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Welcome to the forums cpatullo! 

There aren't any cablenut files just for the 7000, but you can just use the 6000 settings... Your speeds look average and pretty good for the time of day.

I uploaded my settings below.

But you can try...

Personally, I think the 6000 was more tweakable than the 7000.

BTW, what satellite and transponder are you on cpatullo?

What ever the latest version is... But like Rÿche 1 said, you can't tweak a self-hosted system. So improving your speeds is doubtful.

seemed like cablenut helped with the 6000.  that is it made things more consistent.  no big increase in either download or upload.  I've even tried using tcp optimizer. But I don't believe you will get any big increase if your already over 1000Kbps.(unless your on a business plan) During peak hours no tweaks seem to help anything. I have had no luck tweaking the 7000, but i'm no expert. I've tried everybodys tweaks i could find.

 I was gonna upgrade to the small office plan until I realized my dish and transmitter will not work for that.

$1000 for new dish 

anybody else thought about getting Wild Blue?  They offer a plan for 1.5down/250up alot better price. 

It will be "up to" 1.5 down / 250 up here in a few months. They've all ready changed thier FAP to regulate the heavy downloaders.

read about that over on the dslreports forum.  alot of people seem unhappy about the fap change, but yet they are still getting decent customer reviews. I'm just waiting to see what comes about since their still a new company. I think dway is trying harder now since they might have competition I even heard something about dish network starting some kind of a satellite internet service. the more competition for dway the better things will get. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next year or so (if anything happens).

Re: Wildblue...I looked at them, but they want a two year contract...Plus, if you cancel, the termination fee is equal to the remaining months on the contract x the monthly fee for whatever plan you're on...I won't go near that, personally..DirecWay's termination is "only" $300...So, I bought a used DW4000, had it installed last week...Dudes, it flies...Couple of negatives though...Slower uploads (of course), and the home plan ($59.99) fap bucket is 169MB...Apparently, you have to get the $89.99 plan for the professional size bucket...You get a static ip too...I like the 7000 Pro plan for $69.99 better...So, there's trade-offs...

For those of us using the DW7000 .....a cancellation will cost $700

2.3  TERMINATION BY SUBSCRIBER.

In the event that we modify this Subscriber Agreement, the Service or related pricing or billing terms, you may immediately terminate your account and this Subscriber Agreement. Subject to your payment of the cancellation charges herein described, you may also do so at any other time and for any reason or for no reason upon thirty (30) days written notice. You must terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions specified herein; failure to do so may delay or prevent us from knowing that a termination was intended. In such event you will continue to be liable under this Agreement for all fees and charges until such time as the Agreement has been properly terminated or we have acknowledged such termination in writing. In the event you cancel your subscription to the DirecWay Service prior to the expiration of the minimum commitment period specified for your applicable service plan, you may be subject a cancellation fee of up to $700.

So if I had wildblue, on two year contract at 79.95 per month and cancel after first month I would be billed for 79.95 * 23=  1838.85  I would be scared of that.

yep, I heard wildblue already quit installing in some areas until they get more capacity to handle new customers. correct me if im wrong, but im sure I read this somewhere.  Dway used to run fine for me all the time. now it still runs but slows down greatly between 5pm and 10pm every weeknight. 

When I had the 6000 only problems I had were slow uploads.....download connection speeds were 1000 pretty much 24/7 on the same bird. My problems started Dec 1, 2005 with the upgrade to the DW7000 and upgrade to  the pro account........have nothing good to say about the upgrade, Dway, or Hughes Network, absolutely nothing! I have had an account with them for over a year. The truth is now shinning bright as the sun, the lies, tricks, scams, word games are all point blank.

Can I just use your settings in mine, just fill in my blanks with what you have?
 I've been reading messages for hours and hours and my head is spinning. I was talked into an upgrade, not realizing I'd get slower speeds than my dw4000 got blah, blah, blah
I used tweakers on my 4000, but that computer has crashed, so here I am.
How about a dw7000 tweaker tutorial for dummies?
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 851 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 104 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (main)
Test Time:: 2006/03/16 - 10:10am
Bottom Line:: 15X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 9.85 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 28.801 seconds to complete
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 90.53 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-8NOUHVBC6
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 946 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 115 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (main)
Test Time:: 2006/03/16 - 10:33am
Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 8.9 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 25.918 seconds to complete
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 0.64 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-SZ27J0XTI

I'm on the 7000 regular consumer plan I think.

Oh, and is there a FAP monitor in all this new system info stuff we have now?  Or do you know where I can get one now?

Thanks a bunch

tommie gorman probably thinks that's accurate