Dittoz

Sorry Shug...didn't know that I did, shoot me a pm and tell me what I said in my post, I can't remember. Thanks!

hehe I have a "friend" who does the same thing

I dunno what he means either.

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I call tech support because I'm getting 20%+ packet loss with pings to google, yahoo, and so on. They suggest I try a windows tweak. Comcast is craptastic in my book.

Have you had anyone from comcast come out and take a look? I was having a very similar problem to what your describing. Paying for 8, only getting around 6. Turns out 2 ports were bad on the pole. They replaced those, and bam! 8 everytime.

You da man!

And you feel the need to broadcast that you are going to receive cable internet illegally, laughing about it.

How do you get a Gmail account? I've checked out Google's site, and it says they're only offering them on a limited basis.

Couldn't have done it without you guys Here's my upload...it isn't over the cap but I'm happy with it. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 713 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 87 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Tue Sep 13 2005 18:46:54 GMT-0500 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 11.77 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 99.16 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-RXUZ47825 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 729 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Upload Speed is:: 89 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Sep 13 2005 18:47:41 GMT-0500 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 11.51 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 103.63 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-W5ECAVM9I

Ok the comcast guy just left again. Turns out 2 out of the 4 ports at the pole were bad. They replaced one but have to replace the other tomorrow. So far my speed is much improved. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 8269 Kbps about 8.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1009 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Sep 13 2005 15:40:53 GMT-0500 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 148X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.01 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 93.61 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Y1G4LX9IN :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 8290 Kbps about 8.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1012 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Sep 13 2005 15:42:40 GMT-0500 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 148X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.01 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 94.1 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8SC961DQZ :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 8163 Kbps about 8.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 996 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Tue Sep 13 2005 15:43:13 GMT-0500 (Central Standard Time) Bottom Line:: 146X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.03 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 91.13 % faster than the average for host (comcast.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-KZ3AJNEB0

Nope she said they were coming out on Tuesday to do that. I'm hoping that's the problem. I'm just ready to start getting what I've been paying for.

I looked again. Still can't find anything that might be doing what you're describing. I'll keep looking, but I'm hoping its a problem with the cable lines. After all, the comcast tech said the problem was before it even gets to my modem.

1. Sometimes download tests on Testmy.net have hanged. If by hanging up you mean it will start the percentage bar, and then pause at say 18% for a second or two and then continue on. And yes the readings were lower if the test did pause. 2. I do have XP. And I have read that post, I wasn't able to find anything that would affect my performance though. (CCleaner helps fix those problems) 3. Here is a paste of my settings. Frequency 693000000 Hz Locked Signal to Noise Ratio 34 dB Power Level -2 dB The Downstream Power Level reading is a snapshot taken at the time this page was requested. Please Reload/Refresh this Page for a new reading Upstream Value Channel ID 1 Frequency 30000000 Hz Ranged Power Level 46 dBmV

Tier 2 woman said "Crap, your connection is horrible". I said "Thanks, I know". Anywho they're going to send someone else out on Tuesday. Said they would probably replace the cable lines in the house. House is only 6 years old, but they said sometimes the contractors use the cheapest of the cheap. So we'll see how that goes. She said the problem is packet loss before it even gets to the modem. So with that conclusion, I guess I can quit trying to fix it through tweaks