Re: Crap/inconsistant speeds
A quick check (< 1 min) shows that 'powerusenet' is a Giganews reseller.
From my perspective (west coast of the US), path goes through 'Limelight Networks', which is a major backbone provider. You might first do a trace-route from your location and see what your routing is to get to the end point.
But most probably your problem is in your router, which you don't mention. Do you have a router in your TA (terminal adapter), as an adjunct device (between your TA and your network), and which device (or both) have hardware firewalls, and which (or both) have port or IP based traffic 'rules' and such.
Re: Crap/inconsistant speeds
I should have mentioned its a simple home network environment i have a cable modem attached to a netgear 802.11g router. No there are no hardware firewalls. i have reset the router to defaults as wel as the modem. I have already asked my ISP and they do not throttle traffic. im sure its with that one pc but dnt know whats changed on it
Re: Crap/inconsistant speeds
I think you might be a bit out of touch with the 'cable modem' and the netgear, as I'll bet both have hardware firewalls ('stateful inspection') 'turned on' by default. Most 'modern' products have it, and also have QOS parts that may or may not be active.
But cable companies are also, well, I wouldn't trust what they say further than I can heave a 747. You might try hooking straight up to the cable modem direcly, bypassing the netgear, and see if that changes anything.
Re: Crap/inconsistant speeds
hmm, well just tried dl a file today with no changes made and its hitting s consistant 815 KB/s wierd
Re: Crap/inconsistant speeds
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Mazdaspeed6
hmm, well just tried dl a file today with no changes made and its hitting s consistant 815 KB/s wierd
I'd put my money on mr. cableco, possibly 'playing around' with router settings, or maybe just a slight wobble in their network.
Lots of these folks, both cable, telco, you name it, don't have any decent router techs anymore (too d*m* expensive!). Back 10 years ago, a Cisco Certified person (even the lower levels), who did nothing but, was easily pulling down 100-120K a year. *poof* they're gone.
If I had access to a tier 1 node, I'd probably see a half-dozen system failures a day now. I'd have died from laughing long time ago. It's a wonder some times it all works as good as it does....
