Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg

[idf]

Originally Posted by gingerprince

So you clicking "yes" to agree to the terms and conditions when you install it doesn't in your book count as "your permission" then?

From the Register's article:

Microsoft has admitted that Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) will phone Redmond every day - something it neglected to tell users before they installed it.

I also agree with firewallleaktester.com:

Once the WGA Notification tool has checked your OS and has confirmed you had a legit copy, there is no decent point or reason to check it again and again every boot. ... It is also unclear which information are transmitted. All of that, along the fact that Microsoft used deceptive ways to make you install this tool (it was told you it was an urgent security update, whereas it is a new installation giving you no extra security) makes me calling this tool a spyware.

Anyway, this is way now, so I'll say no more here.

[Gordon_30]

can somebody tell where i can check my cable modem configuration

i knows it 192 or something but cannot remeber the rest

[poolking]

Originally Posted by Gordon_30

can somebody tell where i can check my cable modem configuration

i knows it 192 or something but cannot remeber the rest

192.168.100.1 I think.

[budwieser]

Yay!!!!!!!! Cambridge has been upgraded. Thank you NTL.

[Ragunboneman]

192.168.100.1 and in both boxes user name & password type, root

[SunilDVR]

Originally Posted by budwieser

Yay!!!!!!!! Cambridge has been upgraded. Thank you NTL.

Yay, me too even on an old old Ambit 120 modem it's hitting 3.5Mbit.

Sunil

[budwieser]

Better late than Never but no complaints.

[Kempy]

Nice one my speeds have improved

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:49:07 GMT

1st 512K took 1203 ms = 425.6 KB/sec, approx 3507 Kbps, 3.42 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1234 ms = 414.9 KB/sec, approx 3419 Kbps, 3.34 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1266 ms = 404.4 KB/sec, approx 3332 Kbps, 3.25 Mbps
4th 512K took 1234 ms = 414.9 KB/sec, approx 3419 Kbps, 3.34 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3419 Kbps, 3.34 Mbps

[Stop It]

Just signed up (again, after a six month break due to a house not being ntl enabled), got the 4meg package, was pleasently suprised to see upload @ 400k, and speeds appear to be positive

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:05:57 GMT

1st 512K took 1125 ms = 455.1 KB/sec, approx 3750 Kbps, 3.66 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1125 ms = 455.1 KB/sec, approx 3750 Kbps, 3.66 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1109 ms = 461.7 KB/sec, approx 3804 Kbps, 3.71 Mbps
4th 512K took 1141 ms = 448.7 KB/sec, approx 3697 Kbps, 3.61 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3750 Kbps, 3.66 Mbps

[Fleetwood Mac]

Just been following the thread, carried out a speed check and still only 2 meg. Rebooted the modem and voila! 3.5 meg. Nice one ntl!!

[lxndr]

Am only managing around 2.4M (rather than 4M) since the upgrade. Spoke to NTL Tech 'Support' who were very patronising, refused to accept any of the speed test data, the only speed test they would accept was to download a file off Tucows!!. Quoted http and nntp results to them but not interested. Then they tried to suggest I must have spyware or that my poor bandwidth was due to evil peer to peer programs. I mentioned the Zone Alarm reports from on here and was told that if ZA wasn't running then it was irrelevant (they don't accept that True Vector service has any effect). So basically I am left with the following:

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:43:11 GMT

1st 512K took 1750 ms = 292.6 KB/sec, approx 2411 Kbps, 2.35 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1656 ms = 309.2 KB/sec, approx 2548 Kbps, 2.49 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1797 ms = 284.9 KB/sec, approx 2348 Kbps, 2.29 Mbps
4th 512K took 1687 ms = 303.5 KB/sec, approx 2501 Kbps, 2.44 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2452 Kbps, 2.39 Mbps

Anything else I could try to get better performance or gather data that NTL 'Support' might actually pay attention to?

[popper]

just the usual download, burn and boot a linux livecd and see if you get near your expected rates to help rule out windows installed sw or a bad stack setting etc.

just search for linux livecd

[Gordon_30]

thanks Poolking and Raqunboneman

[Griffin]

Anyone who has speed problems with zone alarm firewall & is looking for a free firewall that doesn't cause slow down should try the sygate one. I use it & get an average 3.8 mb download speed

Sygate firewall can still be found here as a free download

http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160

[grubbymitts]

Using Kerio 4 here with no problems with speed and keeping nosey blighters out. I did use Sygate on my old Win98 system and it was very good, but on my XP SP2 system Sygate kept disappearing from the tray. It was still running, but it was a bit freaky.