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larrykelly
Junior
8 years ago

GEN-5 Speed faster than advertised

I ran a speed test using a utility different than HughesNet's and got the same excellent results. Notice the test results from a year ago of GEN-4 which I considered pretty good at the time. I just u...
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C0RR0SIVE
Associate Professor
tampasteve1 wrote:

I am not sure if anyone has gone through their data for the month yet, but are there any stats on what the speed is once you pop your cap on Gen5?

I have been trying to FAP but I am in the 20 day resets since my install was considered a new install...  I think someone at DSLR managed to FAP a unit and it showed ~3Mbps peak for their FAP speed, of course that's likely to change as time goes on.  Once I FAP my unit, I will try to get some test results.

GW I have seen a very steady and stable speed with my Gen5 unit...  http://testmy.net/stats/?&t=u&l=250&z=30&q=C0RR0SIVE

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GW
Advanced Tutor
8 years ago

Thanks. All I see for primetime testing is on Sunday 3/19 but those held up very well compared to the misery inflicted upon users of E17 Beam 55

  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    Associate Professor
    8 years ago

    I can only do so much testing when I have other... things that require my attention with the unit.

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    GW
    Advanced Tutor
    8 years ago

    I got a copy on that. It tells the tale regardless. No 99% drops in performance due to the time of day.