Need help with cable internet speed (I'm a noob)

[bookworm1x]

OK, so I know very little about what I need to be doing to fix this, but my internet is going way too slow.  It used to work at a fairly good speed, so I thought I'd just wait and see if the situation worked itself out.  Needless to say, it did not.  I haven't changed anything on my computer from the time the speed was running well to now, but, well...here are my test results:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 196 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)

Download Speed is:: 24 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server2)

Test Time:: Fri Feb 10 10:57:48 CST 2006

Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB download in 42.67 sec

Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 4.77 % of your hosts average (cox.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9YR5Z16AW

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if you find it in your heart to help my stupid ass out, just assume I won't have a very good idea about dealing with more advanced fix type things.  TY

[bookworm1x]

So I saw some other dude pasted this info too so here it is (hope it helps)...

------  Web100 Detailed Analysis  ------

Cable modem/DSL/T1 link found.

Link set to Full Duplex mode

No network congestion discovered.

Good network cable(s) found

Normal duplex operation found.

Web100 reports the Round trip time = 1514.31 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and

No packet loss was observed.

This connection is receiver limited 64.87% of the time.

  Increasing the the client's receive buffer (63.0 KB) will improve performance

This connection is network limited 35.11% of the time.

Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to:

RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: OFF

RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON

RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF

RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF

RFC 1323 Window Scaling: OFF

Packet size is preserved End-to-End

Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End

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WEB100 Kernel Variables:

Client: localhost/127.0.0.1

AckPktsIn: 123

AckPktsOut: 0

BytesRetrans: 0

CongAvoid: 0

CongestionOverCount: 0

CongestionSignals: 0

CountRTT: 123

CurCwnd: 65700

CurMSS: 1460

CurRTO: 2870

CurRwinRcvd: 65535

CurRwinSent: 16304

CurSsthresh: 2147483647

DSACKDups: 0

DataBytesIn: 0

DataBytesOut: 411720

DataPktsIn: 0

DataPktsOut: 282

DupAcksIn: 0

ECNEnabled: 0

FastRetran: 0

MaxCwnd: 65700

MaxMSS: 1460

MaxRTO: 3060

MaxRTT: 2080

MaxRwinRcvd: 65535

MaxRwinSent: 16304

MaxSsthresh: 0

MinMSS: 1460

MinRTO: 320

MinRTT: 70

MinRwinRcvd: 65535

MinRwinSent: 16304

NagleEnabled: 1

OtherReductions: 0

PktsIn: 123

PktsOut: 282

PktsRetrans: 0

X_Rcvbuf: 103424

RcvWinScale: 2147483647

SACKEnabled: 0

SACKsRcvd: 0

SendStall: 0

SlowStart: 43

SampleRTT: 2060

SmoothedRTT: 2040

X_Sndbuf: 103424

SndWinScale: 2147483647

SndLimTimeRwin: 7096079

SndLimTimeCwnd: 3840807

SndLimTimeSender: 2589

SndLimTransRwin: 1

SndLimTransCwnd: 1

SndLimTransSender: 1

SndLimBytesRwin: 229220

SndLimBytesCwnd: 182500

SndLimBytesSender: 0

SubsequentTimeouts: 0

SumRTT: 186260

Timeouts: 0

TimestampsEnabled: 0

WinScaleRcvd: 2147483647

WinScaleSent: 2147483647

DupAcksOut: 0

StartTimeUsec: 674734

Duration: 10942156

c2sData: 2

c2sAck: 2

s2cData: 9

s2cAck: 2

half_duplex: 0

link: 100

congestion: 0

bad_cable: 0

mismatch: 0

spd: 0.00

bw: 7.36

loss: 0.000001000

avgrtt: 1514.31

waitsec: 0.00

timesec: 10.00

order: 0.0000

rwintime: 0.6487

sendtime: 0.0002

cwndtime: 0.3511

rwin: 0.5000

swin: 0.7891

cwin: 0.5013

rttsec: 1.514309

Sndbuf: 103424

aspd: 1.37505

Checking for mismatch on uplink

(speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.26<5]

(rwintime > .9) [0.64>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01]

Checking for excessive errors condition

(loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.35>.6],

(loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0]

Checking for 10 Mbps link

(speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0]

(xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.26<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]

Checking for Wireless link

(sendtime = 0) [2.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5]

(Estimate > 50 [7.36>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.64>.90]

(RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/1=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]

Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link

(speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0]

(SendTime = 0) [2.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]

Checking for half-duplex condition

(rwintime > .95) [0.64>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30],

(SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10]

Checking for congestion

(cwndtime > .02) [0.35>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0]

(MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0]

estimate = 7.36 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 1514.31msec, and loss = 1.0E-6

The theoretical network limit is 7.36 Mbps

The NDT server has a 101.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 0.52 Mbps

Your PC/Workstation has a 63.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 0.33 Mbps

The network based flow control limits the throughput to 0.33 Mbps

Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1'

Server Data reports link is '10 Gig', Server Acks report link is 'T1'

[gc]

post ur advertised speed as well and maybe someone can help u 

Edit: also block out ur IP when u post.

[trogers]

What are the speeds you are paying your ISP to give you?

One test result stands out to be very abnormal: your latency ( RTT = 1514.31msec)

Usually, I would look for possible electromagnetic interference affecting your modem/router or signal line connections.

Read these links and see if you have similar causes:

http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=11588.0

https://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1885

https://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=117

A cordless phone set or electric guitar near your signal devices is also a main cause.

[bookworm1x]

My advertised speeds are 4 mbps downstream and 512k up.  And I'm getting not so much.

[bookworm1x]

I tried moving things around to no avail, my speed actually dropped to half of what i posted earlier.  BTW TY guys for the help so far I really appreciate it.