Lightning Posted April 8, 2005 CID Share Posted April 8, 2005 HI everyone! Its nice to see a community of DirecWay user's exchanging info for us puter junkies livin in the sticks with no options other than a big fat pipe from the sky.. Here's my story - I was with the DW4000 for about 14 months and the transmitter died, so I took the big plunge and got the DW6000. I've had it for about a week now getting about 950 Kb's a second download. Thing is - I was getting 1600 with my old DW4000 after tweakin it. I've done all the makin sure IE is set right and I ran the Optimizer. Still nothin better that 950.. Well I'm hopin since I just singed my name to 15 months that by some small miracle - somebody out there could give me advise on bringin me back to 1600 Kb's a sec like I had with the DW4000. Any other suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks - Lightning Lee :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 942 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 115 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Fri Apr 8 18:24:32 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.9 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 17.6 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Z6PAWK5EU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted April 9, 2005 CID Share Posted April 9, 2005 Well Lightning welcome to the forum.....the best solution I can give you to get back to your 1600's is....watch Ebay closely and get another 4000 system. Cause it ain't gonna happen on a 6000 consumer account.... 1 meg is about all you'll get with the 6000....sorry ....just the facts... But if you do get back to the 1600's with a 6000 ....please let us know how.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
816_1443013898 Posted April 9, 2005 CID Share Posted April 9, 2005 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2373 Kbps about 2.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 290 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sat Apr 9 06:41:28 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 42X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.53 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 196.25 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-TKGMAZEVY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 9, 2005 CID Share Posted April 9, 2005 thats not a DW6000 test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt1953 Posted April 9, 2005 CID Share Posted April 9, 2005 Then...what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted April 9, 2005 CID Share Posted April 9, 2005 My final answer is, a DW4000 modem test result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 10, 2005 CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 My final answer is, a DW4000 modem test result. that or a faked test... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteolorin Posted April 10, 2005 CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 It says it's a dw4000 in the signature. And that speed right for a dw4000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wmmc Posted April 10, 2005 CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 Don't expect to see nearly what you got download wise with the DW4000, DW6000 is capped at or around 1 Mbps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 10, 2005 CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 Im new to all of this. I got dway about 2 months ago. anything is better than dialup! I started with the dw6000, was the 4000 that much better? anybody know why? forgive me im new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 10, 2005 CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 heres my test to :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1026 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 125 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Apr 10 11:45:16 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.19 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 27.93 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4I0UEXJW7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlh24 Posted April 10, 2005 CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 sticks I believe the the 4000 was better if you are talking about speed test. Direcway can not control the speed tweaks with that model. The 6000 is cap'ed. They control everything. There are some little tweaks you can do but nothing inside the modem. If you can get your hands on a 4000, that would be good. But the fight is not over, you then have to convince direcway to let you activate it. A good reason may be the 6000 is not working. You know something like lightening struck it. hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted April 10, 2005 Author CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 Hi and thanks for the input on the DW4000. I suppose I can live with the DW6000's slower download speed - after all I'd have to pull teeth to get them to re-activate a DW4000 if I went on ebay and got one.. I've checked out Ebay - and yeah the DW4000's are up for sale - quite cheap I might add. People upgrading to the DW6000 are selling them - unaware the down speed is quite significantly slower. Had I known this before I ordered the DW6000 I probably would of got another used DW4000... Oh well - In my opinion Satellite internet is going to be a short lived avenue. Its just got to much workin against it - like ping times for example. NOTHIN is gonna make that better due to the cosmic speed limit of light (186,252 miles per second or so) and geosync orbit (22,300 miles or so).. A ping has to make nearly 100,000 mile round trip and there ya have 500 milliseconds plus whatever that ping travels on the ground. So its easy to understand why investors have their reservations on this technology - But stay optimistic - technology is advancing - other avenues of broadband will be accessable by all of us in the near future I'm sure. I'm personally lookin forward to Verizon's Fiber Optic Connection at 30,000 Kb's per sec...lol :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 959 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 117 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Apr 10 15:25:51 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.75 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 19.58 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Q9KHX0CVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlh24 Posted April 10, 2005 CID Share Posted April 10, 2005 Your downloads looks good. Try using the largest test. It is more accurate. How about your uploads, how are they. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 So ebay hmmmmm. I know that direcway offers a business plan, is it any better? (upload or download) I didnt know that the uploads are this bad. anyway to make it better? I love this place everybody answered my questions fast and very imformative. this is the largest test... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 999 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 122 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Apr 10 22:38:52 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.39 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 24.56 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1T9GILKXC and this is upload. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Upload Speed is:: 1 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Apr 10 22:46:58 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 0X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 1024 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 11.9 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FTZ0QY5JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 the uploads are really bad tonight, even for DirecWay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 I have never did the upload before so this is not normal? no wonder it took so long to upload a few pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 mine sped back up now... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 67 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Upload Speed is:: 8 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Mon Apr 11 2005 00:23:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 128 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 59.52 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LSKI5V1MF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 yup... (larger file this time) :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 68 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 8 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Mon Apr 11 2005 00:24:57 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 128 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 61.9 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NPEYI75UT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeOtto Posted April 11, 2005 CID Share Posted April 11, 2005 As far as upload goes with a 6000, this is about as fast as I have ever been... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1004 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 123 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Mon Apr 11 06:27:38 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.33 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 27.41 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-A3GF86UWP And this is fairly average for upload. I don't do upload tests too often because it is too depressing. Upload speeds and latency are my only real bitches with DWAY right now. Download and surfing has been for quite a while. Secure sites are sometimes trouble, but a reset of the modem usually fixes that. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 62 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 8 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Mon Apr 11 06:29:48 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 128 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 47.62 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-K2OW697Z1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slower Posted April 13, 2005 CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 yup... (larger file this time) :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 68 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 8 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Mon Apr 11 2005 00:24:57 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 128 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 61.9 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NPEYI75UT :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 409 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 50 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue Apr 12 2005 19:33:24 GMT-0700 Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 20.48 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 873.81 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RL2GOJ6MQ That's the largest file we have..Upload speeeds are getting better. At peak usage time tonight my upload speed almost exceeded my download speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 13, 2005 CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 getting better for you maybe... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Upload Speed is:: 1 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue Apr 12 2005 22:39:08 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 0X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 1024 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 9.52 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-DXYC60H4I This was tested from a 97 kB file and was uploaded in 190.984 seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 13, 2005 CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 and the download... :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 214 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue Apr 12 2005 22:45:29 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 27.26 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VC3R2L5IQ This was tested from a 579 kB file and was downloaded in 22.219 seconds Direcway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slower Posted April 13, 2005 CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 getting better for you maybe... Trust me php, it's going to get better.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 13, 2005 CID Share Posted April 13, 2005 Trust me php, it's going to get better.. I sure hope so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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