shasbrooke

Thanks so much for the info. I did everything as stated. The results shown below blow me away. My download speed doubled: BEFORE: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1531 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 187 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Mon Apr 25 23:05:13 PDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 27X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.48 sec AFTER: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3118 Kbps about 3.1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 381 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Tue Apr 26 10:15:04 PDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 56X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.69 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 6.02 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-EGNLXMD4O

My download speed is terrible. Here is all the information that was requested from a previous post. Any assistance or input is greatly appreciated. 1.) XP SP2 2.) Cox.net 3.) Tweaks URL - http://ttester.broadbandreports.com/tweak/block:3f2753c?service=cable&speed=2941&os=winXP&via=normal 4.) Ping Test - Log created by AutoCheck.bat on Mon 04/25/2005 Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=51 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=51 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=51 Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=73ms TTL=52 Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 68ms, Maximum = 75ms, Average = 72ms Ping Complete. Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 12 ms 12 ms 20 ms 10.107.111.1 2 13 ms 22 ms 13 ms elcnsysc02-gex0815.sd.sd.cox.net [68.6.10.162] 3 10 ms 12 ms 11 ms fed1dsrj02-gex060005.rd.sd.cox.net [68.6.8.170] 4 11 ms 16 ms 11 ms fed1bbrc01-pos0203.rd.sd.cox.net [68.1.0.200] 5 37 ms 21 ms 32 ms paltbbrj01pos0400.r2.pt.cox.net [68.1.0.194] 6 27 ms 22 ms 24 ms 68.105.31.18 7 22 ms 23 ms 24 ms so-4-2-0.mpr4.sjc2.us.above.net [64.125.29.161] 8 72 ms 70 ms 76 ms so-2-3-0.cr1.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.29.50] 9 78 ms 79 ms 68 ms 64.124.79.77.theplanet.com [64.124.79.77] 10 69 ms 69 ms 74 ms dist-vlan32.dsr3-2.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.62] 11 85 ms 67 ms 73 ms dist-vlan41.dsr2-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.83] 12 72 ms 70 ms 73 ms gig1-0-1.tp-car9-1.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69] 13 69 ms 78 ms 68 ms 85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. 5.) All unneeded LAN protocols uninstalled 6.) All LAN connection check-boxes are unchecked 7.) Not connected via USB 8.) Power Cycle done 9.) removed two spywares detected by software downloads 10.) I do not have Zone Alarm firewall 11.) Outpost firewall installed 12.) Virus scan clean 13.) Windows is completely up to date 14.) Ran MRU Blaster 15.) RESULTS: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1531 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 187 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Mon Apr 25 23:05:13 PDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 27X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.48 sec :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 513 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 63 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (main) Test Time:: Mon Apr 25 23:07:27 PDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 9X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 16.25 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 31.88 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-NKYXIESF2 Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 52.06 % of your hosts average (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Q1DYVFXS2