Editors' Review
Most Internet users probably feel resigned to the speed of their connection, whatever it may be; there's no obvious way to improve it short of giving even more money to your ISP or getting new hardware. Internet Cell Boost questions that assumption by promising to increase Internet speeds by optimizing your network configurations. Although we can't swear that it will work for everyone, it did indeed show a definite improvement for us.
Before we tried Internet Cell Boost we ran a couple of online speed tests to get a baseline for our download and upload speeds. We launched the program and were greeted with a menu with items for Internet Settings, Advanced Settings, Local Area Network, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Everything Automatically. In the free version, however, only the Internet Settings feature works. Clicking on this brings up a screen on which users can select the type of connection they have, with numerous options for DSL or cable, wireless connections, dial-up, satellite, and closed networks. If you're not sure what kind of connection you have, you'll have to seek outside assistance to figure it out, as the program doesn't come with a Help file or any other documentation. We selected our connection type and clicked the Apply Optimization Settings button. The program asked us if we were sure, we confirmed, and then we were informed that we'd have to restart our computer for the changes to take effect. We did, and then ran our speed tests again. Both of them revealed that our download speed had increased by about 2MB per second, while our upload speed remained about the same. We found Internet Cell Boost to be an incredibly simple way to increase our download speed by a significant amount. We can't say exactly why it works, but it definitely does.
Internet Cell Boost installs and uninstalls without issues.
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Category | Utilities & Operating Systems |
| Subcategory | Maintenance & Optimization |
Publisher's Description
While the theoretical maximum transfer speed of your Internet & Network Connection cannot be changed except by upgrading your hardware or Internet Subscription, Internet Cell Boost can effectively increase the performance of your existing configuration. By default Windows 2003/XP are configured to work with the general and average Internet & Network settings that used to accommodate the data rate capabilities of the communications technologies that existed at the time of Window's design. Windows XP is almost 10 years old and nowadays data rate capabilities of Internet & Networks are far greater than they were a decade ago.
