How to: Windows Quick Tip - How to Open up the Pipe!

Windows XP is much better at handling high-speed Internet connections than the "made for dial-up" Windows 98, but there is still one little tweak that can increase your connection speed.
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Hey, could ya give a detailed report on what this actually does, and how much it speeds it up?

 

its great for sync DSL,not async DSL, basicly limits the up to the down speed so u get a fast lactency... ok for webpages not for downloading... thats if i interputed it right :|

 

I have ADSL 2mbit, any point in me doing it?

 

nope
u have async not sync (eg up kb/s = down kb/s)

 

Yeh I tried it, and my computer was dling at 120k/byts, without it I am supposed to get 256k/bytish

 

what site u downloading from?

 

mmh, thanks for teh info, I will give it a try.

 

What about a 10Mbps cable connection? Do anything for that?

 

youve got 10MB? Wish i had that... im only on 1.5MB ADSL. What download speeds do you get?

 

I have ADSL2+ upto 24mbit (so they claim, only if you ARE the exchange thought ) and we get ~4.5mbit and up.

 

how much are you paying for it? im getting 1.5MB with 20GB d/l limit for $50 a month.

 

dam u biatch give me ur inet!!!!

 

Man you're getting raped.....
We pay $40 a month for this, if you on for 24 month contract they will give free setup and modem and everything so only $40 each month. Get 10GB normal downloads anytime and 10GB from peering services (things like game updates and shareware and stuff). So it's pretty sick

 

I'm getting an average of 10Mbps actually, it peaks at 11.4 (so far that's the fastest I've seen it get to at least) and it'll drop as low as say 8.9 but normally it's dead on at 10. I'm paying $59 a month (it's packaged with my cable so the total bill comes to like $149 a month, that's with 3 converter boxes, digital extended service, one premium channel and 2 pay per view wrestling events per month). Not bad... I use Skype for a lot of LD calling too and that saves me some change. I was looking into Vonage but it didn't work out for me. Ah well.

 

Don't forget that's US .... thats pricey

 

I would switch over to whatyouve got Rath, but id go over the 10GB limit. Ive gone over the 20GB limit here once, and nearly gone over it 3 times, but not quite. Does it throttle your speed back, or does it cost you for every 1MB over the limit?

 

i think it throttles thats what most companies do

 

Guess this doesn't work with a cable modem huh?

 

I guess it doesn't work with a cable ISP?