| The Internet has changed our life entirely. | | | | we make the test, only the actual speed is |
| This new technology has become a major | | | | measured, the real internet speed is not |
| element which influences all that we do at | | | | important in this calculation. |
| work and at home. Hence we can say that our | | | | |
| entire activity depends on the Internet | | | | Now that we know what our internet speed is, |
| speed, because according to this we can | | | | let's see what we can do to improve it. The |
| spend more or less time to accomplish what we | | | | first solution is to install optimization |
| intended to do. Since we live in a speedy | | | | software. If you have a Dial-Up connection |
| century, we all are looking for a very high | | | | and use Windows 98 or Me, click Start, |
| Internet speed, but this is not always an | | | | Settings, and then Control Panel. Right |
| easy deal. | | | | click on the Modems icon and from Properties |
| | | | tab choose the General tab. Use the Maximum |
| The first step is to learn how to find out | | | | Speed Drop-Down menu to select 115200. If |
| what your Internet speed is. The Internet | | | | this setting causes your Modem to no longer |
| speed is determined by 2 components: the | | | | connect, change it to 57600. Windows XP |
| download rate and the upload rate of data | | | | users should click Start, Control Panel and |
| which are usually measured in Kilobits per | | | | switch to classic view. Double-click the |
| second. The download speed is the most | | | | Phone and Modem options and choose the Modem |
| important because we usually transfer files | | | | tab. Change the maximum settings port speed |
| from Internet to our computer, but there are | | | | to 115200 and if the Modem responds badly or |
| cases when we need a high upload speed. | | | | not at all, change the speed to 57600. |
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| We may test our internet speed in the manual | | | | Broadband users should think of using a tweak |
| way, by calculating the time our computer | | | | utility such as TCP Optimizer. After |
| needs to transfer a file of a known size, but | | | | downloading the software we must run it and |
| this is the old method. | | | | make a backup of our current settings. Save |
| | | | the backup, and follow the instructions in |
| The new way to determine our internet speed | | | | the software to optimize our broadband |
| is to access a service that allows us to run | | | | speed. Don't forget to click apply changes |
| a test through their servers by sending our | | | | and click Yes if the software ask you to |
| computer an information packet which our | | | | re-boot the computer.Now our computer should |
| computer will send it back to them. In this | | | | run faster. If the new settings do not |
| way the site measures the time our computer | | | | satisfy you, return to the program and |
| needed to download and upload the information | | | | restore your back up settings. If you failed |
| packet and informs us the internet speed of | | | | to make a backup, restore Windows default |
| our bandwidth. | | | | settings. |
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| By this test we measure the actual speed of | | | | And the last solution would be to change |
| the Internet and in the same time the real | | | | your internet provider with a better and |
| internet speedof our access to the internet. | | | | reliable one. We may choose from a large |
| The actual speed limit is the amount of | | | | scale of opportunities. There is no reason |
| useful data that your internet connection can | | | | to waste our time with a lazy internet speed |
| transmit and receive in a second. On the | | | | when we can spend our precious time with a |
| other side, the real internet speed includes | | | | high-speed internet connection. |
| also non-significant information. But when | | | | |