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Im not trying to brush your question off but have you tried any of the options listed in here? http://www.testmy.net/t-2097 - I actually got a 3Mbps boost by following some of this suggestions.

Also if you are on a wireless connection a lot of things can affect your speed such as interference, distance or even router settings (assuming you have one).

thank you, I had just finished watching the latest movie with some friends when I found testmy so i was in the futurama mood.

also to instabin or anyone else that might be confusing bits and bytes - this is one of my favorite bit calculators - enjoy. http://www.matisse.net/bitcalc/

I am on a wired connection.

I am not comparing bits to bytes.

The highest speed I can get on testmy.net 8.4mb/s or 1024Kbps
I have a 16mg connection from Comcast and can download from Microsoft at 2.3mb/s or 2355.2Kbps

Any ideas why I cant get the speed test to show my ture speed.  the file I downloaded from microsoft was almost 500mb

  please don't bump the threads , it's annoying, plus the rules state please dont do that lol Just looks strange for one thing, just ask your question

 I'de enjoy getting this going, so, what have you done so far to your system to try and fix this issue.

 What is your network setup look like ?  The more info i have about your specific situation, the better I can pinpoint the problem, so post  up 

 There's no way you should be only getting half of what you pay for, so the issue is either in your network configuration, including your system, or the bootfile on the modem, but were gonna get right into the network config first, so we can eliminate this one by one.

Cablenut doesn't really work with Vista! You can't modify the stack like you can with XP. Vista is what it is a Demo that should not of come out. The new Windows 7 will be much better!

There is actually a way to use it, check this topic for further instructions. I'm using it on vista here at the office.
Anytime you use a proxy , your bandwidth is effected. I haven't used IPcop, but many do, what is the configuration, do you have a home built server / router, or what ?

I'm sure you can configure that proxy properly.