The Slazz

Upgraded to Shaw's High Speed Extreme-I today, for an extra 10 bucks a month. (Justifiable since my bills are split 5 ways with roommates). Heres a comparison: OLD SPEEDS ---------------------- :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3726 Kbps about 3.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 455 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Thu Apr 21 2005 03:41:09 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 67X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.25 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 84.36 % faster than the average for host (shawcable.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9PFSVXWI5 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 634 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 77 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Thu Apr 21 2005 03:54:24 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 11X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 13.3 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 101.91 % faster than the average for host (shawcable.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-46CW9HXN1 NEW SPEEDS ---------------------- :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6350 Kbps about 6.3 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 775 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Wed Apr 27 2005 17:02:05 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 113X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.32 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 195.21 % faster than the average for host (shawcable.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-K4E2WQTBR :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 988 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 121 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Wed Apr 27 2005 16:59:36 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 8.46 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 202.14 % faster than the average for host (shawcable.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-S43MOUC9Q I figure that's pretty good for an extra 10 bucks. Using 6000/384 Cablenut settings, I'll poke around and see if I can do better.

Really the only major thing that I use IE for is Windows Update. Other than that, it's FF all the way. Used to use Netscape all the time, but after I downloaded FF 1.0 I never looked back. Only thing I kinda miss is Netscape's "Quick Launch" feature of loading parts of the browser in ram on startup and even after closing for quicker launches. Kinda like what IE does all by itself.

Thanks for the suggestions VanBuren! I tried those settings, and a few others, but it seems that my connection is happiest with the 5000/384 file. Here I was hoping to break the 4000 mark... The Slazz

Wow!