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I live in Northern VA. The 5/2 service is 41.99 less a bundled discount, the exact discount I'm not sure at the moment. For the 15/2, I was paying 56.99 - 13.78, which is about 43. So overall, I guess your pricing is about 8 less. Where do you live? However, the 15/2 was just not worth it for me since at peak times, I was getting about 500 - 1000 Kbps and was having problems connecting via VPN into my office. I think they have too many users here in No. VA.

Thanks! I had the 15/2 for over a year and everything was fine until recently (3-4 weeks) when these problems persisted. Cox never could resolve it, and I got fed up with it. The 5/2 service costs $41.99 but I get a bundled savings discount (not quite sure what that is). The price for 15/2 was $56.99 less a bundled savings of $13.78.

Here are my dual test results: :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 5414 Kbps about 5.41 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 661 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 1848 Kbps about 1.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 226 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/12/03 - 9:20am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-Q3D65LFBK U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4ITPKMYLU User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [!] I was having all sorts of problems recently with the 15/2 service (greatly fluctuating speeds with DL approaching dialup speeds at peak hours), so I downgraded yesterday to 5/2, and the 5/2 seems much more stable. I've been monitoring like a hawk and it seems I'm getting the promised 5 down, 2 up.

5/2 service in VA: Your connection is: 5493 Kbps or 5.5 Mbps You downloaded at: 671 kB/s You are running: 96 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 1.53 second(s) Test Time:: 2006/12/02 - 10:37pm Test Browser and OS info: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Test ID: 9PVWF5IZU (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake) Diagnosis ^info^: Looks Great : 1.85 % faster than the average for host (Cox.net) This was tested from a 5983 kB file and took 8.923 seconds to complete

I believe IE7 has a box that you can check to clear out temp files as the browser closes in Internet Options/Advanced tab. Also, I believe earthlink offers a free toolbar that can do this (but I may be wrong on this).

Cox 15 Down/2 Up ($34.95/month): :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15859 Kbps about 15.9 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1936 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sat Nov 12 08:49:10 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 283X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.53 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 331.54 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-G5SP82LDX :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1796 Kbps about 1.8 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 219 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Sat Nov 12 08:48:08 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 32X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.68 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 244.06 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-7YKDUCHXW Last Result: Download Speed: 19621 kbps (2452.6 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 1783 kbps (222.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

When I had Direcway, I used a D-LINK DI-514 with the modem connected to a LAN (not the WAN) port, with DHCP disabled on the router. It worked fine with the DW6000 and I consistently got 1 Mbps down if other networked computers were not in use. Never had any issue with the router. It was always something at Direcway's end that was the problem.

15/2 Service in Fairfax County, VA: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 15215 Kbps about 15.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1857 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Oct 20 22:16:04 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 272X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.55 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 315.26 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PNMEV71U5 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1702 Kbps about 1.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 208 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Thu Oct 20 22:14:55 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 30X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.92 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 226.68 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-WV3HL2TEQ

Well, I decided to return the Netgear router to the store for credit, and replaced it with a Linksys BEFSR41wired router. It really does the job! ::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 13365 Kbps about 13.4 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 1632 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Thu Oct 20 07:47:52 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 239X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.63 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 264.67 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-82BTZSUJM :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1811 Kbps about 1.8 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 221 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server1) Test Time:: Thu Oct 20 07:48:42 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 32X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 4.63 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 248.27 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-YC4L0TRM6

I went out and bought a 54G Netgear WGR614V6 from BestBuy on sale at 29.99. After configuring, updating firmware, and wasting time with tech support, I got no significant improvement. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5652 Kbps about 5.7 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 690 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sun Oct 16 10:52:45 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 101X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.48 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 54.55 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-WXR3YJTIF

I tried 10/100 Auto, 100, and 10 separately and these did not help.

Sure.

All I have are CAT5 or CAT5e cables - both give the same result. The other remote computers are also at about 5.5 Mbps.

The same. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5390 Kbps about 5.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 658 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (server2) Test Time:: Sat Oct 15 00:28:48 EDT 2005 Bottom Line:: 96X faster than 56K 1MB download in 1.56 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 47.47 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-CJ3WY1TPQ