coxcommy, your Network Interface Card (NIC) may not be capable of speeds over 100 Mbps.
To test on a Windows computer:
Open "Control Panel"
Select "Network and Internet"
Select "Network and Sharing Center"
Select "Change adapter settings"
Right Click on “Ethernet" or "Local Area Connection”
Click “Status”
Status will show you the NIC's Speed.
A PC with a 100 Mbps NIC will show 100.0 for speed. Cox may be pushing download speeds well in excess of 100 Mbps to your modem, but if your computer has a 100 Mbps NIC, it won't be able to obtain those download speeds without a NIC upgrade. Actual speeds will max out somewhere below 100 Mpbs due to network overhead.
A PC with a 1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps NIC will show 1.0 Gbps for speed.
Thanks CurtB for you Network status procedure..I'm lucky because my Netgear Router, Model c6900 indicates a status Speed: 1.0Gbps...after restart I went from 180Mbps to about 218 Mbps download using the Cox Speed test to my local OrangeCounty server. Sorry for those still fighting with this issue.
