These are my results from Speednet.com
How do I know if I am using PPoE DSL broadband or not.  I know that I have DSL (verizon), but any advise would be great.

MTU = 1492
MTU is optimized for PPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising MTU to 1500 for optimal throughput.
MSS = 1452
MSS is optimized for PPPoE DSL broadband. If not, consider raising MTU to 1500 for maximum throughput.
Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 624640
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 4 bits (scale factor of Cool
Unscaled Receive Window = 39040

For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS.
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
511104 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of Cool
255552 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
127776 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
 63888 (MSS x 44)
bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test):

Your RcvWindow limits you to: 24985.6 Kbps (3123.2 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 9994.24 Kbps (1249.28 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 55 hops

TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)

Sharky2006 run a traceroute on speed.imagehouze.com and post your results.

Van Buren,
I did all of that before. Thanks.
I used Cablenut, and even EventID (I currently have maximum concurrent half-open connections at 25. I will lowering my rwin to 127776 but I can never seem to raise my mtu to 1500.  How do I know what I am using to connect to the internet (PPPoe, modem)?
I will let you know the new totals in a minute.

I ran a traceroute on speed.imagehouze.com and post here are my results.
Your current bandwidth reading is:

1.49 Mbps

which means you can download at 190.34 kB/sec. from our servers.

56 Kbps    dial-up    
256 Kbps    DSL/Cable    
768 Kbps    SDSL    
1500 Kbps    T1/Cable/DSL    
1522.7 Kbps    YOU    
3000 Kbps    DSL/Cable    
4000 Kbps    DSL/Cable    

As per you request.....

Below are my TESTMYNET results:

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 1453 Kbps about 1.5 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 177 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sat Nov 19 2005 07:45:06 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 26X faster than 56K 1MB download in 5.79 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 33.89 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-8K2FRJIOL

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 364 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 44 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Sat Nov 19 2005 07:46:21 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 6X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 23.27 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 62.12 % of your hosts average (verizon.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-2BIGJ15VL

...and below are my NITRO RESULTS:

WEB100 Kernel Variables:
Client: localhost/127.0.0.1
AckPktsIn: 652
AckPktsOut: 0
BytesRetrans: 0
CongAvoid: 0
CongestionOverCount: 0
CongestionSignals: 0
CountRTT: 652
CurCwnd: 129228
CurMSS: 1452
CurRTO: 900
CurRwinRcvd: 127776
CurRwinSent: 16304
CurSsthresh: 2147483647
DSACKDups: 0
DataBytesIn: 0
DataBytesOut: 1948584
DataPktsIn: 0
DataPktsOut: 1342
DupAcksIn: 0
ECNEnabled: 0
FastRetran: 0
MaxCwnd: 129228
MaxMSS: 1452
MaxRTO: 910
MaxRTT: 680
MaxRwinRcvd: 127776
MaxRwinSent: 16304
MaxSsthresh: 0
MinMSS: 1452
MinRTO: 350
MinRTT: 110
MinRwinRcvd: 63888
MinRwinSent: 16304
NagleEnabled: 1
OtherReductions: 0
PktsIn: 652
PktsOut: 1342
PktsRetrans: 0
X_Rcvbuf: 103424
RcvWinScale: 7
SACKEnabled: 3
SACKsRcvd: 0
SendStall: 0
SlowStart: 87
SampleRTT: 670
SmoothedRTT: 670
X_Sndbuf: 103424
SndWinScale: 1
SndLimTimeRwin: 8215143
SndLimTimeCwnd: 1806145
SndLimTimeSender: 2601
SndLimTransRwin: 1
SndLimTransCwnd: 1
SndLimTransSender: 1
SndLimBytesRwin: 1578324
SndLimBytesCwnd: 370260
SndLimBytesSender: 0
SubsequentTimeouts: 0
SumRTT: 394580
Timeouts: 0
TimestampsEnabled: 0
WinScaleRcvd: 1
WinScaleSent: 7
DupAcksOut: 0
StartTimeUsec: 921225
Duration: 10027551
c2sData: 2
c2sAck: 2
s2cData: 9
s2cAck: 3
half_duplex: 0
link: 100
congestion: 0
bad_cable: 0
mismatch: 0
spd: 0.00
bw: 18.30
loss: 0.000001000
avgrtt: 605.18
waitsec: 0.00
timesec: 10.00
order: 0.0000
rwintime: 0.8196
sendtime: 0.0003
cwndtime: 0.1802
rwin: 0.9749
swin: 64.0000
cwin: 0.9859
rttsec: 0.605184
Sndbuf: 8388608
aspd: 4.64702

Checking for mismatch on uplink
   (speed > 50 [0>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.42<5]
   (rwintime > .9) [0.81>.9], (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01]
Checking for excessive errors condition
   (loss/sec > .15) [1.0E>.15], (cwndtime > .6) [0.18>.6],
   (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0]
Checking for 10 Mbps link
   (speed < 9.5) [0<9.5], (speed > 3.0) [0>3.0]
   (xmitspeed < 9.5) [0.42<9.5] (loss < .01) [1.0E<.01], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for Wireless link
   (sendtime = 0) [3.0E=0], (speed < 5) [0<5]
   (Estimate > 50 [18.3>50], (Rwintime > 90) [0.81>.90]
    (RwinTrans/CwndTrans = 1) [1/1=1], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for DSL/Cable Modem link
   (speed < 2) [0<2], (SndLimTransSender = 0) [1=0]
    (SendTime = 0) [3.0E-4=0], (mylink > 0) [3.0>0]
Checking for half-duplex condition
   (rwintime > .95) [0.81>.95], (RwinTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30],
    (SenderTrans/sec > 30) [0.1>30], OR (mylink <= 10) [3.0<=10]
Checking for congestion
   (cwndtime > .02) [0.18>.02], (mismatch = 0) [0=0]
   (MaxSsthresh > 0) [0>0]

estimate = 18.3 based on packet size = 11Kbits, RTT = 605.18msec, and loss = 1.0E-6
The theoretical network limit is 18.3 Mbps
The NDT server has a 8192.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 105.75 Mbps
Your PC/Workstation has a 124.0 KByte buffer which limits the throughput to 1.61 Mbps
The network based flow control limits the throughput to 1.62 Mbps

Client Data reports link is 'T1', Client Acks report link is 'T1'
Server Data reports link is '10 Gig', Serve

....and below are my TRACERT AND PING PROGRAM results:

The current date is: Sat 11/19/2005
The current time is:  7:50:17.39

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]


Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=52

Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=52

Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=52

Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=52



Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 64ms, Maximum = 64ms, Average = 64ms

 
Ping Complete.
 
 


Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  dslrouter [192.168.1.1]

  2    25 ms    24 ms    25 ms  10.5.15.1

  3    26 ms    26 ms    24 ms  at-1-3-1-1724.CORE-RTR1.NWRK.verizon-gni.net [130.81.11.149]

  4    26 ms    25 ms    26 ms  130.81.16.6

  5    25 ms    26 ms    26 ms  so-6-0-0-0.PEER-RTR1.NWK80.verizon-gni.net [130.81.17.157]

  6    26 ms    25 ms    26 ms  so-1-0-0-0.gar1.Newark1.Level3.net [4.79.236.33]

  7    25 ms    26 ms    26 ms  ae-1-52.bbr2.Newark1.Level3.net [4.68.99.33]

  8    63 ms    62 ms    62 ms  as-0-0.bbr2.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.0.137]

  9    63 ms    62 ms    62 ms  ae-23-52.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.47]

 10    63 ms    62 ms    62 ms  4.78.220.10

 11    64 ms    61 ms    63 ms  vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61]

 12   147 ms   183 ms    63 ms  vl42.dsr02.dllstx4.theplanet.com [70.85.127.91]

 13    64 ms    63 ms    62 ms  gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.69]

 14    63 ms    64 ms    63 ms  85.67-18-179.reverse.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85]

Trace complete.

I will do that right now....