Speed Problem

**whack_amol** · May 9th, 2002, 06:24 PM

Is there any way i can boost my modem. I have a cable modem and i mean the pages load faster and people upload fast from me, but my own downloads are most of the time shot. Is it just that the other persons bandwith is bad?

**JungleMan** · May 9th, 2002, 06:28 PM

What's the max download speed? Find out from your cable provider.

Do you have another computer or computers on the network?

**whack_amol** · May 9th, 2002, 06:51 PM

No other computers on network, The highest i gone was 35 kb/s, that was in the first week i got my cable (its been 3 weeks now)

But normally my downloads go from .02 kb/s to 7 kb/s.

**JungleMan** · May 9th, 2002, 06:56 PM

Originally posted by whack_amol
No other computers on network, The highest i gone was 35 kb/s, that was in the first week i got my cable (its been 3 weeks now)

But normally my downloads go from .02 kb/s to 7 kb/s.

Downloads from where?

If it's from Kazaa/WinMX/etc you need to check your ping times. When I got cable installed I used Napster and the cable guy was still there setting up a couple of last minute things, I asked him why my DL speeds were so slow. He said it's because I wasn't PINGING the servers I downloaded from. So I started pinging and I got downloads that were really fast (sometimes 300k/sec) as I immediately found the fastest location (lower ping is better)

I didn't realize my mistake on dialup since i usually ended up getting on a server that would max out my paltry 5kb/sec of bandwidth anyway.

It's food for thought

**chrisjk** · May 9th, 2002, 07:23 PM

Originally posted by whack_amol
But normally my downloads go from .02 kb/s to 7 kb/s.

haha, my single channel ISDN can beat that!

**kalicki** · May 9th, 2002, 08:26 PM

Originally posted by chrisjk
haha, my single channel ISDN can beat that!

haha, my adsl can beat that!

(Don't say anything Justin...

)

**chrisjk** · May 9th, 2002, 08:38 PM

what medal would you like? Complete knob-shiner 2002?

**Pix** · May 9th, 2002, 09:07 PM

Mr Sarcasm strikes again

*smirk*

Tygur · May 10th, 2002, 01:59 AM

Anyone with anything better than dialup can beat that

**whack_amol** · May 10th, 2002, 02:56 PM

Thanks jpbtennisman for giving my a true reply instead of boasting, but anyways how would i ping the servers, oh i use kazaa, i dont like winmx that much

**JungleMan** · May 10th, 2002, 03:10 PM

Originally posted by whack_amol
Thanks jpbtennisman for giving my a true reply instead of boasting, but anyways how would i ping the servers, oh i use kazaa, i dont like winmx that much

Try downloading from something OTHER than Kazaa

Microsoft.com has some really fast servers, I often get 300 or 400k...hey, good excuse to get the latest updates

**Gandalf_Grey_** · May 11th, 2002, 12:24 PM

although i only have Dial up i am counting my blessings cause i have GOOD dial up, i used to connect at about 33000 bps then tbay tel (thunder Bay telephone) upgraded something and i am currently connected at 51600 bps a big improvement

**SteveCRM** · May 11th, 2002, 04:52 PM

download accelerator and some programs like it work really well too...I've reached 500kb/s+ with it (didn't withstand it long, my cable undulates, is that normal

)

**JungleMan** · May 11th, 2002, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by SteveCRM
download accelerator and some programs like it work really well too...I've reached 500kb/s+ with it (didn't withstand it long, my cable undulates, is that normal )

download accelertaor = teh spyware

**Gandalf_Grey_** · May 11th, 2002, 06:04 PM

ya it is spyware but i get the last laugh when i replace the registry key with all the logged websites with a few obsenities

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