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I ran again the tests now and they showed excellent results both against the Texas server and the european mirrors. I guess it's not the connection after all the reason I get low d/l speed and lousy gaming. Thnx to all

I 'm really sorry to bother you once again but i'm getting pretty desperate. I ran these tests several times during the last few days and only twice this morning did I see good results like the above. Though they obviously show the potential of the connection they do not correspond to the truth. The truth is that i d/l with an average of 12 kB/s from p2p while others get as high as 37-40 with the same connection/different isp, and from servers at around 15-20 kB/s (again everyone else seems to have better speeds). Also online gaming is out of the question (which i suppose is not a matter of download speed but i describe the whole problem) even with servers which are located no more than 3 km far from where i live. Playing counterstrike with a latency of 300 ms is a joke, and a bad one. Sorry for my getting out of the subject and for my petty whining but i could use some help. My questions are if and how can I identify what causes the problem and if you can tell me specific questions I should ask my isp when I call them tomorrow. P.S. Additional Information: I setup the connection and the router according to the router's manual (US Robotics 9105) and portforward.com. Tested the ports and where ok. System configuration Athlon 64 3500+,1GB ram,Nvidia GeForce 6600GT. The possibility of a virus is unlikely because the HD was formatted recently and the pc wasn't connected to the internet for some time.

Well thanks for the good words But i'm still worried because even if the fact that i'm so far way from Texas has an impact on the test results it doesn't explain why i have slow d/l speed using p2p or d/loading from servers located in Europe, always compared to what speed my friends have with the same connection but with different isp's. My conclusion is that the problem is concerning the isp and not any settings because the test you're referring to actually took place before i used cablenut. Broadband is encountering some childhood difficulties here in Greece hehe. Anyway thnx a lot. At least i learned a few interesting things concerning dsl

OK that...didn't quite work Thanks anyway. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 213 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 26 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 2005 18:49:41 GMT+0200 (GTB Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 39.38 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 62.65 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5LPWXT41I :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 230 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 28 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 18:53:50 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 36.57 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 67.65 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 239 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 29 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 18:55:57 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 35.31 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 70.29 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Again i noticed great differences from test to test with the first tests being really bad and the next gradually getting better but again not good enough. I even think there is a difference when i test with iexplorer instead of firefox (or vice versa). Any other suggestions? Could the problem be isp related? I certainly hope not..

Hi there. I really need help since i'm nowhere close to the advertised speed of the isp which already is not fast (broadband connections are really expensive in Greece where i'm from) so every single Kbit counts. Your site looks promising, hope it delivers. I followed the instructions from VanBuren. 1.WinXP SP2 2.forthnet.gr , 384/128 3.None until step 15. Unfortunately i forgot to save the url before step 15 so here is the url after step 15: http://www.broadbandreports.com/tweakr/block:3c5286d?service=dsl&speed=384&os=winXP&via=normal 4.Here is where the fun starts. I ran many times the d/l tests against testmy.net and every time the result was different, from very dissapointing to really good (which unfortunately happened only once). I actually sat and watched the networking tab of the task manager during some of them and it was full of peaks and bottoms and no sign of normality whatsoever. I hope the fact that i ran the tests from Greece doesn't affect the credibility of their results. Here are some (sorry for the size of the post): Before Cablenut: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 127 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 16 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 12:31:02 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 64 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 37.24 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-E7UHR063O :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 310 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 38 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 12:34:30 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB download in 26.95 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 90.91 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-3ZBMW5GVX :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 279 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 34 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 14:38:52 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 5X faster than 56K 1MB download in 30.12 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 81.82 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LY1F6ZD5J :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 158 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 19 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 14:44:30 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB download in 53.89 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 46.33 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-2CJYLRSIP After step 15: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 119 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 15 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 14:57:51 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 68.27 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 34.9 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LMRV3WQH8 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 218 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 27 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Nov 24 15:00:16 UTC+0200 2005 Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 37.93 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 63.93 % of your hosts average (forthnet.gr) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-VDM0JZOLB Speed against nitro.ucsc.edu : TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3d click START to begin Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .