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Download Speed ?
roddydogs
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Can anyone answer this---can you computer affect the download speed as shown on "Speedtest .net....NOT of course the overall speed of the computer, which is dependant on many things........ive had the Virgin guy round, to check why im not getting the 20mb im supposed to. he did not appear to know much but insisted that "Its your computer" as his laptop showed the correct speed, but he could not show me this as he coudnt use speedtest,nt as he "Didnt have Adobe" ...Thanks
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It can do yes
Run Speedtest with NOTHING else running except the firewall and see what the result is
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
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Its wired....should add its been run in "Safe" mode with the same result. thanks0
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What results are you getting?:idea:0
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Just under 10,...this is constant over many tests, im on Virgin VIP (should be 20)0
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Just under 10 means your on 10 then. Id be contacting virgin and finding out why that is:idea:0
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see first post, the Virgin Techie says it my comp, will contact them again Thanks (they sent a new modem-no difference)0
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What router are you using? I used to find that on my 20Mb Virgin connection, I oculd only get about 14Mb max - but I was Ok with that. When I upgraded to 20Mb, Virgin inisited that I have a new router from them. I wasn't too happy at this, but acquiesced. When the engineer came round, we 1st connected the new 50Mb modem to my existing router and saw no increas in speed from about 14Mb. Plugging the modem directly into my laptop (and performing the recommended tweaks) and I got 50Mb!!!. Attaching the new Netgear router and we still got 50Mb; so the limit was set by what my old Netgear router could sustainChris Elvin0
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Virgin themselves recommend using the TCP optimizer at speedguide.net(slash)downloads.php to tweak the TCP setting on each PC to be able to acheive 50MbChris Elvin0
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Thanks, but this has been tried...no difference0
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Are you wired to a router or straight from the modem to your computer?Comping again0
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