karniv0re

I've got cable with Cox, and I've noticed lately that my download speeds have been atrocious, so I came to TestMy.net, and sure enough Download Stats Connection is 279 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 1013 KB) Download Speed is 34 KB/sec Auth Code 2004186 (validate at http//www.testmy.net) Bottom Line 5 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 30.12 second(s) Validation Link http//testmy.net/cgi-bin/auth_check.cgi?ta=&top=&align=&num=2004186&kbps=279&gen=gen&a=17.1428571428571&b=1.71428571428571&c=1145.14285714286 I first became suspicious when pages like Yahoo were taking around 45 seconds to load. Hmm, suspicious indeed. So, as I was about to write Cox some hate mail, I booted into Red Hat Linux for some reason. Probably because I was tired of XP continuously locking up on me when I tried to open more than 4 IE windows at a time. When I loaded up the Net in Linux, I noticed it seemed to be a little faster. Ok, I thought. TestMy.net, go! *Sonic Boom sound* Connection is 3.5 Mbps! Holy Hell! Slowly getting to the question, is this a Windows problem, or a Cox problem? And more importantly, is it intentional? Well, nevertheless, I guess this seals the deal Windows is gone, Linux is on! Brian.