I have the 6000 and I run Windows XP. The installers said since my dish is more tha 100 ft from my computer thst I would loose speed. Then tried to sell me more expensive cable. Should I have bought it? Very frustrated.

I wonder why I was only testing at 4x's faster than 56k earlier. I checked for FAP but non was in effect. What is it exactly anyway. FAP that is. Also are the DW4000's speed capped?

Have you ever heard that the lenght of cable will slow you down? I just read some of the horror stories on dwaysucks. Man I'm shakin. The only reason I got it is because my wife will be taking online classes toward a masters in nursing and all her books will have to be downloaded from an online library. I have never heard of that though.

there could be some sort of inline booster made...might check into it....altough your speed for the 6000 looks pretty good as is

i think 6000 must suck way bad.....i am glad i kept 4000...or i would be chocking some chicken for sure.... as your avatar is

$300  with that i rather get my self  SDSL of  1.5 connection down and up for 250 bucks.  Speeds like a T1 connection.  

As far as cable lengths go, if you are OVER 125 in length you should be running the 'best' wire' (most installers use RG6 ...which is a standard and excellent 'wire').  If you have a run OVER 125 feet then you should place a signal amplifier (on the RECEIVE wire only!!!) no closer (or farther) than 25 feet from the dish ...otherwise it loses the ability to boost your signal.  You DON'T want the signal amp unless you are in excess of 125 away or you'll frig up the DW6000's "finals" circuitry.  ...and don't use an inline signal amp on your transmitter or you will fry the transmit side of the "radio" in a matter of seconds.  You can TRY grounding your dish and then making it 'run' to your home electrical ground rod, but that's usually not necessary because it rarely forms "a loop" unless you live in an area with relatively little moisture in the ground you are setting on.  (Personally, I don't believe in making a lightning rod out of my dish when it just makes NO difference in my performance if it is grounded or not).  In the newer setups, the coaxial cable uses the outer 'webbed' wire (the shielding) as a ground anyway, which is attached to a grounding block on the building that is grounded to a copper rod (that's law), which serves as an excellent 'ground to earth' to prevent the buildup of any static the dish might pick up on windy days and and 'the like').

You should REALLY be getting faster speeds than what you have stated, so it's time to start "playing" with things until you find the right combo that works for you.  Everyone is different!  No two systems will behave the same ...ever.  Don't be afraid to try 'sighting in' your dish for a higher Signal Strength.  (I fiddled with mine and got it up to a 97 ...the installer left me with an 88 ...he had an IQ of 60 too).  If you rummage around all the sites about speed you'll the combo that works best for you ...just plan on it taking a few weeks, or even a month or two before you stumble onto what works best.  DWay says to not have anything "checked" in your browser settings.  I discovered that by 'ticking' both Proxy boxes (Tools | Intenet Options | Connections |LAN Settings) that it brought my speed up by over 200Kbps ...so those suckers have been "welded" on).  lol  Try it ...it may be the same for you.  They also say that in your LAN settings you should have 192.168.0.1 on Port 87 (well ...I tried 86 and got another 50Kbps out of it ...dunno why, but I did).   On DW4000's you can use either 83 or 85 (if I remember right).  I always did better with 83 for some reason.  85 was 'crawling' slow....

I had to stop paying DWay for one month to get their idiotic attention concerning my speeds, and just recently I have been able to keep it up around 1,000Kbps (it was getting bad, like hanging around 150Kbps during the days and improving a bit at nights, and I was fit to be tied) ...but my contract says "up to" 1.5Mbps ...so even now (with their alleged repairs) it's still short of 80% of the stated full speed (80% is the real life figures) ...forget the advertised numbers when it comes to satellites.  (at least with my personal experiences it has been that way).  And so ...I am writing them every day and generally being a major pain until something good comes of it or they send a hitman to get rid of me.

I don't have any trouble using my DWay for 'live' online classes (giving them or just speaking) so your wife shouldn't either.  It doesn't use as much bandwidth as you may think.  (About 170MB per hour for my usage habits/averages while "going live"...).

*If anyone sees something here that is outright wrong as could be ...please clue me in ..I'm still experimenting with DWay!

Cheers!