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Old May 21st, 2004, 03:14 PM
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I ran some tests on pc pitstop and was told my download speed is only 214 when it should be 512.I have tested at different times of the day and night yet still get the same.I looked in my network connections folder and went to the properties of my connection and it says the speed is only 10.Can someone explain what it all means.
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Old May 21st, 2004, 03:26 PM
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Hi,
Just as a test give this a try
http://www.degs.co.uk/bandwidthmeter/
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Old May 21st, 2004, 03:30 PM
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I did click the link and it says conducting bandwith test but nothing seems to be happening
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Old May 21st, 2004, 03:47 PM
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Nothing in the status bar to tell you that it is loading?
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Old May 21st, 2004, 03:52 PM
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No, it says
here is an optional header


Conducting bandwith tests.....

It loads,says done and then nothing.
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Old May 21st, 2004, 04:15 PM
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Don't know what's wrong. Works for me and is a pretty good measure of bandwidth.

Do you notice speed problems when surfing/downloading?
Have you contacted your ISP?
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Old May 21st, 2004, 04:25 PM
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I do get quite sloww browsing at times and no I haven't spoken to my ISP becuase I have a card router and my two kids connected to my p.c. they refuse to help me with things like this.Would this make a difference by the way?
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Old May 21st, 2004, 04:27 PM
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If they are constantly downloading then it would effect your download/surfing speeds.

Have you tried it when you know their PCs are not connected?
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Old May 21st, 2004, 04:31 PM
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Yes I tried today and theirs were off.Any other ideas on what I can do to improve it.
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Old May 21st, 2004, 06:32 PM
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what's the speed like on their pcs?
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Old May 21st, 2004, 10:02 PM
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I only tested one of them last night at a peak time but it was only 100.I haven't been able to do the other one yet.Mine gives the same result with them on or off.
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Old May 22nd, 2004, 11:46 PM
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can you bypass the router and connect your machine directly to the ISP? It's worth checking that that's not the reason for the poor performance
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Old May 24th, 2004, 06:11 PM
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I contacted my server againand they told me the u.s sites can sometimes give iffy figures, I am in the u.k. so they ran a test and say it is downloading at 512-602.Not sure really what to do now.
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Old May 25th, 2004, 07:42 PM
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did you try my suggestion of bypass the router to find out whether the router is causing the slowdown?
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Old May 26th, 2004, 02:12 PM
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Yes and it still comes the same,do you know of any u.k. sites to test bandwidth? I think it could be the p.c.pitstop site cause my brother tried it and his only comes in at 250-300 and he has the same speed as me with nothing connected to his.
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