VERIZON slow surfing

[arythmic]

I recently got verizons DSL 640kb and running on a P2 266 with 64mb of ram. I do realize I am in need of an upgrade, however I am getting wopping speeds of no higher than 60kbs. Shouldnt I be getting higher speeds?
I could really use some help and VERIZON doesnt want to give it to me
Thanks

[glc1]

Originally posted by arythmic:
however I am getting wopping speeds of no higher than 60kbs.Is that kilobits or kilobytes? If it's kilobytes, then your just about at your max. BTW, due to transmission overhead, you will only get about 85% of the 640kbps.

Have you tried the appropriate SG reg patch (http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_patches.shtml) yet?

[crazyman]

test

[glc1]

arythmic, that speed test site measures in kbps (kilobits per second), so your reading is very low. You should be getting around 544kbps. Try the speed test at www.dslreports.com (http://www.dslreports.com) and www.2wire.com (http://www.2wire.com) and see what you get. Those tests also show your speed in kbps. If you get low scores again, try the appropriate SG patch from the page I mentioned in my first post.

[This message has been edited by glc1 (edited 11-13-2000).]

[arythmic]

I ran a speed test at "PCPITSTOP" with a DSL cABLE 200kb test and got a Transmission Speed of 63 Kb/s that is very slow am I right?
Let me know what I should do PLEASE
thanks
Matt

[Suture]

55-60KB/sec is good for a 640kb/90kb plan. Remember, KB do not equal kb. If your speeds are 60KB, or 63KB, like you mentioned afterwards... then you are having optimal speeds.

[arythmic]

well now i am confused..basicly my service sucks.... I had cable through @home in my last place and that was great, but they dont offer that here. It takes FOREVER for pages to load and when I donwloaded files the fastest I have ever seen is 65kbs