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651547 2008-03-22 05:41:00 Has anyone else in the world got this speed??


www.speedtest.net

I am in Whangarei and i was testing with auckland, is there any way to get better internet? I was thinking about Xnet but would it be any faster on these cruddy lines? :angry :illogical
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651548 2008-03-22 05:52:00 That is terrible, where is the nearest exchange, my speed is in my sig, your uploading is around the same as mine but your download... are you still using dial up? Look at your ping times thats AUCKLAND!! not Perth! SPARTAN 860 (2618)
651549 2008-03-22 05:53:00 I would die to have that!!!! I think ima go crazy.... *#^@ Ihug...

Nope im not there 7MBs broadband plan.... Yea Right....
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651550 2008-03-22 05:55:00 Hey by the way, its 383kilobits per seconds, NOT kilobytes. so you are at 89 Kilobits, which is 11.125 Kilobytes per second.

1 kilobyte = 8kilobits

I am on Slingshot, 25GB per month, $29.95 a 256kilobit plan, although I ALWAYS get higher :)
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651551 2008-03-22 06:00:00 oh so thats y i dont download that fast lol... i wish i was tho.... anyone know if there is anyway to make it atleast a little faster? Ihug has looked me in till june so i cant do anything till then.... S#*@ password (5384)
651552 2008-03-22 06:05:00 If you are using Windows XP, there are registry settings you can edit to make internet connections faster, but don't look at me, I'm a Vista convert and have forgotten what you need to edit... sorry about that. There are programs that do optimise you Internet Connection, maybe TweakXP is one... SPARTAN 860 (2618)
651553 2008-03-22 06:06:00 Yea i have used several but nothing... hmmmm, how is vista anyway, is it as bad as people say? password (5384)
651554 2008-03-22 06:09:00 For me Vista is great, but for people with old PCs, don't upgrade unless you have hardware like

Nvidia Geforce 7 series GPU
A Duo Core processor or higher
at LEAST 1 gb of ram, 2Gb will give you much better performance though

If you don't have the above, get Vista with a new PC when you do get one

My specifications are in my signature.

If you do decide to get Vista on your old PC, always do a CLEAN install, upgrade installs aren't good.
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651555 2008-03-22 06:11:00 could it run nice on;

AMD Athlon Dual Core 4500+
1gb Ram
Nvidia Geforce 6100?
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651556 2008-03-22 06:15:00 You graphics card is a little underpowered, so I'd suggest wating until you have a new pc, alternatively you can upgrade your graphics card to something like a 7800GTX. I run vista on a 1gb Intel P4 3.2 GHZ and a Geforce 6600 as well as my new PC, and its ok. SPARTAN 860 (2618)
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