TCP Optimizer

[trelales]

Has anyone any experience of trying to increase broadband speed by using TCP Optimizer via www.speedguide.net. It is supposed to tune and optimize your internet connection

[Rik]

I've used it, and achieved a 10% improvement in throughput (though bear in mind that I have a poor line, so tweaking can do more for me). It's detailed in this sticky.

[deekforum]

I was in the unusual position of having a very good connection with a typical sync speed of 7.5mb but was only able to achieve a download speed result of approx 2mb/sec from the Speedtest.net and Thinkbroadband speedtesters. IDNET confirmed that I did not have a stuck profile etc and the connection should be providing +/- 6mb/sec download speed.  By chance I ran the speedtests on a friend's laptop through the same wireless connection and achieved speeds of almost 6mb.  After much research and manual tweaks, which made no difference, I downloaded and ran TCP Optimizer last nght and since then all speedtests have approx 5.5mb/sec:

New:
30 June 2007   5443.00 Kbps     378.10 Kbps 
30 June 2007   5681.44 Kbps    377.31 Kbps
30 June 2007   5553.70 Kbps    377.79 Kbps
30 June 2007   5527.40 Kbps    378.21 Kbps

Old:
29 June 2007   1791.37 Kbps    378.33 Kbps

It worked for me and download speeds are noticably quicker.  I would probably recommend backing up registry settings first just in case by setting a Windows restore point.

As an aside I twice contacted IDNET about this issue and (as an ex-Plusnet customer) was extremely impressed by the speed of response and level of technical advice. 

[Rik]

It's good to hear that you got a positive result for your efforts. I swear by tweaking, others merely swear at it.

I'm glad you found support to be as good as we all swear it is - it's always a good feeling to know that, if you need them, they are there for you with a high level of expertise.