09-26-2004, 11:18 PM
I don't think it's a virus as I regularly run a virus scans. I thought it could have been my router but I hooked up my modem directly to my computer and ran a speedtest and I got back a speed of 200 kbps which is the same as I was getting with my modem connected to my modem this past week, much lower than the 1.0 mbps I regularly get just last month and definately much lower than the 3.0 mbps advertised. I nearly expected to get great speeds cause I live quite far from the telco office but 200 kbps is ridiculous.
Cable is out of the question cause I don't have cable TV and it cost like 10$ extra a month for me to get cable. Bell Sympatico is probably the biggest DSL provider in my area and there are lots of other small ISPs also. Maybe my ISP is port throttling as me and my brother been downloading alot recently, especially on Bittorrent.
Well, you pay a 56K connection you get just that. I pay for a DSL connection but I get much less than advertised so I feel I have a right to complain about it and more importantly, do something about it if it doesn't improve soon.
Cable is out of the question cause I don't have cable TV and it cost like 10$ extra a month for me to get cable. Bell Sympatico is probably the biggest DSL provider in my area and there are lots of other small ISPs also. Maybe my ISP is port throttling as me and my brother been downloading alot recently, especially on Bittorrent.
Ryujin Wrote:Oh, poor you.... I'm still on shitty 56k
It makes me soooooo angry!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! *head explodes*
Well, you pay a 56K connection you get just that. I pay for a DSL connection but I get much less than advertised so I feel I have a right to complain about it and more importantly, do something about it if it doesn't improve soon.