Speeding up your connection

[Gecko]

I've heard it is possible to speed up your cable or dsl connection by tweaking the windows registry. Does anybody know exactly how that is done or where I might find more information?

[Marcel]

http://www.broadbandinfo.com/got-hig...-95-98-me.html

http://www.broadbandinfo.com/got-hig...r-2000-xp.html

Either of those should work depending on your OS. Make sure you backup your registry first.

[sunnigirl313]

Just a word of caution here. If you know nothing about Window's Registery don't mess with it. Even the most experienced computer tech can make mistakes while in the rigistery.

[Kendrick]

Yea, but that's why you back up your registry first, in case anything goes wrong. Plus, if you use winxp, there's System Restore. Its saved me a lot.

[JohnnyTruant]

I ran one of the thigns from the speedguide in the link, and it actually made my connection worse (albeit by a slim amount)

I ran the speed test, before: 1999 kbps
after: ~1300 kbps

[Bryon]

Did you run it more than once? Two or three times, for different sources, averaged is a more accurate assessment.

[Zampano]

Well I got 2000 KBPS.

Keep in mind that the speed test gives you kiloBITs per second, not kiloBYTEs

[JohnnyTruant]

Originally Posted by Bryon

Did you run it more than once? Two or three times, for different sources, averaged is a more accurate assessment.

I ran it a few times from the link at the top and here were my results:

Your speed is 501 kbps.
Your speed is 545 kbps.
Your speed is 730 kbps.
Your speed is 1424 kbps
Your speed is 811 kbps.
Your speed is 1033 kbps.



I have Service Electric (a company for PA and NJ) and they suck , I guess

[Raphael]

Its getting faster cause the speed test is being cached also.

[Gecko]

Well, all it takes is for one person to point out that I could make a mistake and cause a lot of damage by messing around in Windows Registry when I really don't know anything about it. That's enough to make me come to my senses and leave it alone. My connection is great, I don't really need to improve on it anyway. But thanks for posting the infomation, I'm sure others can use it. And who knows, one of these I might get brave and give it a shot.