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CNET Editors' review
Full Speed promises to improve both the speed and performance of your broadband connection. Oddly, when we put it through the ringer, it did just the opposite: our computer ran at a snail's pace when the program was activated.
The program's user interface doesn't exactly exude professionalism. All of the exclamation points asking us to Get Ready to Boost Your Speed! had us looking for the catch. At start-up, our only option was to select either Internet Explorer or Firefox to run the Web speed test. Once we made our selection a new window appeared and ran some sort of a test to check our speed, although we're not sure what exactly the test entailed. Our initial speed reading was around 13 seconds. From there, we were told to click either the Apply Full Speed Boost or Pro Boost buttons to enable the program. We opted for the Full Speed Boost. Once we rebooted our computer, we opened our IE and noticed that Full Speed was supposedly enabled. However, when we browsed as usual, our speed was considerably slower. We ran the speed test again, and our new speed reading clocked in around 17 seconds. So much for an improvement.
The Help features with Full Speed were a joke. The Live Help button took us to the publisher's Web site that was mostly just a push for the program. The program tells you to hover your mouse over any feature to view a description, but most of the description was cut off and unreadable. A desktop icon is installed without asking, but the program does uninstall cleanly. Still, we found this free program a waste of time and recommend you skip it altogether.
Publisher's Description
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This software will improve the speed and performance of all Broadband connections at home or business. Broadband Service Providers make great claims of the speed you will get from their service but in reality this is not always delivered and is partly due to the over cautious settings in Windows. Full Speed helps fix this worldwide issue and sets up Windows to better match current Broadband services. You will get excellent increases in performance with everything you do online. The boost will optimize Windows and Browsers to give you faster and smoother performance with all activities such as downloading, Web Browsing, Remote Desktop sessions, Office Intranets, music/video streaming, VPNs, email, P2P and gaming. Simple real-time "Before and After" tests will instantly show you the gains you have achieved. Extremely simple to use: just one click and everything is instantly and automatically done for you. The boost effects are permanent (unless you want to go back to the old settings of course) and last forever.
What's new in this version: Version 5.1 includes Web speed tests and more accurate auto' optimization for PPPoA or PPPoE. Also bug fixes (some settings were lost after reboot - now fixed).
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3.5 starsout of 131 votes
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"Useless worthless waist of my time."
Version: Full Speed 4.0
Pros
None. I gained nothing.
Cons
Nothing changes. This was created just to get click money.
Summary
Yuk.
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"Stay with the the original Version 3.6"
Version: Full Speed 4.0
Pros
DAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa
Cons
Must click on Links at bottom of start up
Summary
Version 3.6 works great. Uninstalled version 4.0 and reinstalled 3.6
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"JUST LIKE IDM, BOOSTING SPEED CLAIMS ARE UTTER RUBBISH"
Version: Full Speed 4.0
Pros
Small file with very promising genie inside to boost speeds so it claimed, but like Internet Download Manager (IDM), it is all grass smoke and lies.
Cons
Using the Free Online Speedometers produced more consistent speed readings than this.
Summary
Unless the pc windows settings are tampered, do not use this product expecting a miracle. This cannot boots speeds faster than what is already limited by the isp.
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"total rubbish"
Version: Full Speed 3.6
Pros
none...........
Cons
doesnt work..
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Version: Full Speed 3.6
Pros
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Cons
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Summary
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"Added 10mb/s to my download speed"
Version: Full Speed 3.6
Pros
It set all my parameters at correct settings for max(Have experimented alot)Works much better than others I've tried
Cons
Servers don't always work for the test
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"Didn't even run.....malware detected."
Version: Full Speed 3.6
Pros
Nonenonenone
Cons
I thought CNet was supposed to scan for this ****. Not impressed.
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"It actually works!"
Version: Full Speed 3.6
Pros
I ran several speed tests with and without the boost and this software actually works! Without Full Speed I was getting 3.6 mb. With the boost turned on I got 6.5.
Cons
It looks crap but it works so who cares!
Summary
Speeded up my internet and it's free, all good!
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"measures speed to their servers--wherever that is"
Version: Full Speed 3.6
Pros
easy to use
Cons
not a real measure of speed through your provider. would be better if they designated a couple of portals on both coasts.
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"User Performance"
Version: Full Speed 3.6
Pros
Size (relatively small)
Works wellCons
Looks unattractive
Summary
Does what it says on the tin.
Worked fine on XP, doesn't seem to work on my Win7.
(worked fine with my previous xp - yet slightly slower speed with win7 (x64)
Updated on Feb 24, 2012
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