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...This makes my millenium heheh "PRINCETON, NJ -- July 27, 2004 - RCN Corporation announced the upcoming launch of MegaModem Mach 7 , providing cable modem customers with download speeds of up to an unprecedented 7 Mbps, as the company continues to execute on its vision of product bundling and cutting-edge technology. RCN expects to complete the upgrade across all markets by the end of August. " http://www.rcn.com/investor/pr.php?id=213

upstream speed forever remains the Holy Grail of broadband connex.....even on my T-1 it struggles to keep up with the downstream. A conspiracy indeed, in my opinion... lol keep the faith -JxL

upstream speed forever remains the Holy Grail of broadband connex.....even on my T-1 it struggles to keep up with the downstream. A conspiracy indeed, in my opinion... lol keep the faith -JxL

always remember: speed is just a question of money; how fa$t you wanna go??? JxL

always remember: speed is just a question of money; how fa$t you wanna go??? JxL

Usually when i start to bellyache about my upload speed, i get flashbacks of 45-minute upload times for a single mp3 on aol2.5...& that was a good day when the dial-up didn't drop dead several times an hour but yes i will always complain about these upstream caps because they suck lol cheers~! -JxL

WWW.GBLX.COM is usually a decent ping: Pinging wwwgblx.web.globalcrossing.COM [64.211.77.61] with 32 bytes of data: Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 31ms, Maximum = 47ms, Average = 39ms using the max RWIN GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize="256960" -JxL

I checked with the carrier & the bossman, indeed it is a full T-1 on the tap.... SO next i hooked up an old boat anchor Packie Bell to the pipe,but this time on the DMZ. Sure enough, it was hitting 1.3Mps instantly on the downstream...Definitly there is a throttle of some kind in or beyond the router to lose so much bandwidth. I'm replacing the very-unfriendly NetVanta with a simpler Netgear or Cisco this week, i am sure we will see some interesting improvements -JxL

make sure your LAN card [network adapter] does not have the "allow computer to turn this device off to save power" option enabled...it is enabled by default on XP & W2k if i remember correctly. Always a good idea to disable "LMHOSTS Lookup" as well; another relatively useless gremlin in the TCP/IP realm. good luck -JxL

IMPRESSSIVE notebook for sure....i used Dell here at home until i got bored enough to build this Tornado3000 frankenstein & currently i maintain 42 Dell workstations at my job so i guess you can call me a "fan" of the Texas billionaire~! Plus the fact that Michael Dell had the balls to offer Linux installs alongside the typical MS rubbish, two thumbs up & a glass of VSOP enjoy & be well -JxL

from the house on sat. afternoon: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3961 Kbps about 4 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is:: 483 KB/sec Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 71 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.12 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=RXB7PE73K my T-1 at work, which is wide open except for email transfers, will not score higher than 0.5Mbps inbound or out...any speed guru's have some insight on this ; could it be router/firewall settings or is the boss getting ripped off ? lol...the carrier is NAII out of New Jersey, NetVanta router, Symantec firewall & 3com switches. any insights are appreciated & keep the faith! -JxL

most excellent! I just now remembered that i attended a MS TS-1seminar last month & they handed out a cdrom with the SP2 info on it...let me see if i can dig it out for us

Yes please do, i have heard much good info on this next update, especially on the Security end of things. I suppose it may be time to upgrade old W2k with this new sp...I honestly have not been impressed enough with XP yet [especially home edition] to trash win2000 -JxL

indeed finally fixed; went from this typical rubbish on monday: 10:18:21 * Disconnected (10053: Software caused connection abort) 10:18:25 * Attempting to rejoin channel #junkiexltest 10:18:25 * Rejoined channel #junkiexltest 10:35:45 * DethDEALR is now known as D3thDEALR 10:35:49 * muhahaha sets mode: +o D3thDEALR 11:31:29 * Disconnected (10053: Software caused connection abort) 11:31:34 * Attempting to rejoin channel #junkiexltest 11:31:34 * Rejoined channel #junkiexltest 11:58:31 * Disconnected (10053: Software caused connection abort) 11:58:35 * Attempting to rejoin channel #junkiexltest to today's server log: 17:47:07 <@D3thDEALR> (server) server:[irc.nac.net] port:[6667] status:[normal user] connected:[16 hours 8 minutes and 30 seconds] Billy Gates is still laughing all the way to the bank, I assure you.... -JxL

After 4 weeks of failing to fix or even get useable info on this very annoying bug (broadband connections resetting every 2-10 minutes), the real story & a working fix has appeared courtesy of 'rtn', former senior admin at Global Crossing. This error was graciously supplied to W2k & XP users via a MS critical update; majority opinion narrows it down to either the active-x patch or one of the IE security patches. Either way, tcp/ip protocol was affected just enough to cause these 'software caused connection abort' errors. We added several tcp/ip parameters to the registry that normally are not present on OEM & retail installs, but are common on the enterprise server OS & the venerable NT3.5 suite. Not enough space here to post them all, email me for the full list. Here's a couple of the registry additions: Optional Parameters Configurable Using Registry Editor These parameters normally do not exist in the registry. They may be created to modify the default behavior of the TCP/IP protocol driver. KeepAliveInterval Key: TcpipParameters Value Type: REG_DWORD - Time in milliseconds Valid Range: 1 - 0xFFFFFFFF Default: 1000 (one second) TcpMaxConnectRetransmissions Key: TcpipParameters Value Type: REG_DWORD - Number Valid Range: 0 - 0xFFFFFFFF Default: 3 (in Windows NT) Default: 2 (in Windows 2000) keep the faith -JxL

Indeed yes this is the 'Mach5 Mega Modem' from RCN; basically a plain-jane looking Toshiba PCX1100U modem & a $7.00 SMC lan card. RCN also offers a seldom-mentioned proxy connection for free to its' cable customers(for those times that a shady IP is desired heeheh)... Rock on -JxL

that is so pathetic...i've been wondering when the money-hungry recording fatcats would try this stunt...i refuse to buy that cd ever just for this reason. another trick that is quite annoying is this 'digital rights' baloney; a track that i purchased from Musicmatch cannot be played on winamp... Glad I've saved my turntable & 400 LP's -JxL

Multiple Vendor TCP Sequence Number Approximation Vulnerability Risk: High Symantec Advisory:..."A vulnerability in TCP implementations has been reported that may permit unauthorized remote users to reset TCP sessions. The cause of the vulnerability is that affected implementations will accept TCP sequence numbers within a certain range of the expected sequence number for a packet in the session. This will permit a remote attacker to inject a SYN or RST packet into the session, causing it to be reset " more info -> http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-111A.html Microsoft's expectedly-weak response to this was "...Windows Sockets call to recv()/send() returns 10058 (WSAESHUTDOWN) or 10053 (WSAECONNABORTED). The underlying cause has yet to be determined and remains under investigation..." bollocks, i say !!!!! -JxL

...more than doubled my upload speed :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is: 646 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 97 KB) Upload Speed is: 79 KB/sec Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line: 12 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 12.96 second(s) Validation Link :: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=Q3XCOAJ7Y ---D/L pipe remains near advertised maximum:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4668 Kbps about 4.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is:: 570 KB/sec Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 83 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.8 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=EKH0LCO3B

Any of our beloved Network Guru's on the forum have any insight to the recent plague of "[10053]-Software caused connection abort" errors that seem to be spreading in virus-esque fashion latley...? Never had problem like this, every 3 minutes or so, the connection resets itself & the user is inevitably booted off their irc/aol/smtp server... a most annoying bug that noone seems to have an answer for; and affecting not only broadband users like myself but dialups, DSL & even my T-1 at work. Thanks in advance , JxL

heres some quote from Verizon's press release; use link for full story-enjoy ;p -JXL ..."The New York-based company will add a new tier of consumer DSL service with a maximum connection speed of 3Mbps/768Kbps....In addition, Verizon will triple the upstream speed of its basic DSL offering for qualifying customers to 384Kbps. The price for this 1.5Mbps/384Kbps service will remain the same as the current 1.5Mbps/128Kbps service -- $34.95 a month ..." http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3349301

..."::: Download Stats ::: Connection is: 17259 Kbps about 17.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is: 2107 KB/sec ..." that connection is better than sex.... -JXL

rcn is unique in the isp arena; their advertisements brag about how fast the pipes are (real cool) & the picture of the "MegaModem" has a concorde jet hooked onto it~! awesome site & tools, many thanks to the admin ;P keep the faith - JXL great d/l but gypsy upload speeds as usual-- :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5093 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is:: 622 KB/sec Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 91 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.65 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=HHKO50EK8 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is: 355 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 97 KB) Upload Speed is: 43 KB/sec Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line: 6 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 23.81 second(s) Validation Link :: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=IIK74TGGU

::: Download Stats ::: Connection is: 4872 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is: 595 KB/sec Auth Code: 2073081 (validate at http://www.testmy.net) Bottom Line: 87 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.72 second(s) Validation Link :: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/auth_check.cgi?ta=&top=&align=&num=2073081&kbps=4872&gen=gen&a=8&b=1.71428571428571&c=1145.14285714286 DSL who? DSL where? -junkieXL

would be cool to get these isp's to loosen the upstream a little ::: Download Stats ::: Connection is: 4333 Kbps about 4.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is: 529 KB/sec Auth Code: 2064996 (validate a http://www.testmy.net) Bottom Line: 77 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.94 second(s) Validation Link :: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/auth_check.cgi?ta=&top=&num=2064996&kbps=4333&gen=gen&a=5.71428571428571&b=1.14285714285714&c=1145.14285714286 ::: Upload Stats ::: Connection is: 256 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 386 KB) Upload Speed is: 31 KB/sec Auth Code: 253841 (validate a http://www.testmy.net) Bottom Line: 5 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 33.03 second(s) Validation Link :: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/auth_check.cgi?ta=&top=&num=253841&kbps=256&gen=gen&a=5.71428571428571&b=1.14285714285714&c=1145.14285714286 -jXL