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HI Doccy D just been looking at your router stats , all I can see strange is your Down speed , But I aint the brightest pebble on the beach on stats , the only bit I can understand is the ADSL status , Up Speed Down Speed SNR Margin Loop Att. 448000 2368000 15.5 40.0 ---------------------------------------------------------- Up speed Down speed SNR ATN 448000 5362000 10.5 47.5 by the attenuation you are closer to the exchange than me with a SNR of 15.5 and a ATT of 40 , you should be seeing around 4-5 Mbps , But your down speed is being limited , it might be a stuck profile , if you are not on Tiscali's LLU ,it might be the infamous BT profile , it downgrades the line if it gets repeated errors , but does come back up after the fault clears ,although it takes a few days , all I can sugest at the moment is with the router off , pick up the phone dial "0" and listen if you have a quiet line ( no hiss or crackle ) if that is OK , Try swapping filters , also can you connect the router into the BT master socket ? if you have a latter BT socket , it will have 2 screws in the lower section , and it will slide out along with all the house extension wires , this will uncover the BT test socket , and diconnect the extensions , try pluging the router into that and then run a speed test , if no improvement , it's time to call Tiscali , as a quickcheck on possible BB speed try http://www.zen.co.uk/broadband/ZenBroadband.aspx just enter your phone number and see what it comes up with ??? , Zen are usualy cautious on their estimate ,mine was a max of 4Mbps , I get 5+ with Tscali

I think the question is why , both are good tools to save manually editing the reg , I think from memory TCPOptimizer, makes a back up automaticly , or has the option to do so ,

Hi and wellcome Doccy D , are you UK based and with Tiscali ? , if so ,can you get your line stats from the router ,? or test on Tiscali's own UK test page http://speedcheck.ispconnect.co.uk/ and post the results , also what plan are you on ? Tiscali is not the best ISP but it is cheap , BTW, expect to lose about 20% testing across the pond , my stats with (as9105.com) :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 4709 Kbps about 4.7 Mbps (tested with 4096 kB) Download Speed is:: 575 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2008/11/21 - 6:35am Bottom Line:: 82X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.78 sec Tested from a 4096 kB file and took 7.125 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 224.76 % faster than the average for host (as9105.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1U0ZREVTF User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Maxthon; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [!]

Either way, good post Ryan314 , keep a link to it , , nobody doing Child porn , is going to willingly talk about it , and ask quiestions in the open online, IMO ,

go easy Mr.Hahn any changes takes about a day or two to filter down to the UK , so what did "ceiling cat is not amused." change too ? ( I only looked in coz I have a cat that climbs my curtains ??? ) Regards Roco ....UK ,

after years of moving about in various hotels ,I fond the best thing was to quit the job , become static , and I now rely on my logitheck cordless mouse , well worn but working fine , wel, better than the matching keyboard , that lost the inportant to me letters within months , Personaly I hate the laptop touch pads , if I am called out to work on one I use a USB mouse , anyone seen a touch pad that equals a mouse , coz I havent ? so no practical advse from me, so whats new ?? ,

I kinda hate to bring this up again , but hell I just waited 2 years for any progress on bumper stickers and T shirts ,and now I would need a bigger size on the T anyway , today after 4 years my mouse mat with built in calculator died , I need it to change the TMN imprial mesurments to the ISO metric the standard Europen system , I found I could get one with any logo on it for around $12 USD , but only if I bought 50 + , and they get cheaper the more you order , now I don't need 50 , but it got me thinking , how about a mousemat/calculator with the TMN logo on it ???? , and no doubt they would be even cheaper in the USA , ? mine has the Twinings tea logo ( naturaly for a Brit ) and it failed because I spilt a cup of tea into it ,Duh Pic is of a sample ,

, I have washed several ( all low end Dells ) just swished them around in warm soapy water ,then a rinse in plain water under the tap , then left them to air dry for several days , all 100% OK , but a high end keyboard ? no guaranty I guess using that method , but they take apart easy enough , I have done that and washed the keys and diaphram , and it worked OK , but all the keys fell out ,I had to check with another keyboard b4 putting them back , I jkst fope y jot hem jn yikht ordir

Thanks on that dlewis , you are absolutely right , I did dismantle it , ( lots of sharp metal edges also , Duh) well it was dead so nothing lost anyway ( apart from a little blood ), I have ordered a new one from my suppler (Dabs co.uk ) got it for around $ 140 USD ,

Bro I have a shed full of CRT's , but Hey, he is now a teenager , he has his street cred to think off , , well Christmas will soon be here , so thats his prezzie sorted ,

has anyone changed the back light on a TFT monitor ? my grandson has got one that failed , ( monitor 3.5 years old ) Ben Q , it seemed to have taken out the AGP card with it ? , changing the vid card and going back to a spare CRT monitor has got his puter back up and running , he phoned me with this , "if I shine a torch into the TFT monitor screen , I can just about make out the outline of the desktop icons ,. and I need the puter for my school homework ", read for that comment "WOW ", , any ideas guys , the cheapest 17 inch Tft in the UK is about $190 USD ,

Nothing wrong with Dells Imho ,great for basic computers ,but with limited up grade possibilities , what you have to think of off is what do you need the puter for ? ?? gaming of heavy graphics ?, maybe a special need? Dells ? the option most comersuial users pick Dells for a good reason. OK , so whats the option , ? Build your own , and save a few $$ in doing so ,

good info zalternate , we have free call blocking in the UK on premium numbers now , I was involved as a witness in a dial up premium number computer call legal court case , ( his dial up got changed to a premium number ) he / we won the case , he was special needs , and could not afford the $950 USD , call costs , but this applied to anyone not computer literate , old folk etc. and I guess the guy next door, some times I think we forget those that are not TMN forum members ,( geeks ) but just use there computers to check their bank balance and surf the web to book a flight or holiday , I guess that is about 90% of the internet users , and lets be honest here , I dont need to be a geek to use a TV or drive a car , computers are just a modern day tool , the fact Jack Sh*t can spoil it should never have happended , IMHO

yeah, straight over the counter into the bank tellers hand , but it just shows how stupid they are , I guess one of the team thought he had found a new $$$ bank to try out , although I had one once from the Royal Bank of Scotland , with the bank of America header , I get about one a day , but I use Mail washer to preview the emails while they are still on my ISP's mail server , and delete the crap from there , also I add them to Mailwashers blacklist ,

Yeah it's a sick world indeed, we get a load of them in the UK , on Emails scams I read it took around 12 million scam emails to hook a big one , but then with $400,000 USD , going begging you can see why they persist , I got this email Phish atempt last week , I tracked it back to the Ukraine , I think they wanted a deposit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHEMICAL BANK sm As a Sperm Bank customer, your privacy and security is a primary task for us. We have been dedicated to customer safety and protection and our mission remains as strong as ever. We inform you that your eBusiness Banking account is about to expire. It is strongly recommended to update it immediately. Update form is located here: http://www.secureche*****lbank**i.com/onlineserv/CM However, failure to confirm your records may result in account suspension. This is an automated message. Please do not reply. Sincerely, Chemical Bank Administration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- edit: spelling

Just wanted to say thanks for a great site and forum , I have learnt a lot here, I started off here about 3 years back, on 56K dial up , and thanks to Rom Dos and Cholla it kinda hit my peak speed , since then my ISP has offered more speed at the same price ($ ) and I have slowly worked up to this result _______________________________________________________________________ :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 4559 Kbps about 4.6 Mbps (tested with 4096 kB) Download Speed is:: 557 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2008/11/17 - 11:08am Bottom Line:: 80X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.84 sec Tested from a 4096 kB file and took 7.36 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 214.63 % faster than the average for host (as9105.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5EZX8MFVW User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Maxthon; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [!] ___________________________________________________________________- the only change I have made is to use "TCP optimiser " to incresease the recive window, for me this test is across 3000 +miles on a Adsl phone line that is not able to run above 2Mbps , so my telco told me (distance )!!! I run Xp Pro , with as a few background services running as possible , I have 30 running at the moment , inc.AVG and firewall , worked on a few slow puters that had 80 running , most not required , my thoughts on this,is keep it lean and clean .if you have to talk to your ISP, keep it polite , get a good Tech engineer , get his name,establish a friendly relationship , belive me they are sick of the abuse they get , go with it and you could get Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 214.63 % faster than the average for host (as9105.com) Just my thoughts from the UK ,

, hey guys , it just one click , and it ain't painfull , http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces

Bro , Wha ? " ducking for the butterfly's " something got lost in the translation, I had to gogle that , and got this , http://duckdowndesigns.blogspot.com/2008/03/butterfly-birthday.html so I took the child filter off and got http://www.popline.org/docs/0516/007755.html something about IUD , whatever that is ? but back on a very inportant topic http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces that is serious , and well worth a click a day but to lighten up , I got this Pic. today , a Scottish bar stool

only if you keep clicking http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces ??????? I am getting a 404 on this , , anyone else ? Duh ,edit to add, link now working

My advice is only invest what you can afford to loose , any investment now has got to be for the long term , no quick returns to be made , sure there are are markets doing OK , like insolvency,debt collecting , refinancing , pawnbroking, cut price shops,etc, but they will fall back rapidly if and when times get better ,. I guess housing is a safe bet , on the grounds of land ain't being made anymore ,but maybe this applies more to the UK , Is Microsoft a good long term investment ? , I am not so sure on that , Walmart ( ASDA uk ) not doing so good , we have a new chain store "The

Thanks helric , every click counts , are you living near Hampton USA ? wow , I live in Hampton UK , up on the Hill , at Hampton Hill , Hampton UK , BTW "One day I'll have a better connection." ........me too I get about 3.5 Mbps on an average day , on a good day I can hit 5Mbps , there arn't many good days still I ain't complaining I was on 56K for 3 years , Regards Roco ....UK

, on this , the mentality of Illegal downloads are OK , will come back and bite their ass oneday , "nobody is perfect " ? being a life long nobody feels kinda cool today , and no I don't do ilegal downloads , I got more respect for the internet to do that ,

Happy Birthday EWO Best wishes and Regards Roco ....UK

I am beginning to get tired of searching Goole earth for that one ( wink )

Sorry guys I get a 5 min delay over here, A or B , depends on which on comes with a inflater, at my age doing both could be dangerous , maybe it should ? coz F*ck if I am going top argue over a kids toy , that may corrupt a future generation