If you aren't using a wireless connection, then your speed should be a lot higher. It could just be the settings on your LAN card. You could try setting a static IP, or disabling some IE services/functions. Like you said I doubt it is spyware, but you should scan anyways. An easy way to tell if there are programs hogging bandwidth is to open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) and click on the "Networking" tab. If there is a lot of activity and you aren't DL'ing anything (:whistle:) then your computer might be sick... :cry:

0 activity. I think its just crap service and nobody knows better than to complain to comcast. I'm paying $45 a month for that.

Wow. YOU should call them.

Give them a call on Monday and say you are unsatisfied with the speed. It could simply be poor coax wiring somewhere.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/454728925.png

That's on a wireless connection on my laptop, with about 80% signal strength. Good enough on the download, just wish that upload were faster :neutral:

Is the wiring that sensitive? Both my coax and CAT5 look like mangled junk.

The wire management isn't an issue. If the bundles of wire are tugging on the coax connectors they might be coming apart and creating a bad connection. It's just like R/C wiring, bad connections have higher resistance. That's why I love fiberoptics. :smile: Too bad you cant run a car on red light....

Dollar says you're using RoadRunner.

Wait, isn't that all SoCal has? Grr.

Me? SoCal also has Verizon Fios, but I'm not sure how that compares.

Eh, that's right.
Yeah, what are you using?
Roadrunner right? :p

I'm wondering why RoadRunner's upload is so slow lately.
Before it used to be speeding.. Hmm

Yep, Roadrunner. We've been using it for about 10 years now. Honestly the upload speed doesn't bother me too much, but it is a cause for confusion.

Man I wish I could get some of your guys speeds :yes:

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My work

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my sprint wireless card

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Paralyzed, try rebooting your router / firewall (I really hope you have one!) and your cable modem. Some brands have issues that cause performance to degrade over time.

Jeeesus christ Cheesecake.
I like that work connection! :D

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It depends on the time of day though- this was done at ~5:40pm in the UK, but after most people have gone to bed, it gets alot quicker due tio less traffic- typically about 7-8mb/s. Still crap compared to some of you bastards- I hate you and your super fast internet connections... :lol:

Edit:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/455083775.png

20 minutes later and its nearly twice as fast- bizarre......

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Cable net sucks here...and I pay for 20 meg down speeds

I have been thinking about going with hughes sat. for internet service

http://www.elitesat.com/prodList.asp?idCategory=29

Satellite tends to have high latency though because of the added distance to space and back.

No discount for knowing somebody... bummer.

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We had 7" of rain yesterday/today and my network has been blinky - couldn't operate but a single desktop off the router, tried everything. Now its quit raining, starting to dry out and everything's nearly back to normal, may still be a touch slow...

bump, for reasons undisclosed to you

Got Fios. Much better than the DSL before and its cheaper. Way faster than needed for most things, even w/ many comps on the network
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this is a stolen wireless signal. 15x faster than connected to my modem with cat5 cable. what should i do about this?

funny that I get faster speeds tethering my instinct(sprint)!



well, first I wouldn't say it's stolen. secondly, seeing that it is much faster, you know that there is a faster alternative for internet(unless that network belongs to a school or company where they use fiber...) I would call your ISP, and piss and moan that it is too slow. I've done that with verizon and they would set a higher download cap for our line. Just be prepared to argue for a couple hours, and prepare yourself with answers for all the questions tech support will ask before hand. and say you have a desktop computer, brand new, wired straight to the modem. no router(no excuses!). If they really don't have anything to offer for free or at the same price you are paying. if not, take your speed, multiply it by 7, go to the other ISPs, say my ISP is offering me x speed for the price you are paying, and say that you hate their customer service, so you wanna switch


You probably just have a slow proxy server at work

thanks eovnu, will do. flippin' comcast............

my work at 6:10am


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My work..

90 / 59

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This is fast enough for me. It's already faster then my computer...

Damn Art1k, thats a bit fast isnt it? I would run an extension cable from your work to your home- have a few inline hubs/boosters whatever to compensate for the voltage drop (unless its fibre optic), and it would still be faster than most other peoples internet...

Hmm, latency might be substantially higher due to distance and the repeater/booster parts.

I am rockin' BellSouth (now AT&T) FastAccess DSL Extreme 6.0!

Friggin' slow-ass 6MB DSL...
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Oh, and just for the OP, 7.68MB/s is not the same as 768KB/s...7.68MB/s = 7680KB/s (7864.32 technically).

Just FYI guys, it's "Mb" not "MB". "B" (Byte) is not the same as "b" (bit) when you're talking about transfer rate. "B" is actually 8x faster than "b". :yes:

Reviving an old thread
 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/746448683.png Wanted to compare this now that I have a new cable modem and a new laptop. Download speed is more than doubled, upload is about the same as it was back on like the second page of this thread

Sorry I was on page 3 before and my download speed is more than 4x faster

FTTH 20/20

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BellSouth (AT&T)aDSL
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