i tried Coolbuster's 20 Steps. i posted my before and after speed...
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BEFORE speed | 1:10am June 17, 2008
:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
Download Connection is:: 378 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 512 kB)
Download Speed is:: 46 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 242 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 30 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/06/16 - 11:10am
Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 22.26 sec
Tested from a 512 kB file and took 11.11 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: 90% + Okay : running at 95.45 % of your hosts average (smartbro.net)
D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/stats/id-0I9FO5W6X
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14)
Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14 [!]
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AFTER speed | 1:31am June 17, 2008
:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
Download Connection is:: 370 Kbps about 0.37 Mbps (tested with 512 kB)
Download Speed is:: 45 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 331 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 748 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 40 kB/s
Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Main)
Test Time:: 2008/06/16 - 11:30am
D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/stats/id-APMHTJD0F
U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/'>https://testmy.net/stats/id-TIHO8KSN0
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14)
Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14 [!]
Did i do anything wrong? its slower than my original speed. pls help!