Syntripical Road-Runner Download Speeds Desired!!

[KronoLeginaire]

I desire speeds of 1MBs on my fully paid for Road-Runner connection. I Currently have the speedguide.net 2000/XP Boradband patch installed which has boosted my speeds up from 90Kbs to 360Kbs. Now I want more, I also want faster uploading speeds, can A new modem make my speeds better and what is my connection capped at?, Ive called time warner and asked the sales rep but she has no ideal what I'm talking about. Thanks and Pice Out.

[audiyoda]

Regardless about what people say about 'uncapping' their connection -- it just cannot be done except at the point of service -- in this case TW. Speedguide's patches are about as good as it's going to get unless you are running your modem through the USB port. But most comparisons I've seen between cable modems (saw the RCA, Linksys, Motorola and Toshiba put head-to-had someplace) showed only a nominal difference between them.

BTW, RR is capable of 10 Megabits/sec down and roughly 768 up -- but that is totally dependant on who the provider is, and what they chose to offer you. Check the RR forum at dslreports.com for better info on them.

-Craig

[morriswindgate]

If you pay a lot more money each month, I am willing to bet they can work something out for you.

[morriswindgate]

In other words, upgrade to the business level of service.

[KronoLeginaire]

Intresting but when talking to the peeps over in the forum at speedguide.net they said my cap is 2Mbs down. I'm not getting nearly that so I have abit of room to work with here.

[audiyoda]

Originally posted by KronoLeginaire Intresting but when talking to the peeps over in the forum at speedguide.net they said my cap is 2Mbs down. I'm not getting nearly that so I have abit of room to work with here.

You're cap might be 2Mbs down -- although with a cable modem that is dependant on how many people are on your node and using their connection when you are. It's also dependant on the nodes that are connected to the same link to the server as your node. There's also the issue of where you are in the node -- are you last in line, first, in the middle....there are just too many variables with a cable connection.

My mother-in-law's 'cap' is 5Mbs down -- but she lives in a small town and the original infrastructure design was only for 1/5 of the nodes they need. She's lucky to get 400Kbs down most of the time. They are slowly upgrading, but until then, she's stuck.

Look at it this way -- go ahead and put money into a new modem -- either your provider, Best Buy, Circuit City or someone will love you for spending your disposable income. Then buy another one just to see if you'll get a bit more out of it. Don't forget to buy a few new NIC's -- you might get a tad more throughput out of a Linksys over a Kingston or a Kingston over a Neatgear. Call your provider and piss off a technician who has to deal with your whinning that there's something wrong with your connection because someone someplace said it should be faster and it's all his fault.

Basically stop whinnin' here and work on this problem at your end or their end.

-Craig

[Jade]

Taken from here http://pcpitstop.com/internet/BandwidthUpResults.asp

Download:
ISDN: 64Kbps (1 B-channel) or 128Kbps (2 B-channels)
Satellite: 700Kbps
DSL: 256Kbps to 1.5Mbps (1500Kbps)
Cable Modem: 1.5 to 3Mbps (1500 to 3000 Kbps)
T1: 1.544Mbps (1544Kbps) for a point-to-point dedicated line

Upload:
ISDN: 64Kbps (1 B-channel) or 128Kbps (2 B-channels)
Satellite: 80Kbps (upload only)
DSL: 256Kbps to 1.5Mbps (1500Kbps)
ADSL: 400Kbps (upload only)
Cable Modem: 128, 300, 400, or 600Kbps (upload only)
T1: 1.544Mbps (1544Kbps) for a point-to-point dedicated line

keep in mind These are really theoretical optimium values; There are quite a few factors from getting optimal results

[Jade]

BTW why do you want faster upload speeds? Are you hosting webspace from your computer?

[gonzo4904]

that seems awfully slow for a RR connection.

First things first, Cable modems are capable of up to 27 Megabits(not bytes) of downstream bandwidth. But then this is further limited by nearly all DOCSIS Cable modems coming with an ethernet(10 Megabit max) or USB1.1(12 Megabit burst max) So theoretically 10 Mb if u use the ehternet port is yout max.

Second, each RR domain sets its own caps on bandwidth

ex. hot.rr.com = heart of Texas
socal.rr.com = southern california
austin.rr.com = Austin, TX RR

yours may be different than other markets. Here in hot.rr.com the cap is 1.5 Mb down. however, im the only person on my node, and the node is less than 30 ft. away in my backyard so I see speeds within the RR network of 4 Megabits or higher. Once you leave RR network it slows down to about 2-2.5 Megabit.

Third, each computer must be capable of supporting the speeds a cable modem is capable of generating. An older computer will not be able to handle those speeds, so hopefully your computer is up to date.

Fourth, you can get additional speed by configuring windows properly for broadband. Go to DSLreports.com and search for a registry edit that changes your TCP Receive window to something larger. I use a TCP Receive window of 64KB versus the default of 8KB for Win 98se. This resulted in a huge increase in speed. Also do a search for a program called DRTCP019.EXE This program Dr. TCP will allow you to tweak even further. DL it and set the path MTU(Maximum Transmission Unit) Discover to on(yes). This will allow a little bit more speed. It is debateable if MTU increases speed, but I have had success with it and it did not hurt anything so go ahead and try it.

Once you set these you should be configured for optimum speed on your RR conneciton. Good luck

[Jade]

You went to speedguide.net and didnt' try 256960 or multiples of your 64k?

try it you know how to get the registry key in question now, try 256960 in your receive window, restart and do a speed test where ever you do one. Or try speedguides:


http://forums.speedguide.net:8117/

[gonzo4904]

Originally posted by Jade You went to speedguide.net and didnt' try 256960 or multiples of your 64k? try it you know how to get the registry key in question now, try 256960 in your receive window, restart and do a speed test where ever you do one. Or try speedguides: http://forums.speedguide.net:8117/

who me? or the originator of the post.

[Jade]

You. You went past 8 you might as well start going for gusto.