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| Sam Knows Participant. I was one of the test subjects.. was nice getting the reports and seeing exactly what my bandwidth & Latency was during off peak and peak times. FIOS user here and the reports sure helped knowing during peak times playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 it was just me sucking at the game and not a bandwidth issue 
Received an email stating the test was over, and later this year they are going to do it again, which I guess means I get to keep this $139 netgear router they sent. Unless Sam Knows is planning on sending out an upgraded router. Nowhere could I find any statement saying I had to return it. |
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| I thought for a while whether to signup and get the free wnr3500L router. Decided not to, fearing that the company will live up to its name (Sam Knows what you are doing  ). Also was worried that the test packets will eat up my monthly . Nice to hear that it went well for you. I think you can keep the box. Flash it up with dd-WRT to make sure that it is NOT sending your data without your knowledge. |
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 MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY | reply to RedCaliSS
um..i have SK router and i never received any emails that the test is over...i still see performance stats on »reporting.samknows.com
You don't have to return it. You get to keep it regardless if you participate in this test or not.
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MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY | reply to hutington
Your tinfoil hat fell off.
SK's testing module is opensource. Netgear firmware is opensource.
They do not know what you are doing. They are not snooping on your facebookses and twattors.
All the do is run benchmark about once an hour of there's no other traffic on the line. They are using about 2gigs/month worth of bandwidth.
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to RedCaliSS
Read that email again. The test is NOT over. Testing continues at LEAST until the end of this year at which time there will be another report released publicly.
Testing originally was scheduled for a MINIMUM of THREE YEARS after which we could do whatever we wanted with the Netgear router. I suspect it may end at the end of one year simply because of the economy but we have NOT been told if it will continue after the second report is released at the end of the year.
The current report is ONLY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2011. Plus, only about 6000 of the 9000+ testers results are represented in the PDF report.
From the email:
"Both SamKnows and the FCC plan to continue the project and to
work with the ISPs, Academics and consumer groups to increase transparency
generally in the marketplace. We’d like you to remain on the panel
as there are plans to do another report at the end of this year and
to compare the results between the two reports. We will keep running
the tests and keep giving access to the data. If you have any
questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Otherwise, we’ll
look forward to working with you!"
So, don't go trying to flash that Netgear with third party Tomato, or whatever, firmware yet.
The email goes on to say:
"We’re also looking for more volunteers so we can continue to grow
the panel, so if you have any friends, colleagues or neighbours that
would like to measure their broadband performance using the
FCC/SamKnows tests, please direct them to SamKnows.com and we’ll try to send them a Whitebox."
So, anyone interested sign up! I don't know if you will get a Netgear though. I have the Netgear but had a lot of problems with it in bridged mode (it worked fine though when I took my router out of the picture) so SamKnows, about 2.5 months ago, sent me a different router . I am the first tester in the USA to have it. I like it a lot better, at least for bridged mode.
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