mudmanc4

kiss my lizard

yes tommie you sure do...so shut that mouth before it gets shut for ya
 
muddy...stop yer whinning like a flippin lil girl...someone steal your lolly?

Read it for yourself in the TOS
https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/

Read it for yourself in the TOS
https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/

Companies put funny stuff like that in their terms to see if anyone is actually reading it.  Good one Amazon. 
 
I've heard of other companies doing contests, where it will say something like, "if you read this, you won!" -- in one instance, a major corporation (can't remember who) with TONS of people accepting terms did this and it took over 6 months for anyone to claim the prize.  All you had to do is read a simple sentence to win and hundreds of thousands of people blindly accepted not realizing that they lost by not reading.  
 
Nice find.

Read it for yourself in the TOS
https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/

Found this site via a friend and decide to join.
I hope to learn something from more knowledgeable people.

I wanted to share this in case it can help someone in the future.
 
For the past few weeks we've noticed a lot of digital artifacts and audio cutting out on some channels.  I was thinking that it may be an issue with Comcast, they just fixed a major issue in my area so I hadn't made a big deal about it yet.  I was about to call about it and today I noticed something that I'd never seen before.  Downloading something... affecting the picture on the TV.  Over and over I slowed down and sped up the transfer speed on an intensive usenet download.  When I'd ramp it up to full speed the picture started to block out heavily, I'd then slow the speed way down and immediately the picture returned to normal.  When it was pixelated it was so bad that the show became completely unwatchable.  My actions on the Internet were 100% without a doubt affecting the TV picture.
 
After witnessing this I grabbed a fresh 2 way splitter out of my tool bag, ran down to the basement and swapped out the splitter.  Ever since... perfect picture.  Not even a single instance where before you couldn't make it 60 seconds without something.
 
By the way, there was no issue with the Internet speed in this case.  Just looking at the Internet performance I would have thought everything was fine. 
 
Cracked open the splitter and there's definite signs of degradation.  Hot spot on a solder point leading to that wrapped coil shows signs of internal resistance.

 
This was a brand new splitter used in untouched conditions indoors for only 1.5 years before it failed this way.
 
A wide array of symptoms can be caused by the same thing.  Remember, any points where two or more cables meet are always weak points.  When you're having issues, always look in these areas first.  The fix may be easier than you can imagine.

I had my experience of a dreadful engineer visit for the fixed wireless ISP I've now cancelled, which were probably contractors.  When they arrived, I tried explaining just how slow and intermittent my connection has been for the past couple of months, but they told me upfront - "If we see Internet connectivity from the antenna, there will be a service charge for this unnecessary visit!".  They did not care that the connection was erratic, upload speeds dipping below 100kbps (for a "10Mb" package), etc.  It was only for the fact I saw they had trouble loading up speedtest.net (page kept timing out) that I managed to escape the call out charge, where they basically accepted the connection as being fixed by a software upgrade on the antenna.  After that, I wrote to cancel the service and recorded a 10 minute demo video of the connection acting up trying to do just basic web browsing and stuck it on YouTube.   
 
While visiting relatives in San Francisco, they asked if I could help them extend the Wi-Fi coverage through their long house.  I suggested getting a pair of HomePlug adapters, where the second unit acts as a Wi-Fi access point, but they were convinced they would not work.  So I asked why they think that.  They said that Comcast told them that due to the length of their house and the limited Wi-Fi coverage, they will need a second Comcast Internet subscription to provide Wi-Fi coverage at the other end of their house.  

https://testmy.net/db/5v0lx3Sio

:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 53519 Kbps or 53.5 Mbps 
Download Speed Test Size:: 93 MB or 95232 kB or 97517568 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 6690 kB/s or 6.7 MB/s
Tested At:: http://TestMy.net  Version 15
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/5v0lx3Sio
TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 52.58 Mbps | Middle Avg 53.24 Mbps | Max 56.95 Mbps | 3% Variance
TiP Data Points:: 56.95 Mbps, 53.81 Mbps, 52.82 Mbps, 53.01 Mbps, 53.81 Mbps, 52.82 Mbps, 52.7 Mbps, 53.49 Mbps, 54.02 Mbps, 53.01 Mbps, 52.58 Mbps, 53.77 Mbps, 52.93 Mbps, 52.86 Mbps, 53.77 Mbps, 53.77 Mbps, 52.9 Mbps, 52.93 Mbps, 53.85 Mbps
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/marti2nez https://testmy.net/compID/844985407615
Test Time:: 2016-02-03 11:44:46 Local Time 
Client Location:: GB https://testmy.net/country/gb
Target:: London, GB http://uk.testmy.net
Client Host:: TalkTalk https://testmy.net/hoststats/talktalk
Compare:: Comparable to client avg, 354% faster than host avg, 162% faster than country avg, 256% faster than world index 
1MB Download in 0.15 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~3 Minutes - 956X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 95232 kB took 14.588 seconds to complete
 

As the Three mobile network here still gives traffic priority over both HTTPS and port 8080, I tried some experimenting with HMA's VPN to see if I can exploit it.  I never thought of bringing my laptop at work, so was limited to running the HMA App directly on the phone.
 
After about 4pm, Three was giving a fairly steady 2.0Mbps to 2.5Mbps over HTTP and 4.5Mbps to 5Mbps over both HTTPS and port 8080 based on a series of TestMy tests.  The following was an example about 4:30pm, HTTP vs Port 8080:
 

 
I established a VPN connection to the HMA's Irish server and got about 3.5Mbps with the plain HTTP test.  Based on past testing with HMA, its London server for some reason has lower latency than its Irish server, so connected to London and got a HTTPS-like speed test with the plain HTTP test.
 

 
With multi-threaded tests over port 8080 (no VPN connection), I was able to get between 10Mbps to 12Mbps, 4 x 50MB tests in a row. The Speedtest App for some reason couldn't hit 10Mbps even after a few runs using Three's own Speedtest server.
 

 
While privacy concious people generally avoid HMA due to its logging policy, the main reason I use it is for its flexibility of connecting to its servers, such as over UDP and even different port numbers.  So if I remember to take my laptop the next day I'm in and get a chance, I'll try to see if there's a way of to exploit any extra bandwidth.  I remember being able to get around 2Mbps from a 512Kbps limited hotel Wi-Fi connection using a UDP connection.  The Android VPN functionality is fairly limited, e.g. fixed port, no UDP support, etc.

Sweet!  It worked flawlessly.  TMN just got me a credit on my Internet bill! 
 
Called Comcast and instead of just crediting me for the 15 days they gave me $10 off per month for the next 12 months!!  $120, woot woot!
 
Told them I test every day and have logged the dip for the past 15 days... without a question they offered me either 15 days credit or $10/month off for the next 12 months.  The choice was a no brainer... I'll take those winnings in an annuity please.

I spoke to my work colleague last Friday that I was going to write an article about ISPs inflating their speedtest.net results.  So he ran two 50MB multithread tests this time without any other network activity, i.e. no remote desktop or VoIP call traffic either.  The port 8080 multithread test is on the right. 
 

 
Let's hope this article grabs some attention. 

 
Hello Farhad,
 You can view your test results here: https://testmy.net/quickstats/Farhad%20Lahijhonie
 
From there you can share results :

 
Just click 'share' then chose which way you would like to share them:

 
 
This will open a dialog with the code to copy, and paste wherever you wish:
I chose 'Copy 4 Forums' :

 
Then highlight or copy the code, and paste it into the forum of your choice.

 

Hi Moidcher,
 Not being familiar with the web interface of this router:
 You'll have to find where to set a subnet reservation, out of the DCHP pool range. Leaving plenty for DCHP to start with. If the default is say 192.168.1.1, the assign a pool to 192.168.1.100-254 ; this way you have  ~98 static IP addresses, and  ~156 for the DHCP, you could set it where you wish.
Though, it appears as if this router may handle the specific reservations setting itself. As pictured below.
 
For the second router, you could turn off DHCP, assign the second router a static IP within the range of of lose DHCP addresses on the first router (that is if you intend on accessing the second router itself for any reason after initial configuration)
 
Otherwise, on the second router the more simply way would be to leave DHCP on the WAN set, and turn off the internal DHCP itself, and allow the first router to manage everything.
On the second router, plug the cat5 into theWAN LAN, and connect this to a LAN port on the first router.
 

Here is the manual itself:
http://www.dlink.com/-/media/Consumer_Products/DIR/DIR%20850L/Manual/DIR850LA1manual041913v10US.pdf

And mudmanc4, I just checked and there is no cap on my TW account.  Chat just confirmed that downloads and uploads with my plan were "unlimited."  But thank you for the concern!
 
Best,
drddml

Sure... but check this out first.
 
Go to My Results and then change the "Days" in the top right.  Filter them out instead of deleting them.
 
Also, looking at your results... you're testing WAY too often.  You're wasting your bandwidth by doing that... and mine.  5 minute intervals are even too often in my opinion.  Don't think of this tool as a consistent monitor... if you do it that way you're sending and receiving a steady stream of information.  This will degrade the performance whenever the test is running.
 
https://testmy.net/stats/?&t=u&d=01232016&x=5&l=250&q=drdml

Once every 10-15 seconds!  Jiminy Cricket!  In just the past 24 hours you've run over 8GB of tests.  On a 50 Mbps connection that is extremely unnecessary... it also shows that you're loading the test in a way that violates the terms of use.  
 
(E.3) Users of TMN shall not deploy automated scripts of any kind. Use of automated scripts outside of what is offered by TMN or without express permission of TMN will result in the request being blocked or the client IP being banned permanently.
 
No worries, just a friendly reminder.  Once every 5 minutes will give you a very useful amount of information without overdoing it.  Just use the auto test instead.

Actually the way the program is written it's forced to use http.  I just double checked to make sure... it's hard coded with "http://".  I'm unsure why he got such a high result but it definitely wasn't because of https.  You can request the multithread test under the https protocol but the actual data loading within the test is http.
 
https://testmy.net/compID/845982730431

They tested moments later on their computer and got the result we'd expect.  Seems it may have been something on that android... maybe some kind of mobile acceleration software... ????

Thanks for clarifying that.
 
After experimenting with HTTPS testing on my mobile with the multi-threaded test, I was able to replicate a similar test result by turning on "Data Saver" in the Android Chrome browser.
 
Data Saver - Left: Off, Right: On
 

 
As far as I can tell, the Data Saver strips comment tags from webpages, so in turn strips all the random test data.  So maybe an idea to test if Data Saver is on is to have something like a piece of JavaScript check if a certain HTML comment tag is present in the page source.  If it's missing, display an error message saying to disable Data Saver. 

Well, now isn't that something.  Tricky tricky.  That's pretty definitive proof.  Really the only other probable way you could get a result that dramatic when you keep the variables that level is if you purposely throttled back your own connection.  And if they're doing it, you know that others do as well.  We need more proof across a wider demographic.
 
I'm creating an addition per another users suggestion that just came in.  I think it will work great to build groups of users that want to build a claim like this.    I also need to build in a way to quickly differentiate the port 8080 and https tests in the results. 
 
Purposely allowing ports that they know speedtest/ookla uses to be faster and throttling back others.  What a joke.  Has to be borderline illegal in some way, right?  I really hope that more people start finding TMN so they can know the real deal.
 
Thank you for continued support.  I really appreciate your comparisons and suggestions to help detect this scam deeper, you're making TMN a better tool.

So far I haven't heard back from my work colleague and am sure he is wondering why I keep asking him to run more and more tests on his connection.
 
However, by looking at previous results of his user ID, I got the previous multi-threaded test I ran a few weeks ago and it had a 51MB block.  That was the one I remember that made it difficult to speak to him over VoIP until the test completed.
 

 
The following is a better example from the Three mobile network on 4G, where I chose two equal size blocks for both up and down - http vs port 8080:
 

 
My workplace connection does not discriminate between http and port 8080.  There was no one else in at the time, so had the connection to myself:
 

The test they are using is to verify the end to end connection, within their internal networks. It has no other purpose. If hosted on [or within] their networks.
 
Just for fun (it's all fun though isn't it) start a download of debian [http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.2.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-8.2.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso] which is 3.7 gigs in IE and one in Firefox or Chrome on one machine.
 
Monitor whatever you have which can print or render live throughput.

I followed your instructions, but did not have any success. Same result.
 
I'm going to run spybot and see if it finds anything. Will let you know what I find.
 
Thanks so much for your time.

i reformatted my desktop. installed steam / dota2, ms office, chrome, enabled windows firewall and defender... i'll check my speed now... (fingers crossed) :-s

I just used IE 11, and it tested fine. Must be a problem with Chrome (which I prefer) but I just don't know what it is.
 
Thanks for your help and the time you've taken.