[AloneTime]

Hey ya'll, I got a question and I hope you can help me out here. Well see I got cable so I have decent download speeds, my downloads usually start out very fast but for some reason they usually come to a crawl. So is there anyway to fix this? It's driving me nuts!

thanks for any help! :up:

-AloneTime

 

[Courtneyc]

Most likely, your download speed isn't really changing. The download speed displayed isn't the actual download speed. It is a rough guess based on the length of time it is taking to download the file vs. the total size of the file. This averaged time is updated about every second. The last speed is the most accurate for the download.

You can get an estimate of your speed from a site like www.speedguide.net, but that speed is based on the slowest point between you and the Speedguide servers, the time of day, the phases of the moon, sunspots, or anything else that could possibly interfere at that moment.

Courtney sends...

 

[Augie65]

You can check your download and upload speeds from Speakeasy - Speed Test
Just choose a server nearest to you.

 

[arborphile]

Hi Alonetime
I'm having the same issue. Its really frustrating. If I do speedtest when I first boot the PC I get about 210-220kbps. If I do it again in 2 minutes I get dialup speeds of 55-60kbps. I have 2 PCs. On my old one its not an issue. So I'm guessing its an issue with some setting on my new PC.

Heres a list of things I have tried without any lick:
* installed a network card - no difference
* checked the drivers for the mobo and the network card - all ok
* increased the number of connections to 20 - no difference
* installed google web accellerator - no difference
* tried both firefox and ie7 - no difference
* disabled all of my virus protection software - firewall, defender and nortons - still no difference
* done all of the tweaking things you can do for Fire fox - no joy.


Good luck and please post what you did if you are successful.
Arb

 

[valis]

did he really post what I think he posted? Or am I missing something?

 

[arborphile]

I just spoke with my ISP....they have "shaped" my account due to some excessive downloading. its weird - 2 yrs on the same account - downloading like a ******* - now they shape me!!!!

Oh well. I've upgraded to a bigger DL limit and a faster service.

BTW - yes he did say what you think he said Valis. He's clearly an honest chap.

 

[Cookiegal]

Hi AloneTime and welcome to TSG,

I've edited inappropriate content out of your post. Please be careful when posting in the future. This is a family oriented site.

 

[AloneTime]

I am very sorry about that, Courtney. It just completely slipped my mind that alluding to that subject matter was inappropriate.

-AloneTime

P.S. Thanks for the help, guys. It's much appreciated.

 

[Cookiegal]

I am very sorry about that, Courtney. It just completely slipped my mind that alluding to that subject matter was inappropriate.

-AloneTime

P.S. Thanks for the help, guys. It's much appreciated.

Comments targeting an ethnic group are no better.

Please read the forum rules before posting again.

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