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[Question #79135]: why is my internet faster with gnome-system-monitor up?

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From: Patrick Bossman <question79135@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:16:11 -0000
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New question #79135 on gnome-system-monitor in ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+question/79135

Hello,
I switched ISPs and now have Verizon FIOS.  The upload/download is 25/10 mbps.

On my Windows XP box, I regularly achieve these speeds.
On my Linux box, I was capping out at around 10/10.  The Linux box has a gigabit ethernet card connected to gigabit router then through the ISP router (same path as the XP box).

I re-installed Ubuntu 9.04 fresh, still getting 10/10.

Here's where things get weird and unexplainable.

So I started gnome-system-monitor and performed the speed test again.
I obtained faster speeds - 24 / 14.  I re-ran the test again, around 24/14.

So I shut down gnome-system-monitor and re-ran the test again.  Back down to 10/10.

So my question is, what is gnome-system-monitor doing to speed up my connection?  Has anyone observed anything like this?

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