Topic: Fios speed not up to par

[vitico66]

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 10316 Kbps about 10.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1259 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Jun 18 13:39:47 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 184X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.81 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 13.66 % faster than the average for host (226.185)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-91NIM0VOX

Hello to all:
            my name is Vic and Im new to this forum.I've been reading and searching all through your site and couldn't find an answer to my issue.
Just got my FIOS installed yesterday morning, the FIOS package ss the 15/5-Mbps- and as you can see in my scores, all I've been able to get is: -10/1.25 - the tech that installed the fios was getting about the same, but tried with his verizon laptop and it jumped to 14.1/4.25 Mbps so he
decided that it was my rig that needed some tweaking, well, followed the suggestions on the first sticky and tips on your main forum but improvement was minimal,(if any) , also had my settings "optimized" by verizon in their fios site. anyways , perhaps I,m missing something that may be obvious to some but not to me.
   thanks in advance for your help;   vitico66
here are my rig vitals:
--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Computer:
      Computer Type                                     ACPI Multiprocessor PC
      Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
      OS Service Pack                                   Service Pack 2
      DirectX                                           4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
      Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          Intel Pentium 4 530, 3215 MHz (15 x 214)
      Motherboard Name                                  Asus P5GD2  (3 PCI, 3 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
      Motherboard Chipset                               Intel Grantsdale i915P
      System Memory                                     1024 MB  (DDR2 SDRAM)
      BIOS Type                                         AMI (03/21/05)
      Display:
      Video Adapter                                     RADEON X600 Series Secondary  (256 MB)
      Video Adapter                                     RADEON X600 Series  (256 MB)
      3D Accelerator                                    ATI Radeon X600 (RV370)
      Monitor                                           Dell E193FP  [19" LCD]  (G6566543U0P0)    Multimedia:
      Audio Adapter                                     Intel 82801FB ICH6 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-1]
     Storage:
      IDE Controller                                    Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2652
      IDE Controller                                    Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
      SCSI/RAID Controller                              ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller
      Floppy Drive                                      Floppy disk drive
      Disk Drive                                        Maxtor 6Y160P0  (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
      Optical Drive                                     HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA-4083B SCSI CdRom Device
      SMART Hard Disks Status                           OK    Partitions:
      C: (NTFS)                                         156319 MB (149820 MB free)
     Input:
      Keyboard                                          Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
      Mouse                                             HID-compliant Wheel Mouse
      Network:
      Network Adapter                                   Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller  (192.168.0.100)

[TM]

Try This....

Download This

Tcp Recieve window : 307824
Windows Scaling: Yes
Time Stamping: No
Selective Acks: Yes
Path MTU: Default
Black Hole Detection: Default
Max Dip. Acks : Leave Blank
MTU: 1492

Adapter Settings: Leave on your Nic Card Adapter


Save, Restart, Test

Works bout 9 times out of 10 at work with cust.'s

if that dont then try Cablenut somewhere round here.

Hope I helped. If not then call the FSC and see what we can do fromour end.

[SuperG03]

vitico66,

   Tweaking is very important, so doing what TM suggests will probably help you.  Also, I have never heard of the 15/5 service.  It is either 30/5 or 15/2, so I am not sure what you saw on the techs laptop, but if you get 1.8 or 1.9 you will be right with the rest of us on the u/l.  Good Luck, and let us know how it goes.

SuperG03

[HaloBox]

They actually do have a 5/5 service but the price is pretty outrageous so you don't hear much about it.

[TM]

heh i had a guy yesterday saying he had 5down and 5 up when he ordered the 15/2 plan so there are rumors that guys at the co are tweaking up speeds throttling them up and what not testing the bending so to speak of the speed caps they put in place.


dont quote me tho as its IS just a rumor floating around BUT judging by some of the speeds on here.....seems to be somewhat sound.

[vitico66]

good morning all:
  wow, thanks to all for the suggestions and by the way, my fios pkg is:  15/2 Mbps so i apologize for the error, tell you what, I think I read 75% of all the posts in this forum . and something kept jumping out at me : (MCAFEE!!!!!!) - what I did is completely remove Mcafee and all its traces, (somewhat a difficult task because of how bloated they make this garbage) by the way, i had "viruscan9","personal firewall" and "quick clean" (all Mcafee products), then ran the test and this is what I got:
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 15106 Kbps about 15.1 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1844 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Tue Jun 21 07:58:37 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 270X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.56 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 352.41 % faster than the average for host (verizon.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-YE0LCNZKI   
                   so as you can see , Mcafee was causing my nightmare. now I'm happy to report that with "AntiVir" and "Sygate personal" (FREE antivirus & firewall) my speeds held at 15+Mbps-  I hope that at the very least, my experience is valuable for the next person that have a similar problem.
               Thank again to all and keep up the good work:
                   VITICO66
by the way: the only tweak I did was go to netservices.verizon.net and did their auto optimize.     so I wonder if I could still benefit from tweaking   

[FiosFiend]

good morning all:
  wow, thanks to all for the suggestions and by the way, my fios pkg is:  15/2 Mbps so i apologize for the error, tell you what, I think I read 75% of all the posts in this forum . and something kept jumping out at me : (MCAFEE!!!!!!)

I've heard the same about MCAFEE.  I use PCCillian and have had ZERO problems with speed.  One of my computers (work laptop) uses Norton and I can't get the same Up/Down stats with it as I do with my main personal computer.  I'm sure that it's probably the Norton causing the difference.

[vitico66]

Well, I know that Norton will slow you down some, I tried it b4 settling for Antivir Guard & Sygate personal (free)
this combination works better for me;.perhaps it is true that "some of the best things in life are free"

                     vitico66