modfather

my advertised speed is 8mb .

okay..i did a few tweaks here and there( don't ask me to remember them, lol ). and i got back these results. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 4856 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 593 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/10/29 - 10:23am Bottom Line:: 85X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.73 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 10.094 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 72.2 % faster than the average for host (sky.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7C2LYDZPV User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!]

Hi guys, i'm new to this site, and must i'm very impressed by the way it is conducted. anyway, on to my problem. i recently changed isp to sky broadband, and wish i hadn't bothered.i bought the sky broadband connect, which offers 8mb. but needless to say i get nothing near that. i will post my stats which i got from the test. i have run this test morning, noon and night times, and it never really changes. here's my stats. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 396 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 48 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/10/03 - 8:50am Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 21.33 sec Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 20.953 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 15.96 % of your hosts average (sky.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-XW2ECVR8U User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7 [!] if anyone has anything that could help. i would appreciate it very much.i run on windows xp home. and an amd athlon xp 2200+ .. now i'm no fool, i know i'm not gonna get anywhere near the 8mb..but surely i should be getting more than this.