Well, i was tired of relying on Cox to properly split the signal.

I got fed up with getting what i usually did before they upgraded my node to 12/1, so i walked outside and looked inside the cable box(it was unlocked) and i saw the guy put a bad splitter on it( bad for modems that is) so i replaced it and my new speed (with router ^_^) is

:::::::::::::::::.. Download Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 13199 Kbps about 13.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1611 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/10/14 - 2:14pm
Bottom Line:: 230X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.64 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 7.547 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 159.77 % faster than the average for host (Cox.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-OIQY4WGBV
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

i sadly found out l8r that my tv didn't work so i had to put the bad one back on 

so i'll have to call them and get them to run another line from the main cable thing in my back yard.

it's been unlocked for the 2 years i've lived in this house :\


also, i optimized my registry again this is the result

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 13253 Kbps about 13.3 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1618 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/10/15 - 12:51pm
Bottom Line:: 231X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.63 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 7.516 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 160.02 % faster than the average for host (Cox.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-96VWB5THM
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

heh, i'm the one who found out  ;)