Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV
|  [ALL] Actual download and Upload speeds?
hey ok i have a question im in nevada and i have (supposidly) 4meg down and like 512 up or something like that. anyways.. i have a few questions. 1. what does that exactly mean? because i sure as hell am not downloading at 4 megs a second. the most i have EVER seen was about 400k a sec. but that was rare. so i dont really understand that whole thing. also i just changed a splitter(from a two to a three one) and cable cord(the old one broke) i had the other day and now it seems like the internet is going super slow now.. would splitting it into three instead of two make the internet go slow (the other two lines are for tv's not computers) so i dont know. maybe its just slow for everyone and i just had bad timing.. anyone? |
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Irish Shark
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join:2000-07-29
Las Vegas, NV
| If you mean 400kilobytes, then that equals 3277kilobits which is close to your advertised speed.
Maybe you just need a little tweaking. Post the URL for a Tweak Test »/tweaks
On the splitter did you hook the MODEM to the -3.5dB split?
What MODEM do you have?
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the niTz
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join:2004-07-05
Sahuarita, AZ | reply to Sms4001
4 megabits = 4000/8=500 kilobytes a second |
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV | reply to Irish Shark
i have a best data modem and on the splitter before it was an rca and it said 5mhz to 1ghz and on both outs it was -3.5dB. on this new one its a Phillips three way but its only 5mhz to 900mhz. there is no label that says if its -3.5 or not either |
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Irish Shark
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Las Vegas, NV
| The splitter specs are OK. The MODEM should be on one of the outside ports and not the middle one. There should be some making on the splitter or the package that it came in.
I don't know if that MODEM has diag pages. Try going to »192.168.100.1
How about that Tweak Test?
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV
| ok thats good i had the tv cable hooked up in the middle port. and i went to the tweak tester thing and there are my results
»ttester.broadbandreports.com/twe···a=normal
and when i click the 192 link it takes me to a login page |
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Sms40001
@cox.net | reply to Irish Shark
»ttester.broadbandreports.com/twe···a=normal |
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Irish Shark
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join:2000-07-29
Las Vegas, NV
| What is the model of the Best Data MODEM?
The Tweak Test looks OK except for those retransmissions. You might have line issues.
Make sure that you are pingable and post the URL for a LQT. »/testme
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV
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ok im about to go read how to make myself pingable but here is my results from a speed test i just did
2005-07-05 13:58:14 EST: 2966 / 453
Your download speed : 3037831 bps, or 2966 kbps.
A 370.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 464497 bps, or 453 kbps.
oh and the model of the modem is CMX300V2 |
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV
| reply to Irish Shark
»ttester.broadbandreports.com/twe···a=normal
i got it pingable.. it says its pretty good? i dont know i hate cable lol. |
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Irish Shark
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Las Vegas, NV | How about that LQT from »/testme
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Irish Shark
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Las Vegas, NV | For the user name and password at the logon screen try .. Username = root
Password = root
See if you can see a page with the signals.
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV
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Sms4001 - Line status / Test History
Time (EST) Test Results.. Comment..
2005-07-05 15:21:55 Line quality 0% loss latency 90.4ms View..
2005-07-05 13:58:13 Speed test @ dslr-west1.megapath.net 2896/442 kbps
2005-07-05 12:05:29 Speed test @ dslr-west1.megapath.net 160/442 kbps
2005-07-05 12:01:15 Speed test @ dslreports.linkline.com 30/379 kbps
2005-07-05 11:58:21 Speed test @ dslreports.linkline.com 24/461 kbps
here is my LQT |
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Irish Shark
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Las Vegas, NV | You need to post the URL for the actual test. I cannot access the LQT from what you posted.
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV | oops sorry lol here you go
»/speedre···/1783099 |
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV | reply to Irish Shark
test number 2
»/speedre···/1783308 |
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Tsume
join:2004-02-23
Johnson City, TN
 ·Embarq
 ·ViaTalk
 ·Comcast
| reply to Sms4001
2005-07-05 13:58:13 Speed test @ dslr-west1.megapath.net 2896/442 kbps
2005-07-05 12:05:29 Speed test @ dslr-west1.megapath.net 160/442 kbps
2005-07-05 12:01:15 Speed test @ dslreports.linkline.com 30/379 kbps
2005-07-05 11:58:21 Speed test @ dslreports.linkline.com 24/461 kbps
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The older 3 tests listed there show some big problems with your download speed; the first listed one is fine. Are you sure that when you say you only get 400k/s, you mean 400kbits (speed test) or 400kBYTES (download speed listed on your browser). BYTES are bits divided by 8. Cable providers advertise in BITS so they can advertise a bigger number. If you are getting 400kBYTES/s download, then you're fine, you probably won't see much more than ~550, ever, unless COX upgrades speeds there.
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV
| this is what it says i get
Preferred service customer rate
Downstream/Upstream
4 Mbps/512 kbps*
when i said 400k i meant thats the fastest a download has ever gone for me its not constantly that. and i meant 400kBYTES and yeah.. those last three are way bad.. any idea why?
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Sms4001
join:2003-07-25
Henderson, NV
| reply to Tsume
dont know if this is related at all.. but i just tried drping and it said this
"Sorry, 39 pings (3 per IP) gave errors or timeouts, 65 from 78 IPs were pingable. - no record will be made.
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i also just took three more speed tests and got this.. so maybe that thing was just a one time thing? but 2896 is still pretty low for what i am advertized to have right?
hmm
2005-07-05 21:29:37 Speed test @ dslreports-west1.speakeas 2314/435 kbps
2005-07-05 21:28:25 Speed test @ dslr-west1.megapath.net 2199/441 kbps
2005-07-05 21:26:45 Speed test @ dslreports.linkline.com 2064/449 kbps |
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Tsume
join:2004-02-23
Johnson City, TN
·Embarq
·ViaTalk
·Comcast
1 edit | Those tests are saying you're getting a tiny bit over 1/2 the speed you should be, which depends on your opinion whether it's acceptable for you or not.
The highest you in theory shold get is 512kBYTES/s, because you are being advertised 4000kbits/s, which = 512kBYTES which means the 400kBYTES you said earlier is perfectly good, close to advertised speed.
However ~2000kbits (~256kBYTES downloading files) is, for ME, unacceptable, and I'd have to call cox and ask why I'm only getting 1/2 of my advertised downstream speed.
Also, the 39 ping timeout, I get the same exact number of timeouts, I just chock it up to a problem with the sites that the program DrPing pings.
Edit: Just want to emphasize that 4000kbits (what cox says you get) is ~ 512kBYTES per second download speed. Your upload speed is great, I get the same. Your download speed measures about 1/2 of what mine is though, so you might want to call COX on that. Downloading files on your browser or ftp or whatever at 2000kbits = 256kBYTES/s listed speed on that program. |
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