Cruise on the highway. Review on Speeding Up Your Internet Connection

There were times when we had a lot of connection issues, international bandwidth was costly, and necessary equipments were not in place. But past is history. Today we have a connection of minimum 256 Kbps (thats what is called as broadband in INDIA). The main issue is speed of connection. I have MTNL's Triband. 256 Kbps Night unlimited plan. Being a techsupport guy altogether I come across people complaining that their Internet connection speed is not upto the mark as claimed by their ISP. So I decided I will now research more on this matter. A few ISP's were selected. MTNL, SIFY, HATHWAY, etc. I closely monitored the internet connection during peak times and late night. After closely monitoring them I found out that its not always the ISP. The computer is also equally responsible. For example a PIII 833 MHz 128 MB RAM connected to sify broadband gave a HTTP transfer of 32 KBps (256 Kbps connection) but when time to go from one website to another it took time because of low system resources. Connecting my Notebook did prove the point. (well that sify guy had to be called to reconfigure MAC on the switch as computers changed). Hathway was under scrutiny, it again performed better with a transfer of 28- 29 KBps. My MTNL connection was stable with 27 - 28 KBps transfer rate. IQUARA was quite dissapointing. The max the transfer we got was 26 Kbps. Transfers stabled at 24- 25 KBps. Now comming to the main part. In peak times MTNL rocked with consistent transfer of 27- 28 KBps. Sometimes it came down to 22 KBps. Same was the condition with SIFY and HATHWAY but still MTNL was better than the rest. Worst was IQUARA with speeds dropping to 10 KBps at 8 AM in the morning. Speeds continued to be almost same in peak times. So most of the time that we see that ISP's should not be blamed. It also could be our computer. Here are the list o fthings you can do to get the most out of your internet connection. 1> Minimum system RAM should be 512 MB with a good processor. 2> Keep the system clean. Free from Viruses and spyware. Use more than one spyware software to scan your computer. 3> Schedule complete spyware scan ever 2 days. 4> Schedule virus scan every week. 5> Keep your antivirus software upto date. 6> Control the programs starting with windows 7> Avoid P2P programs running in the background as they consume bandwidth even when you are not downloading. 8> Uninstall unwanted protocols that consume or reserve bandwidth like QOS 9> Shut down your cable or DSL modem if any when you shut the computer. Sometimes they jam up when at work. So to avoid unnecessary downtimes shutdown the modem when not in use. Spywares can take over your bandwidth and the result is slower internet acess. MAny other factors are responsible which may be out of your control but atleast you can control whats within your control. Rest leave it to your ISP. Beleive me they just cannot mess up by providing worst service. Hope you find this informative.