I'm only getting 1.5 megabits per second doing a test from these guys (http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/results.php)

i dunno... with Cox here in RI shouldnt i at least be getting 2 or 3?

Eben, your machine is probably so stuffed with spyware you have a dozen teenagers from Uzbekistan running gambling sites off your machine :laughs:

I have COX and mine clocked at 3.6. How saturated your local lines are could have an impact...

-spence

I use Ad-aware SE.... box is clean as a whistle.

would a firewall slow me down?

Adaware will only get about 85% . Also download Spysweeper from Webroot.com...

Probably need to find another free one too...

Eben, could be just the traffic at the time of the day that you were testing. Try testing it during offhours, like NOT IN THE EVENING.

There could also be noise on your node which is the cable term for "local loop" you can usually check the S/N ratio in the cable modem by going to the internal web address on the modem (check the net on how to do this for the version of modem you are running).

99.99999% of the time when there is a speed performance issue with a cable modem it is due to noise on the forward or return path.

If you television has lost some of its clarity it may be noise on the forward if the S/N ratio on the cable modem is less the 30db then there probably is a return path issue.

Did you add any splitters to the cable which injects more noise into the system also decreasing the signal strength?

Speed
3.1 megabits per second

Communications 3.1 megabits per second
Storage 353.8 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3.1 seconds
Subjective rating Great

from east greenwich ri, on Cox.

Communications 4.2 megabits per second
Storage 507.6 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 2 seconds
Subjective rating Awesome

Eben,

I'll stop in and nerd out your machine :D I'll drop in some games too my box flies, need that low ping :D :gf: :liquify: <- thats a shock combo ;)

Originally posted by JohnR
Adaware will only get about 85% . Also download Spysweeper from Webroot.com...

Probably need to find another free one too...

Giant Antispyware is a good one as well. 15 day trial.

www.giantcompany.com

Originally posted by ThrowingTimber
Eben,

I'll stop in and nerd out your machine :D I'll drop in some games too my box flies, need that low ping :D :gf: :liquify: <- thats a shock combo ;)
by all means:D


I've de-spywared this box many times, cleared internete files, cleared cookies, reset my modem, and i'm still right around a half megabit:( i think i'll have to call coxand beyotch.

easy and simple to miss, make sure your cat 5 isnt kinked up, your network cables ;)

Like I said before if is most likley a noise issue somewhere in the house. A bad connector, low signal or noise on the node. The problem with calling the cable company is that they will tell you the download speed is not guarateed. If you tell them the signal to noise ratio is below 30db then that is indicitive of a higher noise problem which will force them to fix the issue.

Lets hope you get a good tech out there that will not just blow you off...

GLuck!

get a splitter rated at 1ghz or above and replace any cheapcrap splitters not rated like so.

Spybot - Search and Destroy

ever figure out the problem??

2.8 meg per sec

Originally posted by lurch
ever figure out the problem??


yeah Cox sucks... thats the problem :(