Here - you're bright on this sort of thing....

I'm only on half-meg broadband 'cos of where I live. My old voyager router died in December: I could drag in appx 160kbps in Vuze on a fast download before that.

I replaced it with a Belkin which proved to be faulty and died 3 days later. I replaced that with a Netgear and on a good day speeds are up to about 100kbps in Vuze now. (I know that's not 70% but I'm keeping it brief).

My question, which Plusnet avoided: is it possible that the faulty Belkin router has installed settings or something that have f**ked up my PC's performance? I suspect the answer is No, but nobody's confirmed or denied either way. PlusNet reckoned that my socket failed at exactly the same time the Voyaer router did, which I consoder a bit of a stretch. yes, 'consoder'.

Posted By: Sugbad The Bad on January 11th 2012 at 19:47:03

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Karni's link looking good... (NCFC) - woody, Jan 11, 19:01:00
- same as what hank posted earlier (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 11, 19:01:53
  - and I posted a few minutes before - still, gives you something to moan about (n/m) (NCFC) - Karnivore, Jan 11, 19:24:38
    - nah hanks's a legend (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 11, 20:17:21
  - Oh! (n/m) (NCFC) - woody, Jan 11, 19:02:28
    - Yep great linkage (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 11, 19:08:08
      - Ooh! Bonus Nodgey action. Anyone tell me any players to look out for please? (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Jan 11, 19:10:35
        
        sod it, my link is ubermegastoppy. Unwatchable. My broadband is proper goosed. (n/m) (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Jan 11, 19:14:34
        
        turn your router off for a few seconds...... (NCFC) - Karnivore, Jan 11, 19:27:00
        
        I've had major issues since my old router died on Dec 6th (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Jan 11, 19:35:19
        
        that's proper shit - I'd struggle, I'd move house (NCFC) - Karnivore, Jan 11, 19:41:41
        
        Here - you're bright on this sort of thing.... (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Jan 11, 19:47:03
        
        The Belkin will have installed settings into your browser (NCFC) - Karnivore, Jan 11, 19:49:48
        
        I use FF. Shall I reinstall it? (n/m) (NCFC) - Sugbad The Bad, Jan 11, 19:51:34
        
        I'd install and try with chrome first....... (NCFC) - Karnivore, Jan 11, 19:55:25
        
        can't get the links to work well either, a few seconds then cuts out (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jan 11, 19:22:08
        
        nice one! (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 11, 19:21:06

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