jmn1207
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Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| [Speed] Upload Trial/Test?
First, let me say that I am in an area surrounded by FiOS and when I first moved here over 2 years ago, I was getting 16/2 speeds with Comcast.
Today I noticed an unusually high result for my upload speeds, so I decided to investigate further.
Using a local bandwidth meter, DU Meter; I visited the following File Upload Test Site and used the 64MB test file from OOL's FTP site to test my sustained upload speeds.
What I discovered, after performing this test half a dozen times with the exact same results, was that I had some type of PowerBoost enabled. And I like it. 
Check out these screen shots I took during one of the test runs.
First 90 Seconds
After 90 Seconds
It looks as though I get 3Mbps for the first 90 seconds, then it drops down to what I assume to be 2.2Mbps based on the latest observed provision rates for other Blast! users. (17600/2200)
I did this test numerous times and each time my upload speeds were sustained at 3Mbps or more until the upload reached 90 seconds. I was able to stop the transfer and immediately start a new one and I would see the same boost in speed for the first 90 seconds.
My downloads do not benefit from any noticeable boost. It stays at ~16Mbps for the duration of the download.
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ztmike
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Michigan City, IN | That would be blast. You were probably upgraded for free from 8/768
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jmn1207
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Reston, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| said by ztmike  :That would be blast. You were probably upgraded for free from 8/768 Upgraded from 8/768? I have had 16/2 before it was on the radar. Read my post again, and really look at the screen captures. |
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Johkal
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Seemingly Blast is supposed to have PowerBoost enabled for download & upload now! |
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macrospect
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Doylestown, PA | Not around here it is not! I see 1.5 up at best! |
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smokarz
join:2006-07-24
West Hartford, CT | does anyone know of a decent upload site in the northeast (ny, nj, pa)? thanks |
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MRCUR
join:2007-03-09
Columbia, PA
| said by smokarz :does anyone know of a decent upload site in the northeast (ny, nj, pa)? thanks You can use RCN's speedtest, which does both download and upload. If you use the largest file size, PB should go away before the upload test is over.
»pa.speedtest.rcn.net |
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jmn1207
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Reston, VA
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| said by MRCUR :said by smokarz :does anyone know of a decent upload site in the northeast (ny, nj, pa)? thanks You can use RCN's speedtest, which does both download and upload. If you use the largest file size, PB should go away before the upload test is over. » pa.speedtest.rcn.net I only saw a 29.5 MB maximum file size. My new PowerBoost will gobble that up before the 90 seconds are over. In the first image I posted, you can see that at under 75 seconds I was already at 27.2 MB's, with 15 seconds of ~3Mbps PowerBoost remaining. So this entire RCN upload test would be completed with PowerBoost enabled, as it would never have a chance to throttle down before it was finished transferring. |
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MRCUR
join:2007-03-09
Columbia, PA
| said by jmn1207 :said by MRCUR :said by smokarz :does anyone know of a decent upload site in the northeast (ny, nj, pa)? thanks You can use RCN's speedtest, which does both download and upload. If you use the largest file size, PB should go away before the upload test is over. » pa.speedtest.rcn.net I only saw a 29.5 MB maximum file size. My new PowerBoost will gobble that up before the 90 seconds are over. In the first image I posted, you can see that at under 75 seconds I was already at 27.2 MB's, with 15 seconds of ~3Mbps PowerBoost remaining. So this entire RCN upload test would be completed with PowerBoost enabled, as it would never have a chance to throttle down before it was finished transferring. I'm on the standard 8/768 tier with both upload and download PB. When running the RCN test with the 29.5MB file, the PB finished before the test did, so for most users I would say it's a good test.
You seem to have a very nice and long upload PB, something which I don't think many other Comcast customers have. |
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ztmike
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So your looking for a online test to test your download/upload then, correct?
There's already a post here about that: »What's a good online speed test that is accurate?
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We have a thread already for this sort of discussion ---> »Post about PowerBoost and other speed increases here
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