HI, just want to thank all you guys for this great site. Anyways I just got Comcast 6.0 last week. I live in miami, fl. near hialeah miami lakes. Anyways I've done several speed test on different sites and i'm getting anywhere from 3.6 to 3.0 speeds. If this keeps up i'm thinking of downgrading my service to 4.0 for ten bucks less. I will still be getting the same speeds i get now and be saving an extra ten bucks. Anyways my question is can i do something to get my speeds closer to the promised 6.0.. I heard about tweaking.. not sure what that is.. please help thxs again for the site and all the help you guys give..

I'm using a rca dcm425 thats what Comcast gave me. i;m thinking of buying my own modem .. should i change to a motorola b1500.. do you think that might do a difference??

thxs.. will do just that. can u tell me wether chaning my rca dcm 425 modem to a motorola b1500 make a difference?? thxs again.. and now that i read the sticky notes what do you recommend i do first?? I'm running on windows xp pro. (hacked version of the internet) and i'm nowhere near 6.0 more like 3.3Mbps thats a little over 50% my promised speed and most sources are telling me i should be able to reach at least 90 % of my promised speed.. please help.. any help will be greatly appreciated!! thxs agin!!

If you don't share files on a home network, than you can remove "File and Printer Sharing". Leave the others alone.

Go to http://www.broadbandreports.com/tweaks/ and the link to the results here.
Also, do you have a firewall? If yes which one? Do you have a router?

If not all your modem lights are staing on, then something is wrong with your connection. Sounds like to me it can't stay connected for some reason. I'd guess they messed up something when setting up your connection, possibly a filter or amp problem. Let us know how it turns out.