firefly
join:2007-10-09
Grantsburg, IL
 ·SkyWay
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Re: "The download speeds would vary wildly up and down"
Oh and one more thing, just to give an example of that wild up and down download thing I used to have....
On the third day of Skyway service, I noticed very slow browsing speed, so I ran 3 speed tests, first was 58Kbps, second was 62Kbps and third was 90Kbps and that was on the 768Kbps I was paying for. Another example would be first test 92Kbps, second 650Kbps, third 300Kbps. This is what I would refer to as my wild up and down speeds.
Now I use the unplug/plug in power cord trick and I now have the speeds I mentioned in my above post, which are normal speeds for my 768Kbps plan. So what I do is, when I go to use the Skyway service, I plug in the Skyway modem power cord, bootup the PC, connect and surf for hours, download stuff, etc. When I'm done, I shutdown PC, and unplug the Skyway power cord until next use. I use a Linksys wireless router so I can unplug and plug the Skyway power cord without having to reboot the PC as well. Doing this procedure has fixed the wild up and down speed problem. Just a few bugs in that modem firmware. 
Oh, and FYI, I have WPA encryption etc., on the wireless router so nobody is leeching off my connection, so that was not what was causing the weird speeds before.
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