Broadband

😛 i only pay $30 per month and my first 6 months was also about $20 per month.
But thats probably because we get our digital TV cable from the same company so we a discount.

Originally posted by Hegemon875
😛 i only pay $30 per month and my first 6 months was also about $20 per month.
But thats probably because we get our digital TV cable from the same company so we a discount.

i get my digital cable from the same company too. i can't complain cause my download speed owns. dsl was great also. cable is a bit faster but dsl is a bit cheaper.

man i got a goddam 56k dial up
it SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love my unlimited cable internet 😉
so very fast ✅

*sighs*
two more days 🙁

my parents pay like 25$ for it. so that's doable normaly it's only for one comp but I share it over 3 comps 😄

which slows things down?

My speed was about 1.5 MB per sec but now it's less than 500 KB per sec WHY?

is it cable?

cable is PUBLIC line access. Meaning it depends on how many subscribers you have on that line. When you started, there probably weren't many people on it, and now that time has passed more and more people have joined, and thus eaten up your broadband.

My parents cable modem is barely faster than dial up now...lol

If you want a designated line, go with DSL. You have a gauranteed speed and access. Overall cable CAN be faster but in some areas it is not. Notice when you sign up they say."up to..1.5" meaning they dont gaurantee it. With dsl, what you get when you start is what you'll always have.

Yeah it's cable but it happened over night.

ahh, did you put a cable modem amplifier on the line? if you do, dont bother, it has the opposite effect they say it does.

did you alter anything with the hardware?

Nah not much really yerss, since the others are only used for webbrowsing and chatting

Yeah, I did download an accelerator but uninstalled it a while ago. I just tested it again and it's just about back to normal , 1.3 MB. Why does it keep fluctuating.

Hege which OS are you using?

WinMe

There's your problem

btw I dunno WinMe too well since I didn't use it very long, but can you get a status (showing packages sent and received) from your internet connection?

UMMMMMM.... i dont think so, why?

yayy! fast one now 🙂

cause when your upload is too big, which can happen because of certain viruses you wont notice it, cause they work without you knowing it, but you do notice the fact that your downstream speed shrinks like hell

I figured out the prob, it was my firewall. I called the cable company and they told me to try using it without my firewall for a while. And so I did and after a couple minutes it was back to normal, 1.5 Mb.