Turk Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 IMy dad's been with Bell SYmpatico for about 6 years now. About 7 months ago my friends and I have been testing our internet speeds on this website. My next door neighbour gets 500kb/s and two other neighbours get around 450kb/s. I'm only getting 180kb/s. Bell Sympatico's Customer Support is very bad, they never try to fix anything unless we call to cancel our services with them. They always promise callbacks and Technicians to our house. They were all lies except once a long time ago someone came and couldn't fix the problem. (A few months ago a customer support person was able top increase my speed to 300kb/s. We kept disconnecting about ever hour or so. Then they accidentally took out our internet card after a few day we got our internet back and the speeds are back to 180kb/s. Is it possible that I can't handle any higher speeds? I just don't understand how my neighbours are getting way faster speeds.) I don't what to do, maybe you guys can help me out? Thank you. 1. What OS are you running? Examples: Windows 98, Windows XP. If you have XP make sure you have SP2 installed! Also download the p2p fix for SP2 here Answer:Im using Windows Xp Media Center Edition 2005 2. Who your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is, and what the advertised speed for download/upload is. Answer: Bell Sympatico Download: up to 5 Mbps Upload: up to 800 Kbps 3. What tweaking programs you already have installed, and run this test. Copy all text and paste it in your post! For security reasons, blank out your IP #. Answer: No Tweaks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 welcome to the forum Turk have you tried tweaking yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Use this file from Version 9. Assuming you got Cablenut 4.08 installed. Welcome to the forum. Edit: Be sure to reboot your computer after you apply the settings. This has to be done for the settings to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 No i have not tired tweaking. I don't know where to start and are there any risks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 No! you can always go back the settings you started with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 No i have not tired tweaking. I don't know where to start and are there any risks? there is no risk, i would start with tcpoptimizer and see what that does for your speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 I downloaded Cablenut 4.08 and Vanburens cablenut settings version 9 . I have to use one of the Version 9 settings in cablenut am i correct? I don't know which one to pick. I got as far as CABLE_DSL_FIBER_DIAL-UPWinXP_2K_CABLE_DSL ill try tcpoptimizer if this doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Pick the one for MTU: 1492. I've already extracted that file it is up about 4-5 post. Edit: Be sure to reboot your computer after you apply the settings. This has to be done for the settings to take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 in the 1492 folder there are 5 different settings i can chose from DSL PPPoE 512,768,1500,3000, or 5000+ which one do i select? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 The 5000+ one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 ok thanks a lot for your help man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 You bet! After you reboot and take a speed test post back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1463 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 179 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/01/02 - 9:46pm Bottom Line:: 26X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.72 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 8.375 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 52.31 % of your hosts average (bell.ca) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8XSURI3EN User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; InfoPath.2) [!] I got the same thing . I'll try some more stuff tomorrow too. good night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1463 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Download Speed is:: 179 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/01/02 - 9:46pm Bottom Line:: 26X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.72 sec Tested from a 1496 kB file and took 8.375 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 52.31 % of your hosts average (bell.ca) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8XSURI3EN User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; InfoPath.2) [!] I got the same thing . I'll try some more stuff tomorrow too. good night! have you done any spyware/virus scanes on your computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Doesn't it seem odd he can't get anything above 1463 kbps? Welcome to the forum Turk! http://www.testmy.net/tools/database/db_search.php?type=user&q=Turk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Doesn't it seem odd he can't get anything above 1463 kbps? Welcome to the forum Turk! http://www.testmy.net/tools/database/db_search.php?type=user&q=Turk yea it is a little odd.. turk try this test http://www.testmy.net/tools/test/d_load.php?&st=st&tt=1&ta=1&top=000-2&out_src=7MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiberOptic Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 I dont know how this will help; But can you get into your modem/router config pages, As that will show what speed your ISP has set you at! Some ISP think they can get away with setting you at 2mb! Its usually 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 to access them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 I dont know how this will help; But can you get into your modem/router config pages, As that will show what speed your ISP has set you at! Some ISP think they can get away with setting you at 2mb! Its usually 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 to access them! i forgot about that. what modem to you have turk? if it is a westell modem go to http://192.168.1.254 and look for downstream rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Ok I'm using SIEMENS Speed Stream 6520, i have a good Antivirus-NOD 32 and Spyware remover:ad-aware. I'll try and see if i can get into my router configs Dlewis23 here's the test results: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1392 Kbps about 1.4 Mbps (tested with 7458 kB) Download Speed is:: 170 kB/s Tested From:: http://s2.testmy.net Test Time:: 2007/01/03 - 9:08am Bottom Line:: 24X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 6.02 sec Tested from a 7458 kB file and took 43.875 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 49.77 % of your hosts average (bell.ca) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-29YAXJ3PB User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; InfoPath.2) [!] . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Im in my setting but i don't know where i can see if there is a limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 Im in my setting but i don't know where i can see if there is a limit. try looking for connection stats or modem stats, something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 192.168.0.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3269/123bp7.png is this it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 3, 2007 CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3269/123bp7.png is this it? yes that is it, and you are only connected at 1.6mbps so thats why your speed isnt very high. Give you ISP a call and find out why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk Posted January 3, 2007 Author CID Share Posted January 3, 2007 WOWOOWOWOWOWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I called and the guy was very helpfull. My speed is now...Take a look, this is with the tweak! Thanks for all you help every1, thanks dlewis23! ::::::::::.. Download Stats ..:::::::::: Download Connection is:: 3275 Kbps about 3.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 400 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2007/01/03 - 12:47pm Bottom Line:: 57X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 2.56 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 7.484 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Looks Great : 16.47 % faster than the average for host (bell.ca) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-LY9GS126X User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; InfoPath.2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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