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I'm waiting on a service call as I write this. What a great site! I'll find an appropriate thread to post in after the service call. Only getting about .8 speed; supposed to get 1.5. I use a router but that's not the trouble. I don't have a very complicated setup. One laptop, one desktop, one wireless printer (all HP) and a linksys router.

Oh, how I wish I could have true high speed. Even when testing shows 1.5, Wildblue is still slow to load pages. But that's the trade off for living in the boondocks!

I've got a lot to learn and am so glad to have this resource with so many learned members!

Lisa

Your going to find that during "peak hours" of  the day your speed will decrease, try testing different times throughout the day to see if you still have the same speed issues. You also could just be on a congested gateway.

"I'm also a WB user (sigh) but try this to monitor your usage.It's free"

Could you explain what if any difference there is in metal-machine and the one wildblue (or dishnet) provides?

thanks,

Lisa

Well for one, it sits on your toolbar for easy look-up and has totals and reports for daily,weekly,monthly. You dont

need to go through the sign-in (WB) to see it. Just a suggestion so you know what your DL/UL totals are at a glance,before

you get FAPed again.

Of course he has to be. BTW Thanks Justin

url=https://testmy.net/stats/id-SIZ48MR6V]'>https://testmy.net/stats/id-SIZ48MR6V]

Not bad consitering im on the select pak.

:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 1133 Kbps about 1.13 Mbps (tested with 4096 kB)

Download Speed is:: 138 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 163 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 20 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main)

Test Time:: 2009/02/11 - 6:50pm

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-H5YV30TQ4

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Q3Y06BUPV

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; GTB5; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30618) [!]

I'm waiting on a service call as I write this. What a great site! I'll find an appropriate thread to post in after the service call. Only getting about .8 speed; supposed to get 1.5. I use a router but that's not the trouble. I don't have a very complicated setup. One laptop, one desktop, one wireless printer (all HP) and a linksys router.

Oh, how I wish I could have true high speed. Even when testing shows 1.5, Wildblue is still slow to load pages. But that's the trade off for living in the boondocks!

I've got a lot to learn and am so glad to have this resource with so many learned members!

Lisa

Hey Lisa, Try using open DNS. It will help you load pages a little faster.

http://www.opendns.com/

OK....so define major band width issues....got any speed tests....ping stats....any idea what normal is....would love to help maybe....if I can....but that's a pretty generic statement....

And welcome to the forum....

I'm also a WB user (sigh) but try this to monitor your usage.It's free

http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror

Well unfortunalty i'm stuck with satillite (WILDBLUE) as there is no cable or DSL here yet.I have been using your site to do my speed teats with and just decided to sign-up.

Hey forum, just wanted to say hello from your newbe member.