My internet has been running very slowly lately and I'm having a strange problem when performing a download speed test. During the 2992 kb download, the progress bar goes quickly up to about 32%, then stalls for 5 - 10 seconds, goes quickly to about 85%, stalls again, and then goes quickly to 100%. I've tried multiple TCP parameter configurations using Cablenut and TCP Optimizer but to no avail. The downstream power level on my modem (SB5120) was at 11 dBmV, and I thought this might be too high so I added two splitters and now the power level is at 2 dBmV, however, this didn't fix the problem at all. I'm not sure what is going on here and would be grateful for any suggestions. Thanks.
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 884 Kbps about 0.88 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 108 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2006/06/23 - 8:52am
Bottom Line:: 15X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 9.48 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 27.718 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 22.84 % of your hosts average (insightbb.com)
D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-D35V8SHTG
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) [!]