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12-29-2002, 08:03 PM

Sheynk Thinker Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 399		How fast is your cable modem? I use www.bandwidthplace.com to test my speed I got an all time high of 2.6 megabits per second Usualy I get about 2.0-2.1 Sometimes it dips to 1.3...but that happened only once and a restart solved the problem What about your connection?

12-29-2002, 08:10 PM

Jason Dunn Executive Editor Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 29,160		I ran this test on my laptop over WiFi with a medium strength signal and got 951 kilobits per second - real-world speed of 118 KB/s. Fast enough for me - if every server could deliver 118 KB/s, the world would be a better place. :lol:

12-29-2002, 08:28 PM

Rirath Pontificator Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,023		4.5 megabit on average, after tweaking. (2.4 before tweaks) Rarely drops below 4 now. For a basic but quick and worthwhile tweak, try the correct patch from Speedguide. http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_mode..._patches.shtml

12-29-2002, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rirath

4.5 megabit on average, after tweaking.

(2.4 before tweaks) Rarely drops below 4 now.

HOW?????????????????????????? 8O 8O 8O 8O

Please enlighten me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

12-29-2002, 08:32 PM

Rirath Pontificator Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,023		Well, it's not just flip a switch and it's done. It involves registery editing, making sure there's no bottlenecks, etc. And it makes a huge deal of difference where you're located and how much traffic there is. Try the speedguide patches above as step 1. Most windows machines are set up for dial up modems, and as such aren't pulling anywhere near what they could from the ISP.

12-29-2002, 09:12 PM

Sheynk Thinker Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 399		I used the patch Same speed as before :cry: maybe it takes a while to kick in or something

12-29-2002, 09:34 PM

ECOslin Thinker Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 416		1.6 per second, at 15:31 - Richmond Va. Sometimes it's better sometimes it's worse, still better than dial-up. XP - No Patch Edward

12-29-2002, 09:39 PM

ECOslin Thinker Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 416		Ran the patch and rebooted, now I get 1.5 meg per second, Woo-Hoo!! Edward

12-30-2002, 02:46 AM

daninnj Ponderer Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 78		3.6 without patch 3 with DanInNJ

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12-30-2002, 02:54 AM

that_kid Sage Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 651		1.5 megabits here in richmond. That's what I get on the regular so i'm happy with it. I ran the test on my parents cable modem in New Jersey and they got 4.7 megabits down :evil: and they say that people in the city have slower speeds...yeah right. My parents a right in the city and they get that speed all the time, only problem is their cable co. blocks all the good ports :cry:

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