port Number" section. Now click "OK". That's it ! You're in ! You'll see the menu appear in the HyperTerminal screen.
![[geek]](https://testmy.net/ipb/uploads/emoticons/default_geek.gif)
Why should I have to call my provider to get speeds that I pay for?
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It's amazing what happens when you tell the provider, you know what your speeds are.
Various posts all over the Internet on that subject. 