How to speed up your internet connection

This tutorial will help you speed up your internet connection. Most of these steps are simple, tested and fully working. So, go on and enjoy the new speed of your connection...

Things You'll Need

• A pc
• Internet

Instructions

1. This's a little tweak that works for most XP users.
   Microsoft seems to, for some unknown reason, reserve 20% of your bandwidth for their own use in case you're downloading their updates etc.
   That's 20%. You can't simply let 20% of your bandwidth be wasted! Let's get it back then...
   Click start. Click on Run. Enter "gpedit.msc" without the " ofcourse. 'gpedit' or 'Global Policy Editor' is used to set and change system preferences and user rights.
   Now goto "Local Computer Policy" -> Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler.
   Double click on "Limit reservable Bandwidth". Click on the explain tab for an explanation of it.
   Now, enable it and set it to zero. Done...You get back that 20% reserved bandwidth. And now yor internet's 16% faster...!

2. Firefox users can download and use the "Flashbox Extension" to stop downloading unnecessary ads, flash animations etc.
   This will also help you speed up your internet.

3. Download a TCP optimizer from http://www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe and use it. But, make sure you've created a system restore point before using it as it changes some system settings. So, if you want those settings back, just do a system restore and your system is as it was before the installation.

4. If you have a broadband connection, your connection is slow because your dns is heavily loaded and you are free to choose a a dns server of your own, find a new pair of dns servers and use them!

   So, go on...enjoy your new internet speed...

Tips & Warnings

• Please be sure to create a system restore point before following any of these instructions... just in case something goes wrong...