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Slow Internet Speed

by mhgandhi Sep 26, 2005 5:24AM PDT

config....Win XP, 80Gb HDD, 512Ram, P4 2.8Ghz.

I have a cable internet connection of 256Kbps which I find slow. i have good experience of checking Virus,Spyware and regularly run anti-virus & spyware like AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot and the system is free of any infections. My question is that I come across so many sites promising to increase the speed by atleast 200% with their software. Giving you some of the sites :-
http://www.speedanywhere.com/hispin.html

http://www.free-web-browsers.com/download-accelerator.shtml (seems a broken link)

There is one more interesting site:-

http://www.petri.co.il/increase_internet_connection_speed_in_windows_xp.htm


Can someone please advice if this really increases the speed of Internet?


Thanks

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by Ed Mead Forum moderator Sep 26, 2005 7:11AM PDT
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A new modem. . .
by Coryphaeus Sep 26, 2005 1:19PM PDT

may be the answer. I had a D-link DCM-200 cable modem with Comcast. This modem would connect at around 3.5 Mb/s, acceptable for Comcast's advertised speed of 4 Mb/s. I did some reading about new protocols for cable modems, bought a new D-link DCM-202, and bingo, 4.7 right off the bat.

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by byker49 Oct 1, 2005 8:36AM PDT

I personally don't know of any sites that have programs to increase speed by 200%. Most speeds are controlled by your isp. The more you pay the faster you go (generally speaking). My current isp has download speeds of 4MBS. I usually get 3.8 or thereabouts. Plenty fast for most stuff.

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by m_nationalist Oct 6, 2005 6:18PM PDT

I have a Broadband internet connection of 512Kbps which I find slow. i have good experience of checking Virus,Spyware and regularly run anti-virus & spyware like AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot and the system is free of any infections. My question is that I come across so many sites promising to increase the speed by atleast 200% with their software.

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