Boost Your Connection Speed!

Demoncinder

<div class="IPBDescription">this really works ya...</div> <a href='http://trackzapper.com/' target='_blank'>Track Zappers Free Connection Booster</a>

this isnt spyware adware or a Trojan i checked all that its the only free thing they have its called TZ Connection booster its a great product and it really does work normally on this DSL Line it takes about ooooooo_____ about 30 seconds to join a NS game now it takes about 10 and my ping was origanly about 50 now its on average 40 or below so i give it great ratings and for all of u Dial-Up users it works for u to and cable and more so get it now!!!! just thought i might post it cuz iunna and they allso have great products on there there spyware-adware program is AWSOME! ok

-PeAcE-

-RoB-

DY357LX

^ Longest sentence ever. ^
Surely its your ISP that determines your connection speed?
(Oh and 1337 Posts :-P )

MrMojo

I'm cautious to try this. However, if a few more pople would try and see if it improves it, I'll download it.

CommunistWithAGun

Its safe, MrCoward



Errr Mojo.

Warrior

I dont see how these programs work. I tryed them in my 56k days, but imo they made it worse.

CForrester

Nothing special, really. <a href='http://www.broadbandnuts.com/software.shtml' target='_blank'>CableNut</a> has more settings and options, I suggest you try that instead.

Nikon

all it does is tweak your OS's registry to optimized bandwidth.........

l3igD

I downloaded cablenut...it says it has xp support..when i get it downloaded..theres not a winxp option

CForrester

Use Win2000. It's the same thing.

l3igD

Well i tried both programs they both DIDNT WORK AT ALL....Not a change at all in ping....i still p[ing 70 on good servers...i dunno why...on cs i can ping 30...ns i ping 70? wth is that?

SoulSkorpion

These programs have a nasty habit of "boosting" your connection by opening multiple connections to whatever you're connecting to. That's not fair on the server, and it's not fair on other people trying to use the bandwidth.

If it made optimisations at your end, it wouldn't need to be a seperate program. You'd just make the changes, and they'd stay changed.

I'd be extremely sceptical about using this.

Alcapwn

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Ns thinks bandwitth is yummy

DOOManiac

meh, whenever I tried MTU tweakers in the past (either on cable or 56k modem) things always got WORSE, not better. So I've learned to leave mine alone...

CForrester

<!--QuoteBegin-SoulSkorpion+Feb 13 2004, 08:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Feb 13 2004, 08:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> These programs have a nasty habit of "boosting" your connection by opening multiple connections to whatever you're connecting to. That's not fair on the server, and it's not fair on other people trying to use the bandwidth.

If it made optimisations at your end, it wouldn't need to be a seperate program. You'd just make the changes, and they'd stay changed.

I'd be extremely sceptical about using this. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No no, it's nothing like that. It just optimizes a few registry settings.

Quaunaut

My AOL broadband connection still pwns most peoples connections who say that AOL sucks, so I'm happy.

Verthandi

Damn, they must have pretty crappy connections, then...

Demoncinder

<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> whateva anyway i just thought somone with like a 200 ping might want it or somtin

CForrester

Thanks for posting it.

Hand_Me_The_Gun_And_Ask_Me_Again

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Latency does not relate to bandwidth.

As an extreme, oft-used example, think of the bandwidth of a station-wagon filled with backup tapes. It can transfer terabytes per hour, but the latency sucks.

You're unlikely to improve the latency of a dialup modem or similar with just a few registry tweaks, it's mainly a hardware issue. You can probably get an improvement by switching off compression at both a protocol and a hardware level, but while that may reduce the latency it will make tasks like web-browsing much slower - a modem can significantly compress repetitive data like HTML and similar.

These 'bandwidth-boosters' are generally a bit of a con, and they remind me a lot of the 'memory-doubler' programs from a few years ago. There's often little room for improvement anyway, and you're better off getting a better connection...