Bird Fan Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 So I decided to do peak hour tests to see how consistent my speeds are. I re-pointed my dish myself today, although I still only have a 50 signal (better than 31!), so I can now get on during peak hours. Many of these speeds would be faster, but my brother is playing an online RPG game, so he's the one that kept me from doing the upload tests; our connection would stop all transfer as soon as I started the test. I'm still impressed with these speeds. If only Direcway would be able to give everyone this kind of service! 5:00 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 180 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 22 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 2005 17:08:38 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 46.55 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 160.87 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NL8TB2VKZ :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1041 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 127 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 17:07:23 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.06 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 13.28 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NWT6KDPEU 6:00 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1070 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 131 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 18:44:25 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.82 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16.43 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RQMAFGTW6 I couldn't take an upload test. 7:00 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1069 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 130 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 19:35:08 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.88 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16.32 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LR6A3BXJH :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 178 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 22 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 19:36:07 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 46.55 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 157.97 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-U7M46WHG1 8:00 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 202 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 25 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 2005 20:05:02 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 40.96 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 192.75 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XN7PF6O83 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1064 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 130 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 20:06:11 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.88 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 15.78 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-SNHO4AGXK :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 163 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 20 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 2005 20:07:14 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 51.2 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 136.23 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ULFT30H9P 9:00 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 949 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 116 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 21:15:33 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.83 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 3.26 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-K0XDUPNFS Couldn't do an upload test. 10:00 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 964 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 118 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 22:16:51 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.68 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.01 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-O9LNDUT1P :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 173 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 21 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 22:18:19 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 48.76 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 150.72 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-M7O0GJVYD :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 144 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 18 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 2005 22:19:44 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 56.89 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 108.7 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-S01U79KY8 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1018 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 124 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Dec 22 22:20:35 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.26 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 10.89 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-FW8P5OR7V EDIT: If you're wondering what tweaks I'm using, I've uploaded them below. Remember that I might be on a different sattellite, my install might be different than yours, and sometimes different tweaks work for different computers. I use Sat Speed (a utility that you have to have a membership to get from copperhead.cc ) , but it registers the same tweaks as Cablenut would. I've also included an upload patch from the site, I have yet to find out if it helps at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransEdGe 03 Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 How can your brother play a game online , when his pings would be through the roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 The real test would be during the work day 8:00am to 6:00pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 How can your brother play a game online , when his pings would be through the roof? He complains a lot about the lag, but he get's through it. He plays a game called Runescape, very hard to explain. I think it's considered an RPG game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 The real test would be during the work day 8:00am to 6:00pm. .. I get about the same speed as late night / early morning speeds from about 6 AM - 4 PM. I'll continue to try to do speed tests evey hour tomorrow, although I may be busy tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 23, 2005 CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 I would have to say peak hours are 4-10pm EST....even a year ago I had slow downs with DW6000 during the evenings when they had problems as well as the uploads would come to a crawl in the later evening hours, but at the same time that may differ depending on the bird your pointed at and where the heavier useres are located at times zones would all vary. I'm sure never at one time are all the birds working in sync flawlessly....seems to always be an issue somewhere. Here is my test today from there site I test often here as well but easier to indicate time with theirs as well as that is only site they seem to acknowledge. December 23rd, 12:10AM - 1001/194 kbps December 22nd, 04:30PM - 498/142 kbps December 22nd, 03:26PM - 504/189 kbps December 22nd, 03:24PM - 514/117 kbps December 22nd, 12:27PM - 649/192 kbps December 22nd, 11:05AM - 680/145 kbps December 22nd, 10:57AM - 674/142 kbps December 22nd, 10:56AM - 746/191 kbps December 22nd, 09:07AM - 1000/194 kbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 23, 2005 Not bad today... :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 195 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 24 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Fri Dec 23 2005 10:23:23 GMT-0500 (US Eastern Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 42.67 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 182.61 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-C3824D1GE :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1066 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 130 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Fri Dec 23 10:22:05 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.88 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 16 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4H72P58VU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 still having speed drop during peak hours.....also recently discovered another control issue direcway has in the fine print. DWay will not allow a file larger than 10MB to be uploaded. Recently run into a problem with this rule while uploading video to my on-line storage as well as attaching video clips to emails. Whats the point of better speeds if one can not use the net? Seems they don't have the bandwidth to spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 27, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 still having speed drop during peak hours.....also recently discovered another control issue direcway has in the fine print. DWay will not allow a file larger than 10MB to be uploaded. Recently run into a problem with this rule while uploading video to my on-line storage as well as attaching video clips to emails. Whats the point of better speeds if one can not use the net? Seems they don't have the bandwidth to spare. I've never had to upload 10mb, so I've never ran into that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 still having speed drop during peak hours.....also recently discovered another control issue direcway has in the fine print. DWay will not allow a file larger than 10MB to be uploaded. Recently run into a problem with this rule while uploading video to my on-line storage as well as attaching video clips to emails. Whats the point of better speeds if one can not use the net? Seems they don't have the bandwidth to spare. I don't think they do That's probably one of the reasons for the FAP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 I understand there is a FAP on the upload amount as well....whats the idea of limiting the size file you can send? 10MB is nothing working with a video clip, I have uploaded lots of digital pictures, think my program breaks the upload down to each individual picture so it works fine. Uploading the video clips has got me puzzled....main reason I upgraded accounts was to get the 200kbps up, another rear end jabbing from dway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 27, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 I bet they're working on the FAP for upload. That may just be a restriction for the time being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 I don't think so. DWay WILL allow a file larger than 10MB to be uploaded. I just uploaded a 20MB file to my site using FTP. No problem. I'll try a 50MB file later. I hope you aren't using DWAYS email for anything. They do have 10 MB limit on that period. Quite rediculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 No they wont allow a file larger than 10MB using outlook express or Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 Are you using DirecWay's smtp server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 27, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 I think I've uploaded a 20 mb file before on the 6000. It took a while, but it didn't time out or anything. When I'm out tonight, I'll try uploading a big file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 as I do not have web space so not using FTP ..... using the SMPT servers, the free yahoo account is even a smaller file limit of 5MB to the yahoo brief case etc.. not sure why the picture uploads well over the 10MB works fine and not the MOV files to sony imagestation. If someone could help here and explain how to work around the SMPT limit of 10MB my video clips do not need to go to sony imagestation just anyplace I can link to for friends and family to view for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted December 27, 2005 CID Share Posted December 27, 2005 just a thought...you could use free upload sites like www.yousendit.com or turboupload.com ( I recommend yousendit ) they are time limited so you might want to tell your friends and fam to go ahead and download it after you send it... and to keep your files safe...I would ZIP the files with a simple password..then just tell whoever you send it to the PW... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 28, 2005 I couldn't even run the 3mb upload test on here. It timed out. Direcway has been weird today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 28, 2005 CID Share Posted December 28, 2005 just a thought...you could use free upload sites like www.yousendit.com or turboupload.com ( I recommend yousendit ) they are time limited so you might want to tell your friends and fam to go ahead and download it after you send it... and to keep your files safe...I would ZIP the files with a simple password..then just tell whoever you send it to the PW... [glow=yellow,2,300]Thanks ghostmaster![/glow] That is exactly what I was looking for, simple to use, and free......cant beat that? Used them both with no problems. How do I password protect the ziped file using yousendit....XP home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithbuilder3 Posted December 28, 2005 CID Share Posted December 28, 2005 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1061 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 130 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Dec 27 20:51:45 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB download in 7.88 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 14.95 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-L8G2QWXJY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithbuilder3 Posted December 28, 2005 CID Share Posted December 28, 2005 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 162 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB) Upload Speed is:: 20 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Dec 27 20:57:12 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 51.2 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 131.43 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-254P6CMS3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted December 28, 2005 CID Share Posted December 28, 2005 http://www.winzip.com use it to zip files and you can put a password on it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithbuilder3 Posted December 28, 2005 CID Share Posted December 28, 2005 Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 211 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Tue Dec 27 21:33:53 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 201.43 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-X8VPHKJAW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Fan Posted December 28, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 28, 2005 Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 211 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Tue Dec 27 21:33:53 CST 2005 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 201.43 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-X8VPHKJAW Very nice That's one of the best uploads I've seen, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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