- Re: Internet connect speed
- Posted by Mellowed on July 25th, 2003
Try TCP Optimizer at http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
"taywood" <taywood@onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
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: I have 56kdialup and have a personal reason for not wanting Broadband.
: Over a year PCPitStop has tested the PC and each time found V Slow
: connect speed using Onetel.net.uk as my ISP. I have tried tweaks and
: fixes without showing much improvement.
: I now have Freeuk as a standby ISP for emailing when Onetel is down.
:
: Just done a series of Download comparisons over a day and using the
: same PC and setup, with tests seconds apart, Onetel is 11 to 22 and
: Freeuk is consistently 40 to 45.
: Is this difference reasonable?
: Onetel is a big player and Freeuk is smaller with presumably less
: traffic but is there something else I should be looking at and
: questioning.
: The results of a Full Test comparison were the same but CPU load using
: Onetel was 3% but 6% when using Freeuk. Is this significant?
: Any advice would be welcomed BUT dont tell me to go to Broadband.
: Thanks
- Posted by Bill Showengerdt on July 26th, 2003
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 07:09:04 -0700, While I was using pressure to stop
the bleeding, "Mellowed" <Mel@noaddress.com> posted:
..
Isn't that just for broadband?
- Posted by Mellowed on July 26th, 2003
No. You select the type of service and then the pgm provides the settings
for that service. Dialup is one of the choices.
"Bill Showengerdt" <billhanna@boggletech.com> wrote in message
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: On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 07:09:04 -0700, While I was using pressure to stop
: the bleeding, "Mellowed" <Mel@noaddress.com> posted:
: .
: >
: >Try TCP Optimizer at http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
:
: Isn't that just for broadband?
:
: >
: >"taywood" <taywood@onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
: >news:258600f9.0307250556.eb3b741@posting.google.c om...
: >: I have 56kdialup and have a personal reason for not wanting Broadband.
: >: Over a year PCPitStop has tested the PC and each time found V Slow
: >: connect speed using Onetel.net.uk as my ISP. I have tried tweaks and
: >: fixes without showing much improvement.
: >: I now have Freeuk as a standby ISP for emailing when Onetel is down.
: >:
: >: Just done a series of Download comparisons over a day and using the
: >: same PC and setup, with tests seconds apart, Onetel is 11 to 22 and
: >: Freeuk is consistently 40 to 45.
: >: Is this difference reasonable?
: >: Onetel is a big player and Freeuk is smaller with presumably less
: >: traffic but is there something else I should be looking at and
: >: questioning.
: >: The results of a Full Test comparison were the same but CPU load using
: >: Onetel was 3% but 6% when using Freeuk. Is this significant?
: >: Any advice would be welcomed BUT dont tell me to go to Broadband.
: >: Thanks
:
