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