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I got Comcast installed, and as usual SpeedTest shows me at 55/12 (I have the 50/10) and Testmy shows me at 29/10. Going to have to investigate apparently. Thanks, EBrown

Indeed. It would be quite handy. Thanks, EBrown

Yeah, I would setup a VPN but I use my phone to connect to it, and until I get a phone with good VPN and RDP support (I.e. Windows Phone 8.1) I'm sticking to raw, encrypted, RDP. Thanks, EBrown

I know I can delete it, that's what I've been doing lately, but I can also just as easily go download an ISO from the Microsoft site. I would much rather just be able to say "don't store historical data from this connection." Because sometimes I do several 100MB tests in a row from this connection to average them and get a better idea of it's performance, but as it stands I have to delete each one manually. It's a great pain...it's also a very unfriendly delete button, I'm RDP'd into this computer most of the time so having to wait for Javascript to do it's thing is painful as well... Thanks, EBrown

There are certain instances when I am on a certain device that I don't want any of my results saved to a database (I don't need people to have access to that information about this system), and as such it would be nice if I could mark something to inform the site to refuse to save my data to the database. Show me my results and then delete them. Otherwise I'll go back to my traditional testing method, which is downloading large files directly from Microsoft, since that's where the bulk of my download traffic goes anyway. And as for uploads I'll find something. Thanks, EBrown

Saw this thread and it reminded me of this article: http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/27/media/time-warner-cable-outage/ (I apologize for the video at the top of the article, this is the exact reason I no longer use CNN - it's riddled with videos.) Thanks, EBrown

What version do you have? I suppose I could download the ISO for it and install it, then do some app installation and general use on it and perform an in-line OTA upgrade on it and let you know of the results. Thanks, EBrown

If you are using the remote gateway that could be showing an issue. I use a VPN for work but I don't use the remote access gateway simply because I only need the VPN for RDP. Thanks, EBrown

Comcast is the only provider supported in my building, so I'm curious to see what I am going to get into when I sign up with them. Thanks, EBrown

Where are you at, if you don't mind me asking? (I'm also on Sprint, as my signature tests show, and I am getting fairly decent results, New Baltimore, Michigan by the way.) Thanks, EBrown

So I picked up a VPS for running my Email, Website, etc. off of, and I did a speedtest for giggles (because Exchange Server 2013 downloaded in like two minutes, and I saw the Windows Network Graph peak at over 500mbps, and here's the result: Download: 422.55 Mbps 52.82 MB/s Upload: 21.95 Mbps 2.74 MB/s I'm tickled. Quite an impressive result in my opinion. I also think the upload is inaccurate because I had a very small filesize (33MB), which with this speed would take longer to initiate and gauge than it would to perform. Also, Damon, you should add the option to omit the host from public results, I don't want that information shared on this connection. Thanks, EBrown

Due to the operation mechanisms of Single-Channel Wireless Technology, your throughput per connected device will never exceed (wireless bandwidth)/(n+1), where n is the number of devices transferring data, and the wireless bandwidth is the Mbps rating. This is because wireless is a shared medium, and uses CSMA/CA. (Carrier-Service Multiple-Access Collision Avoidance). Before a packet is sent, the Wireless Device sends an RTS (Request to Send) and must receive a CTS (Clear to Send). (Ethernet, on the other hand, uses CSMA/CD. Carrier-Service Multiple-Access Collision Detect. It doesn't use RTS or CTS, it just sends data. If it finds a collision, where two devices on one medium transfer at the same time, it stops transmitting, and all devices active a random backoff timer, and when their timer expires they try again.) Thanks, EBrown

I don't worry about retina. I need to be able to make out very fine details on it. Although, I would rather have 2-3 2560x1600 monitors as opposed to four small to medium-large monitors. But those one's are really expensive. Thanks, EBrown

I'm only about 750mm (~29.5") from a 584.2mm (23") monitor, a 482.6mm (19") monitor, and a 431.8mm (17") monitor. Thanks, EBrown

I would rather chain several displays together for that. Benefits: You have more control over resolutions. If one display fails it's cheaper/easier to replace. If one display fails you aren't out of a computer for the moment. Disadvantages: Can be more expensive initially. Lower resolution per monitor. DPI may be lower. Again, it's all up to the end-user, but I don't need retina really. I'd rather have the large space to work with. Also, that's not what she said. At least not to you. Remove that 7 and you might be a bit more accurate. Thanks, EBrown

Large small-resolution displays are great for things like that. But for gaming you want a high-density display. Something that has more dots-per-inch so that you can get finer, higher resolution images. It's why I love viewing my websites on my phone. (And why when I develop I use my phone a lot.) Although the saturation of the colours on my phone is fairly high, it's still a very pretty device. I'm hoping to pickup two more 1080p monitors, for development mostly, but it would be sick for gaming. Thanks, EBrown

Did you unblock the auto-assign ports? Or add the NAT lines? iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -o eth1 -j ACCEPTIf I recall they should be fairly high up the chain. (Obviously before the implicit block.) Thanks, EBrown

I got upgraded too. Went from 1.5m/256k to 2m/512k. Thanks, EBrown

Try downloading a static file to find out whether it's true or not. I recommend a large one. Thanks, EBrown

Typically a VPN is slower due to a couple factors: 1. The definition of VPN is Virtual Private Network. The VPN server encrypts all VPN traffic to and from the server. This takes some time. 2. In order for a VPN to access the outside internet, it has to be passed to an interface on the server. Again, this can take time. 3. The VPN uses two connections: your connection to the VPN, and the VPN's connection to the server. If either is saturated, you'll get a slower result. VPN's are not built for speed so much as security and access to secure resources. With a VPN a server can be made to be inaccessible to the outside internet, but you can still access it remotely from your computer, and the VPN puts you inside the organizations network. Thanks, EBrown

I like my smartphone simply because I often check my email on break and lunch at work. I also used it A LOT in college as it helped me to keep tabs on my classes, assignments, etc. I find it a very useful asset to my day-to-day operations. Hell, I can even do some of my web-development on it. Thanks, EBrown

That's exactly how mine is. Built it to be bad-ass, and now it just compiles ASP.NET code for me. And sometimes watches Netflix. Thanks, EBrown

I don't tweak them anymore either. I switched to phones. Good to hear from you, however. Thanks, EBrown

I just located all the domains CA3LE uses here on the site (checked the URL for each test option) and then did a ping or nslookup to each of them to find the IP. I'm sure dig on Mac works as well, but I don't have Mac and was too lazy to boot Linux to see if it's on there. Ex: Google.com Server: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Elliott>nslookup google.com Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: google.com Addresses: 2607:f8b0:400d:c04::71 207.238.252.106 207.238.252.110 207.238.252.112 207.238.252.113 207.238.252.117 207.238.252.121 207.238.252.123 207.238.252.80 207.238.252.84 207.238.252.88 207.238.252.90 207.238.252.91 207.238.252.95 207.238.252.99 207.238.252.101 207.238.252.102 C:\Users\Elliott>Thanks,EBrown

Just ping them. (Or nslookup) testmy.net: 75.126.77.87 eu.testmy.net: 5.10.86.18 west.testmy.net: 50.22.191.251 dc.testmy.net: 50.22.241.82 west2.testmy.net: 50.23.73.140 asia.testmy.net: 119.81.41.242 cloud.testmy.net: 141.101.116.19 Looks like that's all of them. (CA3LE will probably delete this post ASAP, though it poses no real threat as anyone can find the IP's with tools included in every operating system.) Thanks, EBrown