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Download this SG-TCP Optimizer and set the slide to 10000 and follow the promts

Welcome to the forum Landin.

i just switched to cavtel for their voip+dsl service, but am getting 1MB/s downloads because of a ReachDSL modem. should i ask cavalier for a westell ADSL modem? they sent me a crappy modem.

i am located in Norfolk, VA with a reachdsl modem and an SMC DVC. anyway, what type of modems do you guys have and where are you located? i want to know if i could get faster speeds.

::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..::::::::::
 Download Connection is:: 868 Kbps about 0.87 Mbps (tested with 748 kB)
 Download Speed is:: 106 kB/s
 Upload Connection is:: 183 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
 Upload Speed is:: 22 kB/s
 Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Server 1)
 Test Time:: 2006/12/10 - 9:18am
 D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-LKBFSGZCJ
 U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-5Q3OD6KLU
 User Agent:: Opera/9.10 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en)
 

i used to have Cox, but they are high priced. they billed me $500 for a month.!!! no way.!!!

my CO is using MVL2 equipment, so i guess i am stuck with the speed. oh well.

Switched to a Zoom ADSL2+2 Model 5590 but didn't gain much for my $100.00 modem:

::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 5272 Kbps about 5.27 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB)
Download Speed is:: 644 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 663 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 81 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2007/05/27 - 6:48pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-PMR5KA7GY
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-L9RYQ0C2U
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
 

One thing I forgot to mention.... a user mentioned his CO have NVL2 equipment.... my CO is the same from what I gather as, according to Cavtel, I was signed up for "NVL2 service"  and that is why I'm capped at 2.0Mbps.  I was advised to call customer service and ask for a different CO if possible or if they could upgrade me somehow.

I'm paying $14.99 a month on introductory, but I would definitely NOT pay the regular $24.99 for this!

Hey, PastorP!

Excellent program!  I tried it, along with others, before Cavtel told me that I was spinning my wheels and waisting my time for nothing as I'm capped at 2Mbps and 1.3Mbps is my fastest reasonable speed according to Cavalier.  DrTCP didn't do anything for me but I hear others have had great results.

While I was driving myself nuts thinking I could get more than 1.3Mbps with Cavtel's "UP TO 10Mbps" sales gimmick, here are some great DSL tip sites that I found that have other good tips as well:

http://www.homephonewiring.com/materials.html

This site gives many good tips on optimized phone wiring for DSL.  I was going to drop $44.00 on the ASDL2+ and POTS splitter as my wiring is "home run" and I can create a dedicated DSL jack.  I did some experimenting, such as running straight from my NID to the Cavtel router, to see if speed would increase.  Didn't make a difference when I reconnected my phones into the wiring so I saved my money.  I would buy this splitter if I had real "high speed" ADSL2+ service with digital TV for it would save $$$$ on not having to have a filter on each phone and prevent "mirroring" and whanot when the DSL signal is fed to all jacks .... and wall plate ADSL filters aren't easy to find and they cost $15.00 when I do find them so this little $44 jewel would save money if you have many phone extensions in your home (four or more), which can degrade DSL performance.

http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/

Seems to be a good site for non-nonsense discussion on what will -- and what won't -- increase DSL speed.

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/bellsouth

Geared to BellSouth but has some excellent, general DSL discussions.  Note that BellSouth is a different type of network than Cavtel (PPPoE versus TCPIP) and so some discussions, like changing the network MTU settings in a router, may not apply.