Guest philp Posted July 16, 2005 CID Share Posted July 16, 2005 I'm on Earthlink's 5000/384 plan and usually get speeds like this when I test here: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4927 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 601 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Sat Jul 16 08:59:00 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 88X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.7 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 35.1 % faster than the average for host (mindspring.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-2U8ACJVGN But when I test here: http://www.houston.rr.com/SpeedTest/speedTest.html I'm rarely over 4700 Kbps. Kind of strange since I live in Houston, wouldn't you say? BTW, I think testmy.net has the more accurate tests since they are more consistently the same speed, but shouldn't I have a higher score from a closer server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted July 16, 2005 CID Share Posted July 16, 2005 philp: I tried the test at the rr site I got 38K Houston is farther than the Dallas testmy .I got 32K at testmy.My onboard meter "MyVitalAgent" showed both to average 38K.Of course this is dial-up & pretty good for 26600 feet from the telco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted July 16, 2005 CID Share Posted July 16, 2005 Strange that you'd be faster in Houston than Dallas. I tried 3 times in a row at the RR site and the best I got was 4665 Kbps. Then I did the SmarTest here and got this: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4912 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 600 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Sat Jul 16 09:46:16 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 88X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.71 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 34.69 % faster than the average for host (mindspring.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PBMZTD9JX I'm almost 250 miles from Dallas since I live in Houston, so it's odd to me that I get that kind of difference. Maybe Ca3le just has better servers than RR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted July 16, 2005 CID Share Posted July 16, 2005 I'm in Amarillo TX so about 350miles from Dallas 600miles from Houston .I also sometimes am faster at the mirrors even the foreign ones.& i'm not going to get my best speed Sat. morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted July 16, 2005 CID Share Posted July 16, 2005 I'm almost 250 miles from Dallas since I live in Houston, so it's odd to me that I get that kind of difference. Maybe Ca3le just has better servers than RR. I do have great servers, but the quality of the route to you from the server is usually the most important. In developing this site I have taken extra steps to make sure my server is on a good backbone (can't be the best for the whole world) and that the server(s) can support what I'm tring to do. I'm not suprised you get higher speeds here... I do too, and so do many, many, many loyal users Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted July 16, 2005 CID Share Posted July 16, 2005 philp try this Dallas Mirror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted July 16, 2005 CID Share Posted July 16, 2005 philp try this Dallas Mirror :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4864 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 594 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sat Jul 16 17:31:48 CDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 87X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.72 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 33.41 % faster than the average for host (mindspring.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-A6IBVO9RZ About the same. Well, at least I'm consistent here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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