My ISP (AT&T/Sbcglobal) uses Speedtest.net for customer diagnostics.
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| stinkfist Senior Member  Subterfuge...... 7401 Posts 4/07 |  Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 7:30PMTest it here.,mine seems to be running slow. [Link] |
Bob  All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 2:43AM My ISP (AT&T/Sbcglobal) uses Speedtest.net for customer diagnostics. [Link] |
| liloleme Senior Member My favorite cartoon as a kid 1666 Posts 10/06 | Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 11:38AM [Link] |
| Jordan1 Member Fishing, a fun hobby! 490 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 12:16PM BTW, you have to manually select the closest state/province that is nearest to you. Edited by - Jordan1 on 6/16/2009 12:18:36 PM [Link] |
| Joey Starr Senior Member Still wanking after all these years. 8082 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 1:07PM [Link] |
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| Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01 | Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 2:03PM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 3:43PM [Link] |
| Jacco All-Star Member "liable to deprave and corrupt" 2673 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 6:46PM Jacco [Link] |
| liloleme Senior Member My favorite cartoon as a kid 1666 Posts 10/06 | Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 12:36AM The speed difference is because the service is asymmetrical. Cost savings for the service providers. [Link] |
| Jordan1 Member Fishing, a fun hobby! 490 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jun 17 2009 : 9:54PM [Link] |
| Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01 | Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 2:14AM [Link] |
| BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 8:47AM This is with me connecting via wireless N to the router at the extreme other end of the house. The original test link gave me 12.9 mbps download and 0.99 mbps upload. The Speakeasy download is probably more realistic, as it is over a longer duration test. However, the test server was in Atlanta. The original test link used Fort Lauderdale (only 50-miles away). [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 3:11PM [Link] |
| jayo All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04 | Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 6:40PM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 7:03PM [Link] |
| Jordan1 Member Fishing, a fun hobby! 490 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 5:09AM The best gauge for me to test the capability of my real-world download speed is Videobox. I download large files from them everyday and typically my speed is faster there than most other sites I download from like my e-mail. I also notice that the larger the file the faster the download speed is until it reaches its maximum. I guess it has more time to ramp-up it's speed. For example, if I download a file from my e-mail, there is no way in the world it will reach my maximum download speed because the file is too small and doesn't have enough time to reach maximum speed before it is finished downloading. I think the Speedtest one may not be accurately showing my download speed because I'm using a combination of a Download Manager and TCP accelerator. The upload speed seems to be accurate though. Quite some time ago I stopped using the speed test my ISP provided because it appeared that once I tested it through them and my speed went slightly above the maximum speed they provide for my tier, magically within a few hours my speed would be throttled down well below the maximum but within the window for the minimum speed for my tier. The only reason I got it back to where it was is because I had to leave on business for a period of time and my connection didn't work when I returned, so they had to send a tech to get it working again and had to start from scratch. Here's something that better explains the whole download/upload speed thing. About.com: Wireless / Networking-How is Network Performance Measured? [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 6:52PM [Link] |
| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 10:01PM [Link] |
| Jordan1 Member Fishing, a fun hobby! 490 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jun 20 2009 : 7:03PM TCP-Optimizer-CNET Download.com BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING WITH THIS PROGRAM DO THE FOLLOWING FIRST! This part is very important! Make sure you know what speed you're supposed to have from your ISP, go to their site and run a speed test. If it isn't at the maximum, call them and get on their asses and make them fix it so it comes as close as possible to the maximum rated speed for your tier. Open the program and near the top there is a slider with numbers 56-200000. There is no need to concern yourself with the other pages/tabs. If you click on the various tabs, it is intimidating, and you should ignore all of the fancy settings. You'll drive yourself nuts trying to muck about with all the manual settings unless you're an expert. VERY IMPORTANT! Set the slider to the exact as possible speed that your ISP has officially rated your tier at if you were able to get it really close. Don't "cheat" by thinking if you set the slider higher than your speed really is that somehow it will "trick" the program into making your download faster. It will screw things up by giving false information and thus make inaccurate registry settings which will make your speed even slower. Trust me, I've tried it already. After setting the slider, go to the bottom of the page, click the radio button, Optimal Settings click Apply changes and you're done! It's that simple. Once it's configured, NEVER GO BACK to the ISP's speed test. I'm almost certain that it is tracked and logged and ultimately they will throttle down your speed. If I'm not mistaken, Comcast was caught in a huge "throttling" scam. Some motherfuckers (ISP's) even had the audacity to consider throttling down certain files they deem not to their liking! So, for example, say you like to download porn, or a type of porn they consider offensive, akin to the DVD laws which I'm newly familiar with, they would throttle it down so the download speed is so slow that one won't be bothered with it. P.S. Flash, sorry if it appeared that I ignored your answer. I just assumed that my reply, the link I posted and some comments by others probably answered your question better than I could have from purely my own knowledge. [Link] |
| Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01 | Posted - Jun 21 2009 : 1:43AM [Link] |
| Reggie86 Member 904 Posts 10/08 | Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 6:09PM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 12:15PM I'm happy. [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 12:18PM [Link] |
| Bill All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 1:22PM I was paying $50 for AT&T DSL and $30-40 for local & long distance phone. So, at the least it will be a $20 savings. However, a long time ago, I made the mistake of using AT&T e-mail for virtually my entire on-line existence. So, I'm going to continue to pay AT&T $8 per month to keep the Worldnet service without the ISP portion. The change was for speed, not for money. The fact that I'm saving a few bucks is just a bonus. Should the price go up after 2 years, I'll probably switch the phone to the low-end Vonage plan ($15 per month I think) [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 1:49PM [Link] |
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| Bob All-Star Member 5516 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 5:42PM When was the last time you called your ISP to inquire about speed upgrades? About a month ago, I went from 1.5 to 3 Mb/sec, and the price increase was only about $5 per month. If I had been close enough to their generation point to get stable broadband access at 6 Mb/sec, I could have upgraded to that for slightly more. [Link] |
| Jordan1 Member Fishing, a fun hobby! 490 Posts 7/08 | Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 8:16PM BTW, what is wireless N? Edited by - Jordan1 on 6/23/2009 8:18:36 PM [Link] |
| Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 8:19PM Pretty recently. Multi-day, multi-session Mumbai telephone circle-jerk. They were adamant that it can't be done. It might be true; the phone lines here are old and shitty. I'm close enough to the CO that higher speed service should be possible. Apparently another factor is something called "downstream attenuation;" this figure can be looked up by the customer on certain models of DSL modems, but unfortunately not on the one I have. I've thought about just going out and buying a different modem so that I can tell if the ISP people are just BSing me, but I'm too cheap. I wish the modem would just die so that I'd have to replace it. Edited by - Harri Patel on 6/23/2009 8:20:31 PM [Link] |
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