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Originally Posted by bikeman
I am suposed to have 2Mb broadband (via cable) from VM but I have tested it with two seperate online speed testers at various times of the day over several days and it's consistently 1.5Mb.
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What speed do you get if you do a proper test?
- Disconnect any home networking equipment you have (eg. a router) and only connect directly to the cable modem with a single computer.
- Reboot your pc.
- Close as many applications on your computer as possible, in particular any P2P, streaming or IM programs.
- Start 2 simultaneous downloads from the VM demo games server plus 2 simultaneous downloads of Zen test files.
That's four file downloads happening at once!
Now add up each of the four concurrent download speeds to get your accurate download rate.
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Is it fair to say that, despite being on cable (ie not distance dependent like adsl), I would be wasting my money upgrading to a higher speed service?
Conversely, if a higher speed service is available to me, why don't VM give me the full 2Mb I currently pay for?
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Upgrading might be a waste of your money (especially if you don't download much) but it's not fair to draw that conclusion from your inadequate test reports.
I'll bet that they *are* giving you (very close to) the 2Mb/s connection that you pay for.
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Originally Posted by bikeman
Actualy I already have a pc app called winoptimizer which has an internet turning option built in.
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So what do you have the MTU set to?