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alant
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Reg'd: Sat
Posts: 82
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Hello,
I received the above link from my cable provider to optimize my service. Below are the before and after results according to http://testmy.net. Could you tell me if it helped? Or if I can make any tweaks? Thanks, Alan
:::.. testmy.net test results ..::: (before Comcast TCP Optimizer)
Download Connection is:: 5416 Kbps about 5.42 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB)
Download Speed is:: 661 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 3165 Kbps about 3.2 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 386 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/10/20 - 4:20pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-OU28GMWE9
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-QIMT9UJK6
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!]
::.. testmy.net test results ..::: (after Comcast TCP Optimizer)
:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
Download Connection is:: 7302 Kbps about 7.3 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB)
Download Speed is:: 891 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 3670 Kbps about 3.7 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 448 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2009/10/20 - 6:18pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-51HXY0FR2
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-5HKJOZ4EI
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) [!]
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mgmcc
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Reg'd: Thu
Posts: 1105
Loc: Dundee, Scotland
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The results you've shown indicate:
Download speed increased from 661 kBps to 891 kBps (up by 35%)
Upload speed increased from 386 kBps to 448 kBps (up by 16%)
This would appear to suggest an improvement in performance. However, some "optimisers" operate by compressing data which can improve the transfer speed of data that isn't already compressed. Files such as .JPG which are already compressed, may not transfer any more quickly.
The reality is that, if your actual connection speed with the ISP is 5 Mbps, you won't transfer more than 5 Megabits of data in a second, although the degree to which the data is compressed might vary. However, the "optimiser" could just be tweaking settings to get the best out of your internet connection, which hadn't previously been achieving its full potential.
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