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MrBuster's avatar
MrBuster
Senior
5 years ago

Using TestMy.net to compare your speed to others on your beam

  I was poking around the 'TestMy.net Database' option under 'DB' on the TestMy.net page, and I noticed something that might be useful for knowing how your tests compare with other users of HughesNe...
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MarkJFine's avatar
MarkJFine
Professor

Beam 68 is centered somewhere on the line between Culpeper and Rapahannock County, Virginia. TestMy keeps thinking I'm in Boyce, which is way up in Clark County, east of Winchester. So, I don't think it's that. More likely it's using some combination of geoip and whatever location your browser thinks it's at.

 

Here's a link to the footprint for beam 68: https://satbeams.com/footprints?beam=10175

maratsade's avatar
maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
5 years ago

thanks, Mark. I thought maybe the center was somewhere around Culpeper.