OT broadband

Go to a fast download site and get something big. Run Windows Performance Monitor (you can type Perfmon from a command prompt if you can't find it) and set it to display Bytes Received/Sec from your network card.

David

Thank you. Its says downstream 702 Kbps - so I guess thats ok? Richard

click on speed test on the left column

Steve

Sounds pretty good. Mine is 492Kbps downstream. Are you paying for a 512K service and getting lucky, or are you paying for something faster?

David

Well that would depend on what your connection is supposed to be. I have 600k NTL Broadband, and the test shows 563K, which isn't bad really. If you have a 1meg connection and you're getting 703k, then yes, it is dreadfull.

Alex

Its telewest. Am paying for 512K but they have just upgraded 512K customers to 750K and 1M customers to 2M at no extra charge. Just wanted to check the speed as pc seems slow. It was fast with win98 but with xp seems a lot slower. Richard

Check out

, specifically a tool called TCP Optimizer here: You can "tweak" some XP registry settings (read about it at speedguide, I won't bore you with the details) and gain some significant speed in broadband connections. Try it out: check your broadband connection speed, then run the TCP Optimizer (choose optimize settings), reboot, and check again. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. kip

95 Coniston Green Discovery near Seattle, WA, USA

Richard,

As you're a Blueyonder user then I can recommend Dan Elwell's programme. You can find it at

Regards Steve G