Viasat Satellite → [Exede] Current Status Tuesday May 15, 2012

WB-1:163 Augmented Beam

5 mbps Plan

Primetime: 7 PM CDT

I think folks are enjoying outdoor activities...or Exede got some more bandwidth.

:::.. Download Test Results ..:::
Download Connection:: 7971 Kbps or 7.8 Mbps
Download Test Size:: 6 MB or 6144 kB or 6291456 bytes
Download Speed:: 996 kB/s
Tested At:: »TestMy.net version:12
Validation Link:: »testmy.net/db/WboN2Dn
Test Time:: 2012-05-15 18:59:57 Local Time

West Coast starting to jam

5 mbps plan; augmented beam

:::.. Download Test Results ..:::
Download Connection:: 2220 Kbps or 2.2 Mbps
Download Test Size:: 6 MB or 6144 kB or 6291456 bytes
Download Speed:: 278 kB/s
Tested At:: »TestMy.net version:12
Validation Link:: »testmy.net/db/GSfhP7B
Test Time:: 2012-05-15 20:56:59 Local Time

:::.. Download Test Results ..:::
Download Connection:: 6249 Kbps or 6.1 Mbps
Download Test Size:: 12 MB or 12288 kB or 12582912 bytes
Download Speed:: 781 kB/s
Tested At:: »TestMy.net version:12
Validation Link:: »testmy.net/db/RI3nMvF
Test Time:: 2012-05-15 21:40:19 Local Time

Wildblue Value back (512 kb/s down, 128 kb/s up).
Because the results are so unusual, I repeated them twice with both the new and old versions of Test My Network. The upload results were the same both times. My upload speed is pathetic. The download speed test showed my download at about twice the maximum and the second, showed it near the rated speed. Prime time slowdown has been lessening since March but has not completely disappeared.

Weather: clear, calm, 64 F
Weather at Riverside gateway: Doppler radar shows clear
Using Riverside proxy for Anik-F2.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 504 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 63 kB/s
Tested From:: »old.testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2012/05/15 - 8:23pm
Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 16.25 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 16.458 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 33.14 % of your hosts average (32.57):::..

Upload Stats ..:::
Upload Connection is:: 18 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 2 kB/s
Tested From:: »old.testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2012/05/15 - 8:15pm
Bottom Line:: 0X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 512 sec
Tested from a 579 kB file and took 260.444 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 12.5 % of your hosts average (32.39)

ping -n 20 -w 8000 12.213.224.60
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1317ms, Maximum = 3260ms, Average = 1670ms

Could be your TRIA shooting craps; someone suggested putting something cold on it....but if that test was done in late evening hours there, I assume lower temperatures

I suspected you would blame my equipment instead of Wildblue's gateway for my slow upload speed. Task Manager showed a quick burst of data was uploaded and then nothing for 5 to 10 seconds before another quick burst. There were no dropped packets in the ping test which further restricts the possible causes. Either Test My Network's software was malfunctioning, or the Riverside Gateway was having difficulty allocating upload time slots.

I think this is the nature of their traffic management equipment these days.

Sometimes, when looking at 360p Youtube video during later primetime (8:30 PM CDT and later), it will stop for some 10 to 45 seconds, then ka-boom, the rest will be loaded very quickly.

If you do a speed test at this Phoenix server, you can see what is going on: »www.ispcompared.com/inte ··· test.htm

Click on Speed (Top), then test result