First things first, thank you, Dannjr, GLC1, and Lobo, for your help. 3:24am, yeesh, thx
again. I'm using windows 2000 professional. (Here are the results from <tracert speedguide.net>:
Tracing route to speedguide.net [216.167.23.73]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 40 ms 30 ms 40 ms nycmny1-ar6-036-001.dsl.gtei.net [4.40.36.1]
2 20 ms 30 ms 30 ms a4-1-2.nycmny1-cr8.bbnplanet.net [4.24.6.65]
3 20 ms 30 ms 30 ms p1-0.xnycmny21-qwest.bbnplanet.net [4.24.187.14]
4 20 ms 30 ms 20 ms jfk-core-03.inet.qwest.net [205.171.30.13]
5 30 ms 30 ms 20 ms jfk-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.30.9]
6 30 ms 20 ms 40 ms wdc-core-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.5.235]
7 30 ms 30 ms 40 ms wdc-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.24.1]
8 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms wdc-edge-06.inet.qwest.net [205.171.24.118]
9 30 ms 40 ms 30 ms 208.46.126.122
10 30 ms 30 ms 40 ms ge0031.ed2.wdc.dn.net [216.167.88.124]
11 30 ms 30 ms 40 ms 216.167.23.73
Trace complete.
...as far as my speed goes, here are some results: 2wire.com -------BANDWIDTH METER
(test done 3x, here is the average 518.03kbps = 64.75Kbytes/sec)
This is approximately 81% of my real bandwidth 640kbps -- I guess I should be happy...
-------------------------------------------- http://www.dslreports.com/stest
(net@ACCESS Corporation---to New Jersey)
** Speed 503(down)/81(up) kbps **
(At least 10 times faster than a 56k modem)
(LinkLine Communications, Inc.--Los Angeles, CA.)
Test running.........
** Speed 432(down)/80(up) kbps **
(At least 8 times faster than a 56k modem)
(Megapath -------------- San Jose, CA.)
Test running.........
** Speed 485(down)/79(up) kbps **
(At least 9 times faster than a 56k modem)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bandwidthspeedtest.com
DOWNSTREAM
513.5 kilobaud
493kbps
61.6 kilobytes/sec
UPSTREAM
76 kilobaud
71.9kbps
9 kilobytes/sec
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well, I take it I'm O.K. 'cause I'm better than 60% - 75% of my "real" maximum bandwidth
640/90. STILL, any help is appreciated ----Thx.
also, I have another question, it may be stupid, but, since I'm fairly new to this side of things, I feel as though I'm exempted from being smart =). Is it at all possible that there is a program or procedure to get to a particular destination faster? Example: I ran the <tracert> to your URL, speedguide.net, lets say I do a tracert to a SoF, Unreal Tourney or
Quake III server, why can't I just take the shortest route possible to the server, the route with the least amount of latency??? [shortest route as described by <tracert>]
