Brisa Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Hey, I am on NTL 300k connection. I got a new computer around the start of Jan and since i've got it my downloads have went from the 40's to around 13's. The 40 being on my old computer. I have McAfee virus thing, i tried taking it off and downloading and it was the same speed. I try the modem in the laptop and it does 40's again. Is it possible there is a setting to govern the max download speed on my computer? If so how do i change it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_urban Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 (edited) ring who you get your net from and ask :D mine went though and reset all my settings etc making mine much faster (N) Edited March 7, 2005 by matt_urban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Will try that tomorrow if none of these computer genious's can gove me a quick fix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_urban Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 there is a tester here http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Oh dear, thats worrying. 28.8k it clocked my connection at... I am on NTL boradband 300k service... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 You've probably got something running in the background. KaZaa? Either that or some spyware/virus is being naughty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_urban Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 (edited) mine says 336 and im on 1mb :D aaaah 704 just turned kazza off (N) Edited March 7, 2005 by matt_urban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 No kazaa or anything like that. Its always done it on this computer from brand new... McAfee cant find anything strange either... (N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 there is a tester here http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/ ← That is extreamly unaccurate. (N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_urban Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 (edited) reset your cookies mess about turning thinks off and keep testing do a few tests because it can change quite a bit (N) your speed ie 1mb is the max it can run it will never run that fast :D its faster when les people are online etc :D Edited March 7, 2005 by matt_urban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted March 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 lol, I havn't got the slightest idea what i should be turning off though... Call me computer retarded (N)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 Doesnt seem to work on me (N) I usally get 85/95kb per sec when im on 750k :D so work that out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted March 8, 2005 Report Share Posted March 8, 2005 If you want a tester DU meter is good. Doesnt measure max download speed but shows the traffic and seems quite accurate. Your max upload/download speed is your speed (bit) / 8 so 250k would be 250/8 = 31.25 kbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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