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Upload Issue again
GabeU,
Ok, finally got Testmy.net figured out except for one issue, combined testing with max data set.
You see the tabs to the right of 'optional'? Both will set the 'minimum' data size but won't affect the maximum so it still tests anything it wants and of course, if it tests something reasonable the first time and runs quickly it will rerun with more data the next time so it is very important that I remember to click nfw. I'm following your instructions but unless I test upload and download separately I have no control over the maximum data used.
Hughes Level 4 called today (1/11/19) and when she had me run the upload test it was 33Kbps up and 21.3 down. Unplug the modem, bypass the router, long periods of silence and 'still buffering' for 25 minutes until it finally steamed without buffering but I haven't a clue what she did and I got the idea that she had a quota on either words or characters used, kink of like Twitter. I appreciated what ever she did but as she trying to get off the phone I asked if 2215 ms ping rate wasn't a touch long. She said she didn't know, 'bye'. I've never asked any tech about that before so I don't know if only certain techs are familiar with ping rates. I let it go and won't complain unless it becomes a consistant issue. What is your average ping rate? I don't know if testmy.net arbitrarily picks Dallas to ping but that's what this is testing. I understand that a high ping rate will affect the loading of a page which is what I'm running into. Slow to connect, handshake, etc. but once loaded it streams with litte buffering now. She must have done something, 1.5 Mbps up - 25Mbps down. Just so it stays. Thanks for the info.
Oh, you're right, I wasn't able to see that your note about being out of data was addressed to someone else. I've yet to figure out this board.
dfbeck, really should run manual 25MB file size for download tests and 6MB size for upload. You're burning through a lot of data using automatic file size and is not necessary as the manual tests provide accurate results.
Lol on what you did to the scammers. Good you realized they were only trying to get your info.
BirdDog
I forgot to change the data size but it's no big deal since I can't stream anything over 360p for more than a minute or two and usually it streams at 240 or 144p. I start out with 50 gigs and with 9 days left I still have 24gigs remaining. The buffering/crappy video is getting really old. I was hoping maybe a moderator might take note. I'll call customer service, unplug the modem and end up back here anyway.
Poor resolution makes it hard to scam the scammers. That was the first email scam I've had in a while but I've had the IRS that was going to come to my house and someone from Windows was going to disconnect my internet service unless I paid $199.99. My virtual machine has a directory listed 'Financial' and once those idiots connect thru Logmein they down load that directory which only has one file, MEMZ virus that executes as soon as they open it. The other choice is to blank their screen, kill their keyboard and syskey them. I have scammers. And crappy resolution. It's an absolutely flat line in Testmy from .33 to .26Mbps I've got to find someone to look at this. https://testmy.net/quickstats/Hangfire
