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I have no idea why since I did not change anything since the tweaks made above, I even had Anti-Virus on, but I had a major improvement on a testmy.net I just did.  I am afraid to test again since that might have been a fluke.    Optimum is supposed to be delivering 15/2 speeds I believe.

I just did a quick comparison of testmy.net and this speedtest.net.

I am supposed to have 15/2 speeds I think but this is what I got which is kind of the reverse of what I expected (I thought testmy would be lower than speedtest).

testmy....  9884 download, 1764 upload

speedtest.. 9468 download, 1763 uopload

optimum site's "test" 12600 download, 2500 upload

Hi y'all.  I am new here, use OptimumOnline with a Motorola 5120, have tried the Cablenut program, used some of the suggested adjustments from Blunted 2 (I downloaded the VanBuren zip file but really have no idea which one to try out) and figured I would post my current situation.  I never did the XP service pack 2 upgrade since I heard some compatibility issues came up regarding soundcards.  I use an EMU-0404 soundcard.

With Anti-Virus on....

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Download Connection is:: 8019 Kbps about 8.02 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)

Download Speed is:: 979 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 1786 Kbps about 1.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 218 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/11/16 - 2:10pm

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-B2ZFIMD48

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BCOW4ADRQ

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0. Gecko/20061025 Firefox/1.5.0.8

With Anit-Virus in sleep mode...

::.. testmy.net test results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 9558 Kbps about 9.56 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1167 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 1619 Kbps about 1.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 198 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1)

Test Time:: 2006/11/16 - 2:12pm

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-546YZMICX

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PHGTNX9VF

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0. Gecko/20061025 Firefox/1.5.0.8

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I just picked up a 25ft extension cable so I can move the PC and modem to a different desk.  Does that have an meaningful effect on speed?