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To: riposte who wrote (30435)	2/1/1998 1:05:00 PM
From: Twisted Pair	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

Thanks Steve, [Metcalfe 2/2/98] Good capsule review of the various high speed technologies. I think Metcalfe is doing a good job of presenting/discussing the various high speed technologies. Hopefully, he'll continue lighting fires under the Telcos. BTW, I've been fooling around w/ Win95 MTU settings and saw a 30% increase in www page downloads using a freeware product - "PPP Boost v1.2" to modify the MTU settings: (The following is an excerpt from a post I made to a local BBS) *For PPP ISP connections only* sysopt.com offers several uitilites that'll modify MTU settings. Later this week I plan to customize the MTU settings even more. Be sure to back up your registry before trying this stuff. "By default, Windows 95's network software is configured for communication over a LAN. When using the internet, however, this configuration is very inefficient. To maximize the efficiency, the MTU setting must be changed. What is the MTU setting? It sets the size of the packets transmitted/ expected. The internet standard is 576, but since Win95 is configured for a LAN the default setting is 1500. Changing the MTU setting to 576 can have a dramatically positive effect on performance. There are a number of methods for changing the MTU setting. You can do it manually by editing the Win95 registry, or you can use a utility to do it for you This software is truly amazing. My connection speed doubled..." ...snip.... Good site for tweaking ISP connections: MTU Adjustments: sysopt.com pcwin.com On a lighter side: Dancing Internet Baby links: ourworld.compuserve.com The unoffical Dancing Internet Baby Site: ourworld.compuserve.com "Car crash baby" is certainly different Mike