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Okay so here is my theory
i don't know how many people do the SmarTest vs choosing the size of the file, but i don't think the SmarTest is very smart

why?
well lets see when u click in SmarTest it downloads a small file
if the file downloads really quickly it download the next file size until it stops when it hits a certain download time for a certain file size
i don't know how it really works but i presume its like this

so if it is a SmarTest why does it not think a bit smarter for example:
if a user downloads 100Kb under 1 sec what is the point on going to the next one 300Kb file i think it should jump automatically to the 1Mb file
and then if 1Mb file download is under 2 sec, don't go to 3Mb file jump to 5 Mb file

i don't see why a guy with a 10Mb/s connection that download all the files under 5MB has to go though all the little files to get to the big one, it not only wastes time precious to the user but it also eats up bandwidth

do you have any suggestions?
did you understand what i am trying to say ?

We should be able to start with a larger file, too. Most cable users can download fast enough so that the "largest" initial test is not large enough. I always have to run through the 2992 kB test first and then end up on the 5983kB one.


::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 4811 Kbps about 4.81 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 587 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/08/06 - 3:01pm
Bottom Line:: 84X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.74 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 10.187 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 5.81 % faster than the average for host (mindspring.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-98H6RF3CK
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 1454 Kbps about 1.45 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 177 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/08/07 - 4:41am
Bottom Line:: 25X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.79 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 33.717 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 125.78 % faster than the average for host (110.226)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-I8AH947GE
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; AdminIE; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)


That's on the connection at work. I've been told it's a T3 that's shared by 7 of our dealerships in Dallas and Houston, but that's the best speed I've seen here so far.

BTW coknuck, where did you find those links? Pretty cool, but I was referring to just using the link at the top of this page. 

Everything but the one I'm at is in Dallas. And yeah, it's got to be a T1 considering how slow it is, especially during the afternoon. When the internet goes down at the Dallas stores, so does ours. Same with the phones. 

Very cool. Thanks! 

Nice speeds philp and using the 12Meg right of off the bat you did not have to fill your cache up to get there. Even faster in the evening with 2X the file size and in the afternoon.
But the SmarTest is necesary for a new person to find out about where they should start.

Very cool CA3LE. Always on top of things, you the man! 

okay i will stay tuned