verlak Posted January 11, 2006 CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 I have been testing my download and upload speeds. I have AOL Dial-Up. The download speeds seem high for a Dial-Up connection. Is there an error in my test or is it possible to have these kinds of speeds via dial-up? :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3366 Kbps about 3.4 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 411 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Jan 11 12:02:30 PST 2006 Bottom Line:: 60X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.49 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 70.01 % of your hosts average (aol.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-546IROZJG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammolo Posted January 11, 2006 CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 Hi, if u have dial up then those are cached results, empty your cache files then test again, never test using your browsers back button.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verlak Posted January 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 Thanks Ramalo, here are the results after clearning my cache files. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 70 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 9 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Jan 11 12:50:02 PST 2006 Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 113.78 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 1.46 % of your hosts average (aol.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-R12SEGBYX So I should clear my cache files everytime I test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted January 11, 2006 CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 verlak ~ Does AOL Dial-Up have a 'Web Accelerator', if so try clicking "Don't accelerate this website", . . .which may still 'cause results to be incorrect. . . .and yes, don't hit the back or refresh buttons ~ though I can't do either on dial-up and get any results, rammolo ~ I can only do a re-test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verlak Posted January 11, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 Turned off my AOL Web Accelerator and now the results are really slow! These are probably the most accurate. Not good! :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 30 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Download Speed is:: 4 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Wed Jan 11 13:45:24 PST 2006 Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 256 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 0.62 % of your hosts average (aol.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-TQWGSRJP3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted January 11, 2006 CID Share Posted January 11, 2006 verlak ~ "Not good!" may be an understatement! find the distance to your telco here; http://www.dslreports.com/prequal/distance . . .read through some of the other threads in All Dial-up and check out some of my tweaks in * Performance Tuning and Services * and we'll see where we can go from there, I'm sure when cholla logs in ~ he'll add some more advice, hang in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 verlak; Something definatly caused the first speed test to be cached.I don't know what because I can't cache a test on the main site but can on mirrors. I guess the web accelerator allowed faster speed on the second test but I'm not sure how since a web accelerator works by futher compressing data if I have that right & the data on the Testmy test is already compressed. The last test is probably accurate How well does your connection load web pages with & without the webaccelerator? If it works better with use it except when testing. There are several tweaks in the dial-up section you can try all may not work with AOL but you can try.Also read the other stickies about making sure your system is virus & spyware free among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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