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::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 1582 Kbps about 1.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 193 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/29 - 10:29am
Bottom Line:: 28X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.31 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 15.492 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 10.71 % faster than the average for host (wildblue.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-WKFQ70HS2
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1)

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 256 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 31 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/09/29 - 10:17am
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 33.03 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 95.707 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 132.73 % faster than the average for host (wildblue.net)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-63Y29KSF5
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Ping statistics for 72.14.207.99:
    Packets: Sent = 99, Received = 98, Lost = 1 (1% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 1126ms, Maximum = 2968ms, Average = 1369ms   

Good news...latency has improved over the last week approximately 300ms and DL and UL performing at maximum speeds! Bad news...latency still sucks compared to the 700ms I expected when I purchased WB. 

You getin some pretty good speeds there!! Yah the latency is horrible, but thats with any sat service

Latency speeds are normally high with any satelite. Yes it cost a lot of money to have the service. But for those who have to have it, If your not getting a good signal, have them come re-peak and point your antenna. Most time that's all you need done to have a stronger signal.

They have a thing now that if you pay 119.00 they will come out and check your service and replace anything that is not up to par for the next 90 days at no extra charge.

Thank You for the welcome..

More consistent is the term I'd use.

Start: 10/16/07   6:39:34 PM 
PING from: 192.168.2.2
       to: 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99) Every 500 mSecs
 PKT# RESULT  TIME(ms) LENGTH     Min     Avg     Max  Timestamp

    1 success     1215     40    1215    1215    1215  10/16/07   6:39:35 PM 
    2 success     1309     40    1215    1262    1309  10/16/07   6:39:37 PM 
    3 success     1165     40    1165    1229    1309  10/16/07   6:39:38 PM 
    4 success     1222     40    1165    1227    1309  10/16/07   6:39:39 PM 
    5 success     1490     40    1165    1280    1490  10/16/07   6:39:41 PM 
    6 success     1196     40    1165    1266    1490  10/16/07   6:39:42 PM 
    7 success     1169     40    1165    1252    1490  10/16/07   6:39:43 PM 
    8 success     1212     40    1165    1247    1490  10/16/07   6:39:45 PM 

Packets out/in/bad/%loss = 8/8/0/0.0
Round Trip Time (ms) min/avg/max = 1165/1247/1490
• Ping Completed 10/16/07   6:39:45 PM   •

Not bad speeds for smartbro, but this thread is for wildblue users

"P.S. I use relatively small files to mirror my real life usage."

Interesting...so a 100 Kbps upload speed using a smaller file represents a realistic measure because it factors in the lag more appropriately???


I guess I like to see the larger file upload speed because it indicates to me that I am capable of reaching speeds that I am paying for.   Am I right in what I am thinking.

What's weird is how much faster my test is when I'm using AOL. they are both going through Wildblue, but I get about half the speed on Internet Explorer alone


::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 3373 Kbps about 3.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 412 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/10/24 - 3:23pm
Bottom Line:: 59X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.49 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 7.266 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 56.79 % of your hosts average (aol.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-MWVYO78F0
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; AOL 9.0; Windows NT 5.1; FunWebProducts)

Thanks for the info.  I only use it  now because I started out with them as my email and have too many customers with that address to change.  I try to stay outside of it and just check my email from Explorer, but the convenience of just clicking the mouse always draws me back

switch to sprint.

I would be interested to see how others on WB1 Duluth beam (or anybody on WB1 at least) compare to this crap--at peak and off peak time.  I'm on the 'middle' of the 3 packages and these are the results I've been getting since I upgraded a few weeks back.

Note:  This test was done at 10:12PM local (EST) time.  The service used to be great when I first signed up for WB back in May '07.  I've watched it slowly go to hell.  By end of the year, if this projection doesn't change, I'll be doing the equivalent of dial-up.  Basically, I'll be paying $50/month to not use the phone line that we never use anyways.

::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 162 Kbps about 0.16 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Download Speed is:: 20 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 56 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 7 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/11/05 - 8:12pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-G3W84YLKC
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-O50AZY7UB
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071025 Firefox/2.0.0.9

Thanks for the suggestions, but I've done all that.  I tweaked the browser a while back and that did help somewhat.  The speed slow-down has to do with peak/off-peak times.  If I test at 8:00AM it's much faster--more like it should be.  It has nothing to do with weather because I am located right in the middle of the drought area (if you've seen on the news) and there have only been about 3 days in the past month when skies were something besides 'clear' as defined by the National Weather service...  and even then it was 'partly cloudy' or 'cloudy'.  The last time the weather was inclement was on 8/29--it was defined as 'thunderstorms' and my speed was measured at 262kbs down / 101kbs upload at 8:45PM (local time).  At that time, I was on the basic plan.

Now I'm beginning to wonder if my dish is out of alignment or something--that's why I was asking if anybody else on the same beam / satellite saw the same slow down in the evenings as much as I am.  But I doubt that because, if that were the case, I would have slow down at all times (not just in the evening).  Again, I appreciate the suggestions but I don't think there is anything else I can do software-wise.  The next thing would be to hack WB, I guess, to tweak my QOS.   

WB does not have a way to check signal strength from the computer / modem.  You have to have a signal meter / go outside and hook it up.  They also have some thing you have to hook up on the modem side too so not just any satellite signal meter will work.  (I watched the installer do this upon initial installation.)  I have a $80 signal meter that I use with Dish Network but I'm not sure if it's compatible w/WB.  I'm not sure if calling in to customer support can yield a signal strenght but I know they can tell if I am connected / logged on.  (I can do that by looking at the lights on the modem too--without having to wait on hold.)

I don't think it's poor signal strength either because speeds are much better during off-peak times.  I'm pretty sure it has to do with WB's over selling and having too many subscribers on one beam.  (That's why they aren't accepting any more customers on Duluth WB1 right now.)

--Ted