It's July 1 and myDSL users are now supposed to be getting double (http://www.pldtdsl.com/about/6-23-04.htm) their previous bandwidth: 512Kbps for myDSL Personal and 786Kbps for myDSL Pro, up from 256Kbps and 384Kbps respectively.

For the benefit of those thinking of switching to myDSL, may I request myDSL users to post their current bandwidth statistics here. :-)

I'll start:

*Package: myDSL Pro
*Bandwidth Test Results: 755Kbps/94.375KBps (2Wire); 710Kbps/88.75 (DSLReports)
*Time of Test: 6:20PM, July 1
*Service Area: Binondo - Soler Street

Bandwidth tests available from DSLReports.com (http://www.dslreports.com/stest), 2Wire.com (http://www.2wire.com/?p=154), McAfee (http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer.asp), and Bandwidth Place (http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/).

Thanks!


~Henjie

From DSLReports...

625 / 289 Your download speed : 640612 bps, or 625 kbps. A 78.1 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 296140 bps, or 289 kbps.

EDIT:
Professional Plan, near Ortigas.

[Edited on 7-2-2004 by mikaelrules]

Originally posted by mikaelrules
From DSLReports...

625 / 289 Your download speed : 640612 bps, or 625 kbps. A 78.1 KB/sec transfer rate. Your upload speed : 296140 bps, or 289 kbps.

Pro or Personal? Service area? Thanks!


~Henjie

Package: Personal

Test results:
Speakeasy- Download speed : 447090 bps, or 436 kbps . A 54.5 KB/sec transfer rate. Upload speed : 250654 bps, or 244 kbps

Bandwidthplace.com - 421.1 kilobits per second
Communications 421.1 kilobits per second
Storage 51.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 19.9 seconds
Subjective rating: Not bad

Destiny Bandwidth Meter- Your current bandwidth reading is 501.30kbps
which means you can download at 62.66 KB/sec. from our servers.

however, look at my 2Wire test:

Speed Meter
Bandwidth = 166.5 Kbps :mad:

Time of test: 7:49pm
Service Area: Rosario Pasig

Is there somthing wrong with 2Wire?

~hacksaw

*Package: myDSL Personal
*Bandwidth Test Results: 105.1Kbps (2Wire)
*Time of Test: 8:01PM, July 1
*Service Area: Cainta - Filinvest East Homes

something's wrong here...

myDSL Personal
Bandwidth = 501.8 Kbps
7/1/04 8pm
Area: Pasay

AJ:roll:

reset my modem and got better results:
*Package: myDSL Personal
*Bandwidth Test Results: 489.8Kbps (2Wire)
*Time of Test: 8:12PM, July 1
*Service Area: Cainta - Filinvest East Homes

Originally posted by hacksaw
however, look at my 2Wire test:

Bandwidth = 166.5 Kbps :mad:

Is there somthing wrong with 2Wire?

Originally posted by quicksilver

*Bandwidth Test Results: 105.1Kbps (2Wire)

something's wrong here...

2Wire's servers are inconsistent at times. If the McAfee/Bandwidth Place/etc. test results are okay, just ignore the 2Wire results. ;-)


~Henjie

[Edited on 7-1-2004 by Henjie]

myDSL Pro
Sikatuna Village, QC
Time of Test: 8:41PM
Download speed : 530969 bps, or 518 kbps (DSLResports)
Upload speed : 26147 bps, or 25 kbps (DSLResports)
McAfee: 727.28 Kbps

[Edited on 7-1-2004 by Eric]

Package: myDSL Pro
Bandwidth Test Results:
McAfee - 755.68 Kbps (94.46 KBps)
2Wire - 744.7 Kbps (93.1 KBps)
DSL Reports - 687 Kbps (85.9 KBps)
BandwidthPlace - 578.3 Kbps (72.3 KBps)
Time of Test: 9:00pm
Service Area: Makati - JP Rizal



[Edited on 7-1-2004 by babynino]

MyDSL Personal:
Time of Test 10:00PM
Location: Diliman, Q.C.

my mom's dsl connection:

mydsl personal
10:05PM
village east, cainta

2004-07-01 10:06:05 EST: 436 / 170
Your download speed : 447281 bps, or 436 kbps.
A 54.5 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 174502 bps, or 170 kbps

OT: out of boredom and curiosity, i tried using our mydsl pro connection's user/pass here in my mom's place and it worked. the connection was also registering at mydsl pro's speed. does pldt's dsl server allow multiple connections?

[Edited on 7-1-2004 by ruger]

Henjie,

Among the sites you have provided for testing, which one gives the most accurate reading? My tests show very different results. Using safari vs. IE also yield different readings.

If we average the readings, does that give the most accurate representation of the the bandwith speed?

Originally posted by Dinkydoo
Henjie,

Among the sites you have provided for testing, which one gives the most accurate reading? My tests show very different results. Using safari vs. IE also yield different readings.

If we average the readings, does that give the most accurate representation of the the bandwith speed?

Honestly, I'm not sure which one's the most accurate 'coz too many factors are involved (test server load, etc. etc.. :-) I don't think averaging the results is also a good way of getting your true speed as just one inaccurate result will be enough to throw the measurement out of whack.

If in doubt, I just test my connection by downloading something from a reasonably fast server such as those of Apple (http://www.apple.com/support/) and Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx). The MIT server hosting a copy of the TechTool Pro 4.0.2 updater (http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/disk/tech-tool-pro-updater-402.hqx) is also fast. Any of the three is good for real-world bandwidth testing. ;-)


~Henjie

the microsoft outlook express software that pldtdsl uses forgot to include a 'select all' feature.

yup, you have to individually check each message to get rid of them. that definitely was a feature present before the migration to 'pldtdsl.net' from 'info.com.'

unless i could not find it.

here is my speed by the way:

[Edited on 2-7-04 by katsch]

[Edited on 6-7-04 by katsch]

Package: MyDSL Personal
Service Area: UP Village, QC
Test Bed System: 1gb QS02, OS 10.3.4, Safari 2.0 (v146)
Time of Test: 1:30pm, Sat, July 3, 2004

Results:
[list]
Broadband Reports - 445
2Wire - 507.3
McAfee Speedometer - 466.4
Bandwidth Place - 447.3

:dry:

Originally posted by Adel
Package: MyDSL Personal
Service Area: UP Village, QC
Test Bed System: 1gb QS02, OS 10.3.4, Safari 2.0 (v146)
Time of Test: 1:30pm, Sat, July 3, 2004

Results:
[list]
Broadband Reports - 445
2Wire - 507.3
McAfee Speedometer - 466.4
Bandwidth Place - 447.3

:dry:

Hi Adel! Looks like the 1Mbps days are done. Well at least na experience mo even for a short while. I hope we occasionally experience the increase once in a while too. Right now it seems that everyone is having the same speed. I guess its ok as long as its consistent. :)

~hacksaw

Originally posted by hacksaw

Hi Adel! Looks like the 1Mbps days are done.

~hacksaw

was sooooo itching to post this yesterday morning, bad timing though --- right around the time philmug was inaccessible. just decided to do a random speed check, and my jaw almost dropped when i saw this speedometer on McAffee (pic attached).

Clicked refresh, and the needle went wild and wacko on me: PAST 2000 KBPS!!!!!! T-2 network rating!*@?! That speedometer needle really looked weird, but before i got the chance to do a screen capture, the page refreshed itself. Then a little later, the needle indicated a lousy 90 (ISDN speed range) but it only took a few minutes to return to the 1Mbps range.

Whoooooaaaaaaa!

Whoa! I'm getting Mbps speeds, too. Time of test: 11:30AM July 9.

McAfee: 2.051Mbps / 262.58KBps
DSLReports: 1134Kbps / 141.7KBps
BandwidthPlace: 1.2Mbps / 144.2KBps

Real-world throughput is even better than some of the bandwidth test results. 257.6KBps sustained while downloading a couple of large files. :-) I wonder how long this will last?


~Henjie

[Edited on 7-9-2004 by Henjie]

My myDSL Pro (768Kbps/96KBps) connection has been breaking the megabit barrier for a few days now. Anybody else experiencing the same thing?

2Wire (http://www.2wire.com): 1323.8Kbps or 1.29Mbps or 165.48KBps
DSLReports (http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=97): 1242Kbps or 1.21Mbps or 155.2KBps
McAfee (http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp): 1209.34Kbps or 1.181Mbps or 151.17KBps

This has been going on for about three days now. Nice. :-)


~Henjie

I peaked at 329.2KB/sec when the torrents are good.

Originally posted by tweek
I peaked at 329.2KB/sec when the torrents are good.

Whoa! That's more than 2.5Mbps. Are you also using myDSL Pro? Location?


~Henjie

Yeah using myDSL Pro in Alabang. I got my peak using the latest MenuMeter. For the past hour my peak is 184.3KB/sec

For the speed am getting I should be paying 14-80 grand.

I'm currently doing a software update and getting 222.1KB/sec. A neighbor of mine on myDSL Personal is still slugging at 55-60KB/sec. What a world of difference 500/month makes.

i've got mydsl personal, and i'm trudging along at 150 ~ 170 Kbps. :frown:

mydsl pro, 186.5 KB/sec here! wow! :hyper:

i just checked mine using dsl reports got 1052/355. my best so far. am subscribing to 768

mine too. i thought pldt upgraded it to t1.

Are you all using the modem provided by PLDT? I've dumped that and changed to a Speedtouch 802.11g wireless router. With this, i'm getting slower speed readings, but wireless access on my iBook is pretty much the same as the wired access on the PC connected to the router.

In my case the first gen Nokia ADSL modem + a Linksys WRT54G WiFi router using Alchemy-6.0-RC1.w42 V2.04.4.8sv firmware. While updating to 10.3.9 I got a peak of 228KB/sec.

Hi tweek, I have the same config, equipment wise as you but used the linksys firmware upgrade to 2.04 if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, I was wondering if you have problems with the connection cutting often. I still have that problem even if the speed has improved considerably. Did you ever have that problem. The pldt guys came over and claimed that my phone line connection was not well done by my electrician but i doubt it. anyway, wanted to know if you've had disconnect problems because i'm trying to ascertain if the problem is with my firmware upgrade or with the line or something else. i'd appreciate your feedback. thanks

I've had disconnect problems, ranging from 15 min.- 4 hrs on, and 15 min to 24 hrs off. I had PLDT check it, the guy told me that it is a wiring problem, so I had to use a new connection from the post, direct to my modem, bypassing the whole built-in wiring of the house. It behaved for a day then the problem recurred. They had to change the modem, from the original Zyxel to a Speedstream, and for about a week now, I've had a stable and reliable connection.

docnap

docnap, that's interesting feedback. thanks. i never really thought of the modem being the problem. hmm, could very well be my problem as well. does anyone out there have the first gen nokia dsl modem?

hi alhuang1, no problem whatsoever. Got 321KB/sec while downloading multiple torrents.

thanks tweek. i better do the line fix before I start complaining to pldt again. but as i'm writing, i've had intermittent service for the past 30 mins now ranging from 30 secs to a few minutes. oh well, guess i really need to fix my line first

Originally posted by alhuang1
thanks tweek. i better do the line fix before I start complaining to pldt again. but as i'm writing, i've had intermittent service for the past 30 mins now ranging from 30 secs to a few minutes. oh well, guess i really need to fix my line first

If you have ruled out your computer, I suspect it to be a modem problem. Before you rewire test your set-up at the end of the telephone line PLDT installed. If the problem is still there PLDT tech wont have any excuse since everything is still on their side of the fence.

It's confirmed. Another round of speed upgrade for PLDT myDSL. :-)

Plan 1995: previously 384Kbps, now up to 512Kbps
Plan 2500: previously 512Kbps, now up to 768Kbps
Plan 3000: previously 768Kbps, now up to 1Mbps

The upgrade is being done on a per-area basis.


~Henjie

Open season.

While downloading the Batman Begins trailer (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hdgallery/batmanbegins.html) from Apple's QuickTime 7 HD Gallery (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hdgallery/), my myDSL Pro connection sustained 800+KBps (around 6.25+Mbps) for about a minute. Tindi.


~Henjie

Originally posted by Henjie
Open season.

While downloading the Batman Begins trailer (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hdgallery/batmanbegins.html) from Apple's QuickTime 7 HD Gallery (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hdgallery/), my myDSL Pro connection sustained 800+KBps (around 6.25+Mbps) for about a minute. Tindi.


~Henjie

Good lord!

I just checked my connection on PLDT Play and look what it read!

Oh and the scary part is that i'm on wifi and i'm on the third floor. The Apple Base Station is in the garage on the first floor, there's an APex on the second floor and I'm above them all. Wow. I hope it stays this way!

well, this is a pleasant surprise! i've got myDSL personal, and i've got 700.8 Kbps according to 2Wire, and 699.2 kbps according to PLDT play.

Been seeing improvements too (after two days of downtime - they only pacified me by saying they were doing an upgrade, which I took with a grain of salt at first), as the days go by. Yahoo!

Here's mine.

1.67Ghz Powerbook running Safari 2.0 build 412 - am getting 2.76Mbps.

Originally posted by directX
Here's mine.

1.67Ghz Powerbook running Safari 2.0 build 412 - am getting 2.76Mbps.

Good thing you took your graphic down. I've always thought it was dangerous to announce your IP address to the general public.

Originally posted by Adel
Originally posted by directX
Here's mine.

1.67Ghz Powerbook running Safari 2.0 build 412 - am getting 2.76Mbps.

Good thing you took your graphic down. I've always thought it was dangerous to announce your IP address to the general public.

Well, it is a dynamic IP address from myDSL anyway and a simple refresh may assign it to someone else. :P

Moan, groan, ...:sigh::no: am here stuck with globeDSL, and for the umpteenth time thinking of switching.

Am getting what i subscribed for 350-450 Kbps (that's a small "b") unlike PLDT, I have not been 'doubled' !!:no::(

Does anybody know what are the good deals now at PLDT ?:neutral:

My PLDT landline is DSL capable na, so I can switch right away.:yes:

I think you should make the switch already. Just make sure you get myDSL Pro. The extra P500's worth it. :upset:

Dunno if there are promos with PLDT DSL though.

using testmy.net :D

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 909 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 748 kB)
Download Speed is:: 111 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Sun May 01 2005 21:58:42 GMT+0800 (PHT)
Bottom Line:: 16X faster than 56K 1MB download in 9.23 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 73.8 % faster than the average for host (pldt.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-I183Y296O

Really happy with Pldt DsL,

Bandwidth Test Results : 5.12 Mbps
Dial-Up 53.3 kbps

ISDN 56 kbps

DSL/Cable 128 kbps

DSL/Cable 256 kbps

DSL/Cable 512 kbps

T1 Line 1500 kbps

Your Results 5246.8 kbps


Your IP Address Is : 210.213.***.*** You may download upto 655.85 Kilobytes per Second from PLDT Play.

COOOLLLL
:laugh:

IP ADDRESS EDITED OUT FOR SECURITY

[Edited on 5-14-2005 by Adel]

I think pldt is givin all the bandwidth to pro users.. personal's been flakey.. most of the day its been at 90KB/s but now its down to around 15KB/s

same here personal mydsl got worse somehow, before the speed bump at least, i was consistently getting 40-50kbps, now i'd hit 70-90kbps, for a while about first 30 minutes, then it drops down to 10-30kpbs.

Package: MyDSL Personal
Service Area: BF Resort Village, Las Piñas
1GB 1GHz TiBook SD, OS 10.3.9, Safari 1.3 (v312) via airport

2005-05-11 19:47:14 EST: 687 / 340
Your download speed : 704475 bps, or 687 kbps.
A 85.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 348310 bps, or 340 kbps.

pldtmydsl personal
time of test 8:24AM
malolos

Here's what Broadband reports.com reported:

Your download speed : 517474 bps, or 505 kbps.
A 63.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 383610 bps, or 374 kbps

with 2wire its... 77.6kbps

macafee reports... 552.294 Kbps (69.03 KBps):)

[Edited on 5-12-2005 by rvaph]

[Edited on 5-12-2005 by rvaph]

ISP: PLDT MyDSL Pro
Connection is:: 671 Kbps
Download Speed is:: 82 kB/s

Already reset my modem and its still slow. I think something is wrong. Any MyDSL Pro user out there kindly post your stats for comparisson please.

PLDT MyDSL Pro using the dslreports.com speed test

2005-05-26 10:41:36 EST: 1164 / 417
Your download speed : 1192778 bps, or 1164 kbps.
A 145.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 427613 bps, or 417 kbps.