I was hoping someone out there had some ideas.

For the past 2 weeks or so, I cant get a download higher than 60kBps thru explorer, but for some reason i can hit almost 400kBps on bittorrent. I lag out when i game. the admins seem to get upset when you have a ping higher than 400. I contacted adelphia, and of course they're no help, and i'd rather not waste a whole day for the cable guy to come run tests that will deterimine that i do indeed have a slow connection. 2 weeks ago i could hit 3MBps, i dont know what the deal is

SP2 Firewall is out of the way, as far as i know, and so is the one that comes with norton. I get the same results nomatter what side of the router i'm on.

I'm completely out of ideas, anyone?

try unplugging the modem and letting it clear the then plug it back in?

powercycle your modem and router: Turn off all comps; Unplug power cord from moden and router; Wait for about 1 minute; Plug in power for modem; Wait till modem is up and plug in power for router; Wait till router is up and then turn on comp(s).
I had the same sort of prob over the summer. I had to get a tech to come out and test my equiptment. It turns out that my modem was going bad, and i had poor cable running into my apartment.
If you absolutely can't figure out what's wrong, bite the bullet and schedule a service call. Good luck bro.

Have you tried flushing your dns at a commmand prompt ipconfig /flushdns? Also some cable may take up to 24 hours to tottaly reset. Such as a motorola surfboard and the 3com shark fin.

i was hoping i wouldnt have to call the tech guys

unfortunately i've tried all the power cycling stuff. never the less, thanks for the suggestions