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Anon | reply to garypen
Re: Sure Web Based Speed Testers are accurate ! said by garypen:
I don't think it's a matter of THEM fixing anything. It'll be nice when they do, though.
When I change the settings back to default MTU, RWIN,and Auto-discovery, it drops back to its old self.
I am now quite happy (as opposed to somewhat happy) with my Sprint BB performance compared to my old 28k dial-up. Of course, I wish it were better. But, since I cannot get DSL (which has quite a few horror stories of its own), and cable may take 5 years, I'm certainly happy with this, my only alternative to 28k dial-up. (28.8 is the max on this crappy old phone system.)
Did you also set autodiscovery to off and raise your rwin value?
Yes, I did everything that is supposed to be done. Path Disc off, RWIN at recommended number, I tried the MTU @1100 and @576. All the 576 did was to slow down the downloading, neither did a thing for the uploading. It IS a matter of THEM upgrading their equipment because my sector is not there yet, and that is why the tweaks do not work.
What sector are you in? Which MTU did you use, anyway? | | |
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 garypen
join:2001-02-06
Sunnyvale, CA | Well, no, it's NOT a matter of them upgrading their equipment as far as my recent improvements are concerned.
Yes, it IS a matter of them NEEDING to upgrade their equipment to properly serve their customers. I hope they do. I have a strong feeling they will in our sectors, as it seems they have been upgrading others.
I am in sector 191. My MTU is set to 576. You should try doing before and after DrPing tests, as well as speed tests. Performance is greatly enhanced by reducing packet loss and average ping time.
Anyway, I've got to get back to actually using the internet, not just talking about using it. See ya tonight. | |
 SMCinAZPremium
join:2000-11-29
Glendale, AZ | Dude, he is trying to tell you that the tweaks don't work if your sector is overloaded and it hasn't been upgraded yet. I, too, am in 169, and I can say for a fact that the tweaks do not work in my/our sector. Last week, Sprint fixed Sector 191 with additional equipment setup at the tower specifically for that sector. For whatever reason, they did NOT do anything for 169 despite having promised to do so. With a fixed sector and the tweaks, your uploads are better (but still not what they SHOULD be, by the way). Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about Sector 169.
SPRINT-WE IN 169 ARE STILL WAITING. WHAT IS THE HOLDUP? | |
tomc7
join:2001-01-08
Los Gatos, CA | I am in sector 191, SJ area. About a week ago I changed my MTU to 1100 and have been running two speed test a day since.
Uploads are definitely better. The average of 14 test prior to the change is 41kbits. The average of the nine test since is 77 kbits including the 125kb I got today.
Is it new equipment or the change in MTU? I don't know. It may be both. It will take some addition testing to determine.
Now if I could just figure out why Napster uploads fail about 75% of the time. I even tried my backup PC with W98 but experienced the same problem. Any ideas out there? | |
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