shark91962 Posted December 21, 2014 CID Share Posted December 21, 2014 I have AT&T 45 Mbps internet, but was only downloading @ about 15 'til I enabled multithreading - now 30+ (this is on my smart TV). Wondering if anyone else had a similar experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted December 21, 2014 CID Share Posted December 21, 2014 Do you have similar results on your computers / other devices too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pgoodwin1 Posted December 21, 2014 CID Share Posted December 21, 2014 I typically get lower speeds when multi threading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark91962 Posted December 22, 2014 Author CID Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hey, guys. Yes, I also get far better results on both my desktop and laptop with multithreading on. Actually, more than twice as fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark91962 Posted December 28, 2014 Author CID Share Posted December 28, 2014 Update for smart TV: cannot download TCP stack optimizer as this device has no hard drive, but it runs about 14 Mbps with multithreading disabled and 34+ Mbps enabled. Is this a reason for concern, or is this simply a limitation of the device?? I'm not an expert, but I would say the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark91962 Posted December 29, 2014 Author CID Share Posted December 29, 2014 Also, there is some disparity with my other devices, but not as much. All other devices are tweaked to the max. We geeks have been doing this for decades through the Windows registry via 'regedit'. My area was a test market for TWC 'Roadrunner' in '95. My desktop runs mid 30s on, and low 20s off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark91962 Posted December 29, 2014 Author CID Share Posted December 29, 2014 For my fellow members, I offer a very good article on how to tweak these settings manually. This one is "from the horse's mouth", so to speak, @ /support.microsoft.com/kb/93444. Novices should probably stick with a tool like TCP Optimizer. My other devices are tweaked, too, with similar results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark91962 Posted December 29, 2014 Author CID Share Posted December 29, 2014 FYI, I have a top manager at my ISP, AT&T, on the record stating that the minimum acceptable speed on my 45 Mbps connection is 24 Mbps. Unfortunately, only speedtest.net results are considered. I spoke to his boss, Richard Burns, and told him about TMN. He said he would pass it up the chain. CA3LE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted May 8, 2015 CID Share Posted May 8, 2015 My current fixed wireless ISP Bluebox (Ireland) experiences this issue also, particularly when downloading from UK servers. If I download a large file, I typically get 1MB/s, but if I use a multi-threaded download manager, I can get up to 2MB/s and sometimes higher. From what I heard, Speedtest does a multithread (without saying) and sure enough it reports 15.1Mb/s for me even when I rarely get this on a single transfer. With this site TestMy, I'm getting 8.1Mb/s in the standard download test and 13.2Mb/s in the multithread test using the UK server, which more closely matches my download experience. In the evening, the variation is much greater for me where a multithreaded transfer can be 4 times faster than a single transfer. While this is fine for downloading, it sometimes affects HD playback on streaming services such as YouTube which stream with a single connection. On my workplace DSL connection, I get 11.9Mbps with both the single and multithreaded tests. CA3LE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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