nat85 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 931 Kbps about 0.93 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 114 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/07/17 - 2:26am Bottom Line:: 16X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 8.98 sec Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 8.921 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 14.43 % of your hosts average (aol.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-2ZSW58E6V User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; MSN 6.1; MSNbMSFT; MSNmen-us; MSNc00; v5m) [!] My internet connection is 2mb, soon to be upgraded to 6.5mb. I want to make the most out of this connection. Anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Welcome to the forum nat85 Have you read here? http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-4257 And after it is clean, have you tried any tweaks yet. Here: http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-1013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 nat85 welcome to the fourm. dont do a download test throught AOL. use IE or Firefox to run the test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat85 Posted July 17, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1617 Kbps about 1.62 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 197 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/07/17 - 6:38am Bottom Line:: 28X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.2 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 7.578 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 25.09 % of your hosts average (aol.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PA8FJBGVT User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!] After tweaking my system ( dont know what that means ), these are my new results. I think I used MSN explorer for the first test. I noticed that AOL isnt as good as IE or MSN at certain things, how is that? I clean out my computer regularly anyway. My speed has increased, but how is it that Im not getting the full 2mb. Is this test completely accurate, Ive always used it but my friend has said that she gets different results on different testing sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 this speed test is very accurate. is your internet DSL or cable? and what did you use to tweak your connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat85 Posted July 17, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 I have DSL, and I used Cablenut to tweal my system. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1854 Kbps about 1.85 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 226 kB/s Bottom Line:: 32X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.53 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 13.219 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 28.78 % of your hosts average (aol.com) :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1872 Kbps about 1.87 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 229 kB/s Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.47 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 13.094 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 29.05 % of your hosts average (aol.com) :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1867 Kbps about 1.87 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 228 kB/s Bottom Line:: 33X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.49 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 13.125 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 28.97 % of your hosts average (aol.com) Ive run the test a few more times, without restarting my computer and the speed has increased again. It seems pretty constant this time. How is it that it changed over the course of 10 mins or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 it could have just been a bad test the first time, you should always run it a few time. and since your on DSL 1.8mbps is probally going to be about the max your going to get. try running this test. http://www.testmy.net/tools/test/d_load.php?step1_timed=&step1_size=&step1_validation=&testall=&s=5983&st=st&ni=ni&ta=&top=&tt=1&nobar= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat85 Posted July 17, 2006 Author CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1970 Kbps about 1.97 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 240 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/07/17 - 7:09am Bottom Line:: 34X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 4.27 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 24.875 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 30.58 % of your hosts average (aol.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BLOD9XCZR User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) [!] Those are the results which are again better. Why were those results different? It also says that Im only running at 30%, but is that just in general with all AOL users (inc. citites and what not, which I imagine would be faster) because Ive only got 2mb broadband, untill next week -(very excited) Why is the AOL software different from using other web browsers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Those are the results which are again better. Why were those results different? It also says that Im only running at 30%, but is that just in general with all AOL users (inc. citites and what not, which I imagine would be faster) because Ive only got 2mb broadband, untill next week -(very excited) Why is the AOL software different from using other web browsers? those results are different becuase with a larger file you get a more accurate result becuase it has more time to test the download speed. dont worry about it saying your running at 30% that is just a average of all AOL users and some tests from aol get 10mbps. the reason AOL software is different becuse it does local caching on aol servers so most of the time you get a insanely fast result that you dont really have. but in your case you got a slower result which makes me think that the cach server has alot of traffic on it and it was slowing you down, testing throught another browser like IE does not use aols cach servers so you get a real result. anyways nice speed that is were you should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted July 17, 2006 CID Share Posted July 17, 2006 Now them are some nice speeds nat85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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