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To: E who wrote (29672)	10/21/2002 1:56:24 PM
From: Nemer	Respond to of 110653

E ... go to this website, enter your area code and type of connection ... computingcentral.msn.com it will give you your bandwidth speed for download ... as well as a chart showing "typical" speeds of different type of connections I just ran my cable twice ... Cox Cable got 1042.2 and 1076.5 k and my dialup twice AcademicPlanet.com got 36.6 and 36.6 both times, EVEN though my connection on the modem shows I'm connected at 52k

To: E who wrote (29672)	10/21/2002 3:37:18 PM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

E I sympathize with you completely. I use Roadrunner and it is a case of the good, bad, and ugly. When cable has a good connection it's awesome and when it's being finicky it is very aggravating. I have been through several modems and countless minutes on hold waiting to talk to a tech about my connection and then days and weeks at a time waiting for the scheduled visit to the house to check things out. The last guy they sent out asked me how do do some things and I had to tell him what ZoneAlarm was and even what OS I was running! That enlightening experience led to a decision by Roadrunner that my modem and line connection were excellent so it must be something wrong with my machine. This could be true but I didn't think so and decided to make a trip to the cable outlet and trade in my modem for a new one. My connection improved quite a bit after doing that but still is not satisfactory. Enough about my whining. Cable modems are finicky. Unplug it for at least one minute and plug it back in let it establish a fresh connection. This helps mine at times. Cable speeds also fluctuate quite a bit depending on how many people in your node (sort of like a neighborhood) are online and consuming bandwidth. Several people close to you hogging bandwidth can really slow down your speed. I believe that is my problem...too many people in my node using a finite amount of bandwidth. Once a node is packed with users it needs to be split up into smaller units to regain connection speeds but that cuts into roadrunner profits. There I go whining again. Sometimes the routing between you and the site you're trying to access is having problems and there's just not much you can do about it. Don't hesitate to call your cable company and complain about the speed you don't think you're getting. If you don't let them know that you are unhappy nothing will ever be done. There are several registry settings that can be set to maximize a cable modem connection but the easy way is to download a program that does it for you. I use one called Cablenut. It's very easy to use by starting with the help file. cablenut.com To really see if the tweaks do you any good you should go to several speedtest sites and run the tests and record the results so you can compare them to your connection speed after tweaking. Here are a few in addition to Nemer's site. bandwidthplace.com dslreports.com numion.com Here's a sampling of my tests during the time when roadrunner said I was in good shape (the red bars) and after a new modem. (blue and green bars) home.midsouth.rr.com