SamSimp
join:2008-03-31
North York, ON
1 edit | reply to jyeung
Re: How to make your CIA/3Web Internet become 10mbps/1mbps
@jyeung
Thank you so much user/user works and I am now able to see the settings of my SPA2102. I was looking around all the settings but I cannot find anywhere to change the Download Limit. I only found the Uplink Limit which is set to 256kbps.
I also found out another problem recently when wiring my network like this
MODEM > VoIP > ROUTER > Computers
Some online games will hang or timed out every 3-10 minutes and I know this because the problem doesn't occur when factory default and no dial tone in the phone (which is the time no speed is being used for the phone).
EDIT
Almost got me happy, I change that uplink limit to 1024kbps (1mbps)
then I did a quick speed test again, the speed test started from 25 mbps then went down to below
I am not always convince by single tests, so I did another test right after this was done. It went back down 
Then WOW, what happened again? It's not stable, keep changing. Any advice how to control the speed?
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
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1 edit | Those speed tests are unreliable, especially if there's a tiny bit of lag or your browser hangs for a second while it loads.
Try downloading a large file from Microsoft or another well-endowed (capacity-wise) server for 15-20 seconds and see what the actual transfer rate is. |
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SamSimp
join:2008-03-31
North York, ON | It keeps showing strange numbers Lol.
How can I download from Microsoft without buying their products? Could you recommend me a link to the file? |
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough | My favourite is to just google: ".net sdk" and download that development package for a minute or less.
»lmgtfy.com/?q=.net+sdk |
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SamSimp
join:2008-03-31
North York, ON
| The speed ranges from 925 KB/s to 1.24 MB/s when downloading using a download manager. With firefox it doesn't go over 300KB/s. But the first time, I tested it was going only at 400 ish KB/s. I guess it's depended on how busy the traffic is in my neighborhood. I thought Cable lines are dedicated to each home |
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dslrocker3
join:2002-05-26
Toronto
| said by SamSimp  :The speed ranges from 925 KB/s to 1.24 MB/s when downloading using a download manager. With firefox it doesn't go over 300KB/s. But the first time, I tested it was going only at 400 ish KB/s. I guess it's depended on how busy the traffic is in my neighborhood. I thought Cable lines are dedicated to each home I strongly, strongly, strongly advise against the use of so-called download managers. Most of them are spyware and do not actually yield any download speed increases. |
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·3 Web
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said by SamSimp :I thought Cable lines are dedicated to each home Your modem uses the same line that everyone else's does. In this way, it is different from DSL. With DSL, you get your own line to the CO. WIth cable, you just get your own frequency on the line.
3Web/Cybersurf's network is suffering congestion in many areas, of which you may be seeing evidence now... |
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oduiubo
join:2009-11-24
Kanata, ON
| said by Oinktastic :3Web/Cybersurf's network is suffering congestion in many areas, of which you may be seeing evidence now... Yes, this is driving me crazy. During the day speed is 7.5Mbs and after 6PM around 1Mbs. I am with CIA cable service which is Rogers ISP and it is actually begun from October 26.
CIA doesn't know when it will be back to normal. Probably better to go ADSL. |
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dslrocker3
join:2002-05-26
Toronto
4 edits | reply to SamSimp
In the OP's current configuration, the VOIP adapter is grabbing it's bandwidth first and then acting as a pass through to the router. I would much rather have the modem go directly to the router and the VOIP adapter hooked up to one of the standard ethernet ports of that router. The router could then handle all bandwidth allocation. |
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InvalidError
join:2008-02-03
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Videotron
| reply to dslrocker3
said by dslrocker3 :I strongly, strongly, strongly advise against the use of so-called download managers. Most of them are spyware and do not actually yield any download speed increases. Depends on what sort of sites you visit. Questionable sites that pester you with prompts to install stuff are obviously no-go... but some legitimate sites do use load-sharing download managers to spread the load across their mirrors so they can deliver faster downloads without taxing one specific mirror more than any other.
For example, Xilinx uses a Java-based manager to handle their ISE Webpack downloads and when I downloaded it, it pulled data from up to four servers to provide a steady total of 605KB/s. |
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WeRAnonymous
Professional Troll
join:2008-12-10
Ottawa, ON
| reply to oduiubo
said by oduiubo :CIA doesn't know when it will be back to normal. Probably better to go ADSL. Of course they don't know when it'll be back to "normal". That congestion BS has been going on for over a year now.
On second thought, since this has been the standard for the past year, this probably IS considered "normal" now. |
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anon33223
@cia.com
| Actually i live downtown toronto on cable, and they called me a couple of weeks ago saying that upgrades are going to be initiated by the end of the year... and doing a speedtest.. it shows
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oduiubo
join:2009-11-24
Kanata, ON
| said by anon33223 :
Actually i live downtown toronto on cable, and they called me a couple of weeks ago saying that upgrades are going to be initiated by the end of the year... and doing a speedtest.. it shows I would like to get the same speed. Unfortunately here in Ottawa it isn't like in your place.
This is my current test:
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beer_wisdom
join:2008-10-28
1 edit | reply to anon33223
said by anon33223 :
Actually i live downtown toronto on cable, and they called me a couple of weeks ago saying that upgrades are going to be initiated by the end of the year... and doing a speedtest.. it shows
They called me too about network upgrade.I see the browsing improvement,ping test and speed as well:
PS I live in midtown Toronto |
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·3 Web
| said by beer_wisdom :They called me too about network upgrade.I see the browsing improvement,ping test and speed as well: PS I live in midtown Toronto They told you an upgrade was happening, or had happened already? |
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beer_wisdom
join:2008-10-28
| said by Oinktastic :said by beer_wisdom :They called me too about network upgrade.I see the browsing improvement,ping test and speed as well: PS I live in midtown Toronto They told you an upgrade was happening, or had happened already? I think it is in progress... |
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beer_wisdom
join:2008-10-28 | reply to SamSimp
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WeRAnonymous
Professional Troll
join:2008-12-10
Ottawa, ON
| said by beer_wisdom : So beer_wisdom...I guess it's time you called them to get 13 months worth of crappy service credited, right? |
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beer_wisdom
join:2008-10-28
| I'm sick of fighting with Canadian ISP/Wireless providers. One month free is ok for now. |
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