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You should definately be concerned! I think you can take the feedhorn off and clean the transmitter somehow. The feedhorn is not need, it's purely decorative. When I took mine off not too long ago, I found a wasps nest in it. If you take yours off, make sure your dish isn't transmitting! Also, if you have signal, your speeds shouldn't be affected too much. How many failed transmissions do you have? If you have a lot, that could slow you down. As fikester said, Sat Mex 5 has been having a lot of problems with speed during not only peak hours but any time of the day.

Mine was pretty consistent for about a week, it's gone downhill the past two days

My connection stopped working while trying to upload something

I can't take uploads right now because there's some problem. Here's my download speeds: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1071 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 131 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 16:43:30 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.82 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16.03 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-HAFJRS281

There were some small business users that had rate code problems this morning on dslreports. I think Direcway is tinkering around with some things, maybe getting ready for the new software update?

I think that's about average, but I can't remember what I used to get with mine.

That's about as good as you're going to get with the 6000. What's your upload?

Looks like you just restarted your modem.

My settings are attached to the first post in this thread: http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=10523.0

I used to get 1-5 transmit errors in about 3 days on the 6000. Lets check my transmit errors on the 7000. Number of Successful Transmissions 51785 Number of Failed Transmissions 6090 12% I still think I have a pointing problem.

Is that your daily exercise?

Ah. Try tweaking it, lets see how high you can get.

If I remember correctly, you used to get like 1mbps... What happened to that? Were those tests fake?

I guess so, but what happened to your blazing speeds with the 6000?

Agreed, and Direcway is still working on making it more consistent. I guess we're the lucky ones :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1074 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 131 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 13:26:55 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.82 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16.36 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-JVLPZM892 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 160 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 20 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 13:45:04 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 51.2 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 128.57 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-HF6WBE02A I couldn't do an upload test until I force ranged, that's weird. EDIT: Well, the past 2 days, I've been getting very high transmit errors and I'm unable to upload.

kol's back!

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1416 Kbps about 1.4 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 173 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 11:38:37 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 25X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.92 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 53.25 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DGNYS5412 That's a speed burst. I get huge speed bursts on my other computer... which is the one I'm testing from. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1692 Kbps about 1.7 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 207 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 11:40:40 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 30X faster than 56K 1MB download in 4.95 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 83.12 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-IEP04TSGV Now one that's not a speed burst.. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1216 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 148 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 11:41:45 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.92 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 31.6 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4JTLCGBVQ Well, that's even one. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 951 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 116 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Dec 28 11:45:08 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.83 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 2.92 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-JVFTUHD1Y

What browser did you take that test with? That's about the same download speed that I'll get if I test in Firefox. Take the test in IE

Sorry, but you've obviously got a speed burst... Try a larger test, like this one: http://www.testmy.net/d_load.php?ni=1&tt=1&s=2992&st=st&ta=&top= As for your upload, that looks very nice for the 6000 Also, welcome to the forum!

I like Firefox and K-Meleon, but my first choice is Firefox.

It's probably due to the peak hours, my web acceleration status will go down a few times between 5-10, but it comes back. There's nothing wrong with restarting your modem... Does it go out at about 3 in the morning? And what package and sat. are you on? To find what sat your on, type http://192.168.0.1 in your browser, and navigate to system info, paste whats there and post it here.

Very nice That's one of the best uploads I've seen,

Wow, the 1024 4/5 rate code? There's got to be a problem there... Anyway, as for the upgrade, what sattelite/transponder are you on? If you're on the SatMex 5 I wouldn't upgrade just yet, they're having a number of problems with that sat. To find your sat, type http://192.168.0.1 in your browser and navigate to system info and paste whats on there, on here.

I just started using K-Meleon and I really like it. It uses very little computer resources, and it's super fast.

You're on the same sattelite and transponder that I was on with the 6000... There's got to be something wrong with your setup. Run this test, and post your results, as it gives your system time to "warm up". http://www.testmy.net/d_load.php?ni=1&tt=1&s=2992&st=st&ta=&top= Make sure you have your firewall disabled during the test. Also, what browser are you using? IE gets faster speed results than Firefox.