How Windows is Killing Internet Download Speeds? How to dramatically improve your speed?
A. Microsoft is intentionally restricting Internet download speeds Background: I have always noticed that download speeds from my server were not as fast as they 'should' have been from my Laptop (given my Internet speed and the fact that other PC's were fast), but never spent the time to find out why. That all changed when Comcast upgraded my Internet download speed to around 120Mbps. I wanted that speed from my laptop! It was time to find the root cause of the slow download speeds. After days of sleuthing and days of research, I finally found out why, and the result was nothing short of stunning: Microsoft is intentionally restricting Internet download speeds! What determines/limits download speed? There are many factors that determine actual download speed, but if we assume that a client and server are both on fast links, the critical factor that will absolutely determine (and possibly limit) download speed is something called the 'TCP receiv