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i use coolbuster tips in blog+canopy tweak+opendns+proxy.smartwifi.com.ph
be4  my spd is 170Kbps sometimes 120Kbps, but now  here also in 2wire.com same result 

oh i just remembered, isn't using proxies while testing speed like fooling yourselves? since the speed test you are taking is already cached, you will get a high result but in truth, your speed is still slow.


i think u nid to test b4 u post  base on my experience dl ran onlineclient i only got 3hrs for 500+mb file 47.7kB/s b4 no tweaks 6hrs 15.3kB/sec transfer rate so u mean im fooling my self :uglystupid2:try to tweak man and test it b4 u pots here ok

wow, you made me sound like a complete noob there. well:

1. check our post counts. i've been around longer than you, so i think i know what i'm talking about.

2. this is what wikipedia says about proxies :

In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application program) which services the requests of its clients by forwarding requests to other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource, available from a different server. The proxy server provides the resource by connecting to the specified server and requesting the service on behalf of the client. A proxy server may optionally alter the client's request or the server's response, and sometimes it may serve the request without contacting the specified server. In this case, it would 'cache' the first request to the remote server, so it could save the information for later, and make everything as fast as possible.

and also

A proxy server can service requests without contacting the specified server, by retrieving content saved from a previous request, made by the same client or even other clients. This is called caching. Caching proxies keep local copies of frequently requested resources, allowing large organizations and Internet Service Providers to significantly reduce their upstream bandwidth usage and cost, while significantly increasing performance. There are well-defined rules for caching. Some poorly-implemented caching proxies have had downsides (e.g., an inability to use user authentication)


that means that when you do something like downloading ran online client for 3 hours and taking speed tests, guess what, it's already cached. you take the files faster since you're not connecting to the real source of the data, you're just taking it from the proxy server, which is oftentimes much nearer in terms of location.

ask anyone who has enough experience in this forum. a cached speed test is not accurate, so what you are doing is fooling yourself.

i'm not saying that you shouldn't use proxies.by all means, use them. but not when you're taking a speed test. what i'm saying is, if you use a proxy, then do speed test, chances are that test is cached, which is inaccurate. and i think believing in inaccurate tests is fooling yourself.

ok g
if proxy cacheing does exist ofcourse it would be inaccurate to do speed tests.. so better do speed tests without using any proxies..

i have only an idea about proxies.. the reason maybe why using proxies on smart bro makes connections speed higher is because smart bro uses a static ip address so all of the clients that are using the same base station share a single IP so if there are too many users using the said base station it might result into a congestion and slow of internet speed.. so when a user uses a proxy it might redirect the signal to the proxy server and not directly affecting the base station capacity so congestion is minimized..  im not sure about this its only an idea..

i started this thread because ive been using these proxies for a long time now and they always speed up things on my side.. as i said in my early posts of this thread this wont work to everybody its case to case basis..

this thread has gone too far and many disputed about using proxies.. it is very simple if proxies dont work on your side dont use them..

fr0stbound is right. do not use proxy servers when you are speed testing. yes it feels good when we get high scores, and yes we pretty well know that the proxy thing made it possible. but hey guys don't take it seriously. as long as we are satisfied with the way things are going, keep it up. lets get contented with whatever we have, that's where real happiness comes from.

 

I am new to this forum so i did not know where to post this one.

this is just to project my utter disappointment to my smart bro connection at home. I was asked to heighten up my antenna THREE TIMES and with this i have to pay 450 for each "akyat" 


kasi kailangan daw mataas ang antenna para malakas ang signal. duh.

KUNG GANON, BAKIT ALANG KWENTA PA RIN KONEKSYON KO????????????????
kelangan bang maGBayad na naman ako ng 450. Taragis naman, more than 1400 na nagastos ko, AKALA KO BA FREE ANG INSTALLATION?????????



isang taon bang ganito???????????????????? aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgh!