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The beta just came out. its 3.5
It helps me with getting the most of my connection
before then after
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before i could only get 1 meg when testing using testmy.net
:::::::::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 10100 Kbps about 10.1 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 1233 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/06/12 - 12:44am
Bottom Line:: 176X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 0.83 sec
Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 4.853 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 786.74 % faster than the average for host (Comcast.net)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-RLMC6JVWB
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090423 Firefox/3.5b4 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)


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 So, what your saying is, you'd like to see bigger numbers, no matter the accuracy of it ? 

Just a touch off of my standard 24/7 of about 5200Kbps. Last weeks tests were spot on.

But there is two types of tests. A test to your ISP's server and a test to the Internet. So a test to the ISP's server may show really fast speeds. While a test to the Internet may show the ISP's pipes to the Internet are being choked for bandwidth.

Sorry about the circumventing the censor
This dual test here was stuck on the 12 meg test and repeated it 15 times
i didnt want to lose the ability to modify the post

 Nice connection

 There are several old machines here, one that I use for an ftp, one that I use for when I'm doing something to my main machine that I use to access the net, and so long as there configured right, I get the same speeds as a brand new machine. You just have to make sure the drivers are as new as possible, even if it doesn't go with the card it will still work, and adjust registry values. You can get the same  thoughput .

 I remember when adelphia went through the scandal of father and son embezzling millions, and TWC took over. This is how I originally found testmy.net,  after speaking with a couple local techs that moved up into higher positions within TWC , they agreed that testmy.net was the most accurate, and when they take there laptops out in the field, that they use for specific reasons of testing from the port, they use testmy.net. Why? he told me TMN (testmy.net)  used a different way of sending data to test with, therefore the results were more accurate.

 And the location of TMN is vital, it's sitting in a data center located very close to a main backbone, and since you test from the same server, you get regular results, your not testing from servers all over the place like many of the other test sites.

 Most experienced techs will tell you, you need a consistent test server, where the variables are kept to a minimum.They test with testmy.net for that reason. Among others.

 Think about it, if you were testing from a different location each time, how would you know where your base bandwidth was, there's nothing to go by.

lemme tell u a little story...tmn history...

way back in time when tmn was still called surftohere...the owner of this site (was 18 then) worked for Cox in their supply house...dispensing supplies to the cable techs...a tech came in and ca3le was on the computer working on his site...and the tech commented that it was a great site and that he used it to test the connections in peoples homes before he left to make sure everything was working right...so ca3le commented that it was his site and the tech was amazed and probably didn't actually believe him...remember he's just 18 and barely dry behind the ears and claiming that he owns a site that Cox uses to test connections...

now up until about 4 years ago they would still tell me to test at tmn...recently i was having a problem and they wanted me to test at "u know where" and i refused...telling him that those results are bogus and falsely inflated...and told him i would test here and dude told me that at home this is where he tests too because it's the most accurate...

that's not to say that we never have problems and definitely want the input from our members...for sure...always let us know when there is a problem. but never try to say that speed test is more accurate...because that's just silliness