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Hi I have a connection of 1.5mps and I get results of
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 1345 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)
Download Speed is:: 164 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 24 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 6 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=LGFPMI35K


::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 308 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 579 KB)
Upload Speed is:: 38 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 5 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 27 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=2VBSWQOLF

And I ran the tweak test http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:50e6379?service=dsl&speed=1500&os=winXP&via=winXPpppoe

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>tracert testmy.net

Tracing route to testmy.net [67.19.36.6]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    17 ms    19 ms    19 ms  adsl-65-43-112-1.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net [65.43
.112.1]
  2    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  dist1-vlan60.chcgil.ameritech.net [67.38.101.34]

  3    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  bb1-g8-3-0.chcgil.ameritech.net [67.38.101.115]

  4    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  bb2-p5-0.chcgil.ameritech.net [151.164.191.178]

  5    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  ex1-p3-3.eqchil.sbcglobal.net [151.164.40.30]
  6    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  ex2-p1-0.eqchil.sbcglobal.net [151.164.191.250]

  7    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  151.164.249.90
  8    59 ms    19 ms    19 ms  ge-2-1-0.a1.chcg.broadwing.net [216.140.15.17]
  9    29 ms    19 ms    29 ms  so-0-1-0.c1.gnwd.broadwing.net [216.140.14.97]
 10    38 ms    39 ms    39 ms  216.140.15.105
 11    39 ms    39 ms    39 ms  S2-2-0.a1.dlls.broadwing.net [216.140.4.226]
 12    49 ms    49 ms    49 ms  67.99.43.234
 13    49 ms    49 ms    49 ms  dist-vlan32.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.62]
 14   231 ms    49 ms    50 ms  dist-vlan22.dsr1-2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.
127.76]
 15    47 ms    49 ms    49 ms  dsr2-2-v2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [12.96.160.40]
 16    49 ms    49 ms    49 ms  gig1-0-2.tp-car9-2.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.
116.86]
 17    93 ms   159 ms   265 ms  6.67-19-36.reverse.theplanet.com [67.19.36.6]

Trace complete.

hey monkhoous and welcome to the forum

I agree, you get 89% of advertised speed and on dsl almost no one get above their cap

VanBuren

I use sbc yahoo my results

::Download::
 Your connection is:      1295  Kbps      (about 1.3 Mbps)
You downloaded at:    158 kB/s
Your TRuSPEED™: ^info^    1386 Kbps :: 169 kB/s (7% overhead factored)
Bottom Line:    You are running: 23 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 6.48 second(s)

::Upload::
 Your connection is:      322  Kbps      (about 0.3 Mbps)
You uploaded at:    39 kB/s
Your TRuSPEED™: ^info^    345 Kbps :: 42 kB/s (7% overhead factored)
Bottom Line:    You are running: 6 times faster than 56K and can upload 1 megabyte in 26.26 second(s)