my drivers were and are actually up to date. I was told today by my ISP that they have been monitoring my connection since last week - blaming my NIC CARD is no longer an option for them...MyTest has proven that I can get the speed but something along the network makes it drop...not just a little drop - a huge drop, like this morning it went down to 5 Mbps, so I called them they reset the connection - it stabilized but not getting the speed they promised, and tonight it's dropped down again and unstable. Is there a help topic on understanding the TiP points - I can see the drops in their speed test site but with Testmy I can see the real numbers...both this site and their site results are pretty close - maybe a 5 Mbps difference....thanks for your help, much appreciated