BillCherryAtl Posted September 17, 2011 CID Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hello folks. What is very strange is my download speed dropped about a third in the last week or two from where it has been of recent - still a great speed so I'm not complaining. The intellectual side of me is curious as to what might have caused it.There is no hardware change. The drop was uniform across 3 different computers. Should I just chalk it up to a Comcast hiccup? Thanks for any ideas. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted September 18, 2011 CID Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hey Bill , run a traceroute to testmy.net , see if there are any times way out there. I'm guessing you are on windows ? Just in case your not familiar Start run type " cmd " when it opens type "tracrt testmy.net" w/o quotes There are many reason why this could be happening, as you suggested , could be an ISP issue , could be maleware , or botnet activity , your line drop could have been compromised, someone on your node could have uncapped there modem and abusing it ( which shouldn't last long if recognized ) jus to mention a couple reasonable possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted September 18, 2011 CID Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hello folks. What is very strange is my download speed dropped about a third in the last week or two from where it has been of recent - still a great speed so I'm not complaining. The intellectual side of me is curious as to what might have caused it.There is no hardware change. The drop was uniform across 3 different computers. Should I just chalk it up to a Comcast hiccup? Thanks for any ideas. Bill Looking at your stats it seems like a slight drop... dont know about a 3rd. i would also recommend a larger test file. 15 MB is tiny for powerboost standards. 25 MB - https://testmy.net/dl-25MB&nfw=1 50 MB - https://testmy.net/dl-50MB&nfw=1 75 MB - https://testmy.net/dl-75MB&nfw=1 200 MB - https://testmy.net/dl-200MB&nfw=1 Recent Stats.png CA3LE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted September 19, 2011 CID Share Posted September 19, 2011 definitely give some larger tests a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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