Strange Rate Limiting Problem

[ManiacalOne]

On this computer I get 10mbps down/25mbps up when torrenting, but when I run speed tests I only get 3mbps down/20mbps up. My advertised speed is 25/25, and that is the speed I get when I pull out my crappy laptop to troubleshoot. My download speed just shot down a few days ago.

Another problem that seems related is really poor streaming quality. I can't even watch a youtube video 480p or 360p(same with dailymotion) without it buffering all the time. This doesn't make sense to me either as even with my reduced speed it should be enough to load a normal quality youtube vid.

I turned my modem and router off overnight, and have restarted my comp a few times. I ran tests for spyware and viruses and got nothing. I poked around my router settings to check if something changed (which makes no sense as my network is secure and no one else has used my network for 2 weeks).

So, if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

[xs1]

Right click on Internet Explorer and run it in administrator mode. Than go to this link. Follow the prompts than reboot.

http://my.verizon.co...os/default.aspx

http://my.verizon.com/micro/speedoptimizer/fios/default.aspx

Worked wonders for me i was only getting 21 down and 8 up till i ran that. I'll run a test now to show you.

:::.. xs1's Combined Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 31580 Kbps about 31.58 Mbps (tested with 35 MB)

Download Speed is:: 3948 kB/s or 3.9 MB/s

Upload Connection is:: 20335 Kbps about 20.3 Mbps (tested with 17.5 MB)

Upload Speed is:: 2542 kB/s or 2.5 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2011-05-05 19:42:33 GMT -7

Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/9iDLQVk.TH90qzx

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/53