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Mac OSX 10.3.8

DL'ed ___ and my speed went through the roof, and yet so easy to tweak. I love you UNIX! :lol:

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

Connection is:: 2356 Kbps about 2.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)

Download Speed is:: 288 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Thu Feb 24 2005 23:29:25 GMT-0500

Bottom Line:: 42X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.56 sec

Diagnosis: Looks Great : 18.69 % faster than the average for host (ptd.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-KBREYTLPU

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Connection is:: 370 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 579 KB)

Upload Speed is:: 45 KB/s

Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/

Test Time:: Thu Feb 24 2005 23:39:29 GMT-0500

Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 22.76 sec

Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 76.19 % faster than the average for host (ptd.net)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/id-B7NI0C64X

I still see room for improvement! Oh Mr Van....

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Sorry VAN...

I meant to fill in the blank:

DL'ed ___ and my speed went through the roof

with: BroadbandOptimizer ... The app u linked me to.

Looks like it worked. (see results above)

BUTTTT - I'm having huge latency issues w/ my ISP... its not my box. Both my Mac and PC are experiencing a "click... wait... wait........ boommm tons of info" latency type problem. Normally I do not experience this! BUT WE RECENTLY had 2 large snowstorms (eastern PA) and Im thinking this might be the culprit? That is what lead me to your site.

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Advertised Speed: up to 3.5m / 400k

http://www.sectv.com/prod_inter.shtml

which is just a partner for the true ISP

http://www.ptd.net/

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The BroadbandOptimizer app provides me with 5 tweakable strings:

net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536

net.inet.tcp.recvspace=65536

kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=524288

net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0

net.inet.udp.recvspace=73728

I posted the accompanying readme here:

The ReadMe File

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I did notice that DSLreports said:

Turn on Selective Acks (FAQ #578)

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OSX Tweak App Update!

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RMAC - an OSX broadband tweaking GUI.

I think I found a better GUI app (called RMAC) which does the same thing as Broadband Optimiser, except in the form of a GUI. A GUI is much more appealing than editing a text file!

Article about the app: http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/7136

Download: the OSX app called RMAC

RMAC.jpg

Here are some screenshots I'll host:

RMAC.jpg

RMAC2.jpg

RMAC3.jpg

RMAC4.jpg

Side Note from article:

First of all, if you've run the Tweak Tester it likely advised you to turn on 'selective ACKs;' unfortunately selective ACKs are not supported by OS X.

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