ElizabethAmy Posted March 22, 2005 CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 I am having a problem with my cable internet connection. It really sucks. They adervitse a connection of 6 Mbps. I get far less than that. I have a Motorola surfboard cable modem (supplied by adelphia) and a SMC Networks router. I want to know if there is anything I can do to make it faster. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1776 Kbps about 1.8 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 217 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue Mar 22 08:55:06 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 32X faster than 56K 1MB download in 4.72 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 64.77 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-9RJN2EWIF :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 381 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 46 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue Mar 22 08:56:42 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 22.26 sec Diagnosis: Looks Great : 12.39 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5QEZHPUJ6 Thanks for any help that may be given. Elizabeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REH Posted March 22, 2005 CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 First Follow all the steps in VanBuren's topic here https://testmy.net/topic-2097 If you are on Windows XP use the cablenut file that I have attatched to this message. Restart, and post back with new results. -Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethAmy Posted March 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 I do use windows XP I did as you asked and here are the results :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1361 Kbps about 1.4 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Download Speed is:: 166 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue Mar 22 10:04:45 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 24X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.17 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 49.64 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-6AILPVN3X :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 795 Kbps about 0.8 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 97 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue Mar 22 10:04:04 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 14X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 10.56 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 133.82 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-8H1FX72QT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRooster Posted March 22, 2005 CID Share Posted March 22, 2005 I have Adelphia, too, and am getting similar results however I'm on the normal tier (4mbit/384kbps): :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1975 Kbps about 2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 241 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:02:29 GMT-0800 Bottom Line:: 35X faster than 56K 1MB download in 4.25 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 72 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-ZVP5B8IKR :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 331 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 40 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:05:43 GMT-0800 Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 25.6 sec Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 97.35 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-HLF3YRWTJ The crappy thing is I know 2 ppl who dont even have the premier service that are testing at 6mbit/850kbps...how's that possible? I mean there are less people on my block with cable than their blocks and yet between the three of us I have the least consistent, slowest connection? Adelphia has been out to my house twice to test my line and they say nothing's wrong...i'm sure I've posted all this already so I won't go on. One last comment: I know cable isnt guaranteed 90% of the speed all the time but the results above were taken from tests ran at 11am on a tuesday morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAF Posted March 24, 2005 CID Share Posted March 24, 2005 i have adelphia on the premiere, and i test at 7mb download and 850-900 up on an NDT test. I know i see alot of this on dslreports.com, some areas just have to be upgraded more to handle the speeds (routers and servers are overloaded with the upgrades). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrainerd Posted March 24, 2005 CID Share Posted March 24, 2005 i would try a few other speed tests...go here and pick one close to you.. http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ normally during the day at testmy..my download and upload are off quite a bit.. i also try using the large test file.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted March 26, 2005 CID Share Posted March 26, 2005 I would do a couple of things; this is for Windows XP users. I would first try tweaking your settings using these tweaks. https://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php I would next try tweaking SP2 if you happened to install it. https://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1497 Then try VAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt1953 Posted March 27, 2005 CID Share Posted March 27, 2005 I'm in the same boat. Just added Adelphia Premier 6768, eliminated the roiuter, jacked right into the modem, ran Van's tweaks for 6000768 and still getting a slow download. The upload has improved, but I don't think the tweaks had anything to do with it, I think it is Adelphia's network. :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 679 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 83 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Mar 27 00:10:28 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 12X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 12.34 sec Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 96.24 % faster than the average for host (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-POITB3ME7 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 1238 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Download Speed is:: 151 kB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Test Time:: Sun Mar 27 00:11:36 EST 2005 Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.78 sec Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 44.92 % of your hosts average (adelphia.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-T03AKI7UJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted March 27, 2005 CID Share Posted March 27, 2005 Have you done all the tweaks I posted? I would also call tech support (ask for tier 2) because they are still fixing their network in some places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwt1953 Posted March 27, 2005 CID Share Posted March 27, 2005 Yeah, I did Van's tweeks, there is no router in this mix, I'm straight to the modem. I want to make sure this connection is working before I put a network on it. I got online chat help with Adelphia today. The first time we went thru all the typical 'when was the last time you???? Then I asked them if they had really provisioned me for the Premier. They then reprvisioned the modem. I tested and it was worse. Got online with them again just 30 min. ago and got to tier 2. He had me go to testmy.net to get him a speed test, ran ipconfig and copied that info to him. Then he asked for dns and dhcp server names. Before I could respond, he cut me off because the chat exceeded a time limit...I suppose. I've had it with these idiots. Where the hell am I going to get dns and dhcp server names with a cable modem connection. It isn't set up on the machine, nor is it in the modem. I don't know that it even applies.I think I'll just rip up their cable out of my yard tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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