Intresting. Is this for high-speed internet as well as dial-up? How does it work?

will this work for Dial Up connections.

500 times is probably too much for the modem to handle, specially if it's only dial-up. I really doubt it. Anyone had any experience with this software program?

It most likely simply tweaks protocols and different network options to provide the best path for information to past in and out of your computer and to the network. Most freeware programs can do the same. I highly doubt, however, that this program could make the internet 500 times faster. Yes, this program will make my internet go 4,000 mbs. (Sarcasm)

X-Master, as you are new, be careful what you post as this could be construed as advertising something.
I will certainly give it a go and see how it runs. We suffer from a poor ADSL connection but our ISP has so far been able to fix (Telecom's fault we think) so hopefully this might improve things. We'll see....
I have read mixed reviews about it with most people saying it's great and some really *BLEEP*ing about it.
Just as a note, I see that people are saying that after you uninstall it, it does not uninstall the registry keys so you have to manually uninstall those... FYI

Not to be to much of a meany, but you won't even get 2x your connection speed without paying for a better connection. DSL still goes through phone lines and is limited to the quality of phone wiring, hops, etc. Usually DSL has more node hops than cable.

Most cable is at 2-5mb/s depending on the speed cap on your modem/IP. For example I have a 5mb/s connection from Road Runner. I get almost exactly 5mb/s and 700kb/s upload. If I wanted to get it to be faster I'd have to do 1 of 2 things: 1: upgrade to a business class connection, which doesn't entail to any hardware or wiring changes, just raising the bandwidth restriction for my modem. 2: hack my modem to remove the cap, which I would rather not do.

But, there are programs that can help you find the shortest and fastest path to the server your connecting too. In some cases where you usually take 10-20 hops to get to a server, they can nock it down to 5-10 and this would seem to be so much faster, but your connection is still the same speed.

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After looking into the program I noticed it's nothing to do with traffic directing but traffic "shaping". Apparently it organizes your connection traffic for better flow. It sounds logical, but not sure if it's practical. I'd have to test it out myself to see if there was any improvement. (and I will of course *smile*)
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This post has been edited by marcusthacker: Jul 19 2006, 11:19 PM

I doubt this program will actually make it 500 times faster.
I mean TCPOptimizer tweaks some network settings to improve it maybe 10 kbps?

Please do not advertise products on here (try not to). It is okay to discuss about software, etc. but don't advertise it.

This program will make my connection 25000 kbps. I highly disbelieve that.

500 times is a big boast. Your internet connection is physically limited by the quality of the cabling into your property - no software can upgrade that im afraid.

This post has been edited by Mjay06: Jul 20 2006, 03:11 AM