re: Downloading Problems Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 10:22 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Sean (493 messages posted) Here is a list of things to check first: 1. Make sure all your phones are filtered and your modem is not. 2. Make sure the cord from the phone jack to the modem is no longer than 6 ft. long. 3. If possible use an ethernet cable to connect the modem and not usb. Usb is slower!! 4. Make sure your modem is at least 1 foot away from any electronic device. 5. download, install, update and run spybot s&d (get it here> www.security.kolla.de). 6. If you are too far from the phone company your speed will suck. 7. Old or worn out phone wires in your house will affect the speed. If you are still having problems. Call your ISPor post back here for help. On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 9:02 pm, Phaith wrote: >I seem to have a problem here. My friend that lives nearby and he uses BT and gets >NICE download speeds. 100kb+ and such. > >Me on the other hand I am trying to download stuff using it and I get 1-5 kb per >sec. I get like 8 kb/s in UPLOAD speed but very crappy download speed. > >Normally I download from sites at 80 KB/s and sometimes higher. My DSL is connected >from the phone jack to the external modem and from there to the USB port on my pc. > >I tried searching around and I found a site that shows what open ports you have and >whatnot. > >I have ALL my ports on STEALTH. I have NO firewall up as I deleted Zonealarm pro, >and when i goto Network connections and properties, the Firewall option is NOT on. > >My friend says the more you upload the faster you download but I left it downloading >for 8 hours and came back and I was still getting 2kb/s > >He has been downloading stuff using that for months while I have just started. Does >it save the amount you upload over time or something? Written in response to: Downloading Problems (Phaith: Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 9:02 pm) Responses to this message: re: Downloading Problems (Phaith: Sunday, January 11, 2004 at 7:45 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Downloading Problems (Phaith: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 9:02 pm) re: Downloading Problems (vcvxcvcx: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 10:08 pm) re: Downloading Problems (Phaith: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 10:22 pm) re: Downloading Problems (jaf: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 11:29 pm) re: Downloading Problems (Sean: Sat, Jan 10, 2004, 10:22 pm) re: Downloading Problems (Phaith: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 7:45 am) re: Downloading Problems (Sean: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 11:57 am) re: Downloading Problems (Phaith: Sun, Jan 11, 2004, 6:04 pm) re: Downloading Problems (Sean: Mon, Jan 12, 2004, 12:45 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum