Comments on: Increase the Speed of Your Internet Connection http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Wed, 22 May 2013 00:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Duda http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-379327 Duda Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:15:11 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-379327 Mozilla is not the fastest browser, Opera is the fastest :D

]]> By: Devicepedia http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-352664 Devicepedia Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:36:19 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-352664 I tried to Increase Speed under Windows XP Pro, but i cant find the Limit Reservable Bandwidth under the QoS Packet Scheduler tab :(

]]> By: Tina http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-350252 Tina Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:59:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-350252 Technically that’s true.

However, if your computer is too busy rendering a website while another program eats up all its RAM, it does hamper the speed in which you can enjoy the internet.

People these days don’t just do one thing at a time with their computers. They use them to chat, watch videos, listen to music, write, edit images, convert files and surf the internet for information ALL at the SAME time. So increasing the RAM can indirectly increase the speed with which websites load.

]]> By: 0p4c1ty http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-349695 0p4c1ty Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:06:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-349695 The speed of your RAM does NOT affect the speed of your internet connection, i my self have two computers, one with 256 RAM and the other with 4Gigs i see no difference in the dl or ul speeds…

]]> By: beatforex http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-344484 beatforex Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:29:04 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-344484 No. 4 is still working.
Several times I test my internet speed with or without that gpedit.msc, and I experienced a little raise of my speed with that tweak…I don’t know, but I preferly to let this stay…no loss for me right?

And if you want really get a good boost for your internet speed, just use : FullSpeed Internet Broadband or Modem Booster 5. They all amazing, especially FullSpeed IB…trust me! I have use it until now.

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-333192 Mackenzie Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:51:48 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-333192 If you are using hardware provided by your ISP, there shouldn’t be a problem.
Not true. The cable modem / firewall Verizon supplies is only 10Mb. Even if you pay for 50Mb to come to your house, as soon as it hits that cable modem they gave you, it bottlenecks to 10Mb. Great, isn’t it? You can get around it by having them turn on your ethernet jack, and then you do all your stuff through that ethernet jack. The trouble is, you can’t use both the ethernet jack and the coaxial cable. And you can’t use your cable cards for your TiVo or their DVR boxes if you’re not using the coaxial cable because they do all their authorization for those devices through there. So, yeah, using Verizon’s supplied hardware will wreck your speeds, and if you use any services other than plain FiOS from them, there’s nothing you can do about it.

]]> By: Ritwick Saikia http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-330200 Ritwick Saikia Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:25:51 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-330200 Hi everyone, well i don’t know about ne1 else but i use dataone adsl broadband over pppoe here in India and boy if i use the no. 4 tip there is a substantial speed increase which i can easily verify because my download speed increases by upto 150kbps. Don’t know ne technical side of it but on my config it just works. if i disable it again the speed reduces. OK gotta run, lots 2 dnload

]]> By: Womble http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-327467 Womble Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:25:16 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-327467 Excellent post.

]]> By: Womble http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-327465 Womble Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:22:34 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-327465 OpenDNS is great isn’t it!

]]> By: Jitendra Vyas http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-327326 Jitendra Vyas Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:00:59 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-327326 Hi womble you are absolutely right

Myth – “Disabling QoS will free up the 20% bandwidth reserved by QoS.”

Reality – “There have been claims in various published technical articles and newsgroup postings that Windows XP always reserves 20 percent of the available bandwidth for QoS. These claims are incorrect. As in Windows 2000, programs can take advantage of QoS through the QoS APIs in Windows XP. 100% of the network bandwidth is available to be shared by all programs unless a program specifically requests priority bandwidth. This “reserved” bandwidth is still available to other programs unless the requesting program is sending data. By default, programs can reserve up to an aggregate bandwidth of 20% of the underlying link speed on each interface on an end computer. If the program that reserved the bandwidth is not sending sufficient data to use it, the unused part of the reserved bandwidth is available for other data flows on the same host.”
- Microsoft Knowledge Base – http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q316666

]]> By: This'll Help http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-327316 This'll Help Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:38:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-327316 You forgot one… Change the DNS server you’re using to one of the OpenDNS (opendns.com) servers ( 208.67.222.222, or 208.67.220.220) The DNS servers for many ISPs are terrible, but OpenDNS is quite fast (and free, too).

]]> By: Ruel Bobet http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-327090 Ruel Bobet Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:08:08 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-327090 Any OS X tips on the same issue?

]]> By: Tina http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-327220 Tina Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:00:42 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-327220 @Peter: You’re right, but isn’t that the point? Does it matter what your ISP provides if you cannot enjoy it because your computer is too damn slow.

@Womble & Daniel: Yes, I guess it is a myth, I apologize for falling for it.
In fact I did scan several articles and comments where users reported a measurable speed increase after applying this tweak. On the other hand, this may have been an artifact or merely due to a fresh reboot.
I should have looked into it a lot more. Here’s an article that clarifies the situation: http://tech.gameshogun.ws/technews/the_myth_that_is_called_the_qos_20_bandw

]]> By: Jason Mayoff http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-326991 Jason Mayoff Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:49:07 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-326991 @Peter, there may be nothing you can do about the speed your ISP provides, but I know from experience how slow the internet can feel on a slow machine. My computer at the office is a P4 with 384M ram. That thing is slow and pages are slow to load on it, expecially pages with lots of Flash on them.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/break-the-speed-limits-to-your-internet/#comment-326943 Daniel Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:46:34 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=3401#comment-326943 @Womble,
Yes, that is a MAJOR MAJOR myth that has been snuffed out but people still believe it. Even in the APC Magazine they said that it’s a BS claim. Even Microsoft have a link on their website degunking the claim.

@Peter,
Absolutely right. I second your statements.

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