Posted on 03/07/2009 1:33:14 PM PST by Chi-townChief
About two weeks ago, it seems after a windows update, my internet download speed slowed to a crawl. Speakeasy speed tests show me only in the 100-150 kbs download speed range although upload speeds are generally 2000-3000 kbs - high-speed cable connection.
When I'm not on the web, just doing spreadsheet work or disk burning, for example, I'm fine but web browsing is like purgatory.
I've tried everything I can think of including going back and forth between IE 6 and IE 7, reformating and reloading my hard drive, deleting and repeating windows updates, but nothing seems to work.
My final effort right now is going from Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail to see what happens. After that I may toss this computer out the window.
Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!!! - I know I should be on the other forum but this one seems to get the most views.
If your service provider is a cable company, they can and do put bandwith [speed, actually] filters on the line; and then try to sell you upgraded service.
That’s what it seems like - how would I find that particular patch though??
Those internet speeds sound pretty good to me. Are you using an older computer?
If your computer is several years old you might be having problems with flash advertisements hogging your CPU. You can check the CPU useage with Windows Task Manager. If that is the problem, you can use a Firefox add-on called Flashblock.
I’ll have to try it - I used Optimizer XP but that didn’t do much.
About 3 years old - I did have a crash on New Year’s Day due to a power failure and it acted weird for a week or two after but seemed to fix itself and was fine until now. The funny thing is that my old computer did the same thing after a Windows 98 update and it neevr would run 98 again. XP would work fine though.
You can write to Norton Symantec and tell them your problem. Norton 360 appeared to fix my problem, so it only lasted a couple of days, and a Norton update took care of it.<p.
You also may have a faulty registry.Egistry Fix software can fix that, which is in the Norton 360 software package.
Drop their tech dept a line and maybe thay will help.
I had the same problem.
Comcast kept telling me it's on my end.
They must have a 5 ft high stack of complaints from me by now.
however, a sharp Comcast inside tech identified the problem as being in the outside wires.
He made an appointment for a comcast outside tech and lo and behold, they found 2 things wrong.
1. a squirrel had partially chewed through the wire.
2. a connection\coupling was encased. The encasement had filled with water. ( Makes Sense that the service was spotty, when you consider the continuous freeze & thaw)
They replaced the chewed wiring, sealed the encasement and my speed is now screaming.
You have to keep hammering ‘em to get a decent outside guy out there. preferably a comcast guy not a sub contractor
Good luck
Yeah - I’m in the 95th and Cicero area and I have Comcast - I’ll have to try them again and see what happens.
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Another thought:
I was having problems a year ago. Four different crews came out and checked stuff.
Finally, one guy said it might be my cable modem. [I had purchased it from the cable co 5 years earlier, when I first got cable internet.]
He said the problem was that the modem was too old to handle the increased speeds the cable internet had periodically upgraded. [When I first got it, the high speed was about 1 MB. Last year, it was 7 MB and it is up to 9 MB now.]
I bought a new cable modem. It did help. Of course, they had problems in their lines, too, that they finally got resolved.
I trust cnet: http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/
or take your pick here: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?more=1
This has happened to me a few times. For some reason, a setting was inadvertently changed to less than half the download speed it was supposed to be set at.
Huh? I thought "sick" was a negative term. If you refer to something as being "sick fast", are you implying that it's good, or are you implying that it's bad?
Nope, sick means good now. Actually it means very, very good.
Are you logged in?
Assuming you arent' being sarcastic, I will explain. "Sick", when used in the parlance of many home computer builders is a postive reference to the technical achievement and performance of their home built computers, also known as rigs. You might also see or hear such adjectives as wicked, nasty, thumping, jacked or my personal favorite, PHAT.
This can be confusing. As an example, one might describe their new computer build with the phrase, "This new gear is completely insane." Translated: "My new computer stretches the scope of my understanding of what cutting edge performance in new computer technology is possible". - It can be very puzlling and I appreciate the somewhat bewildered response to my orignial post. My apologees.
That would have fixed it if done properly.
What did you "reload" onto your hard drive after formatting it? An image? A clone copy or just your personal data?
If it was one of the former two, you've brought over whatever virus (virii?) or spywarez that were the problem in the first place.
"Nasty little Spywaeses. Always trying to get to The Precious."
I still have my original disk that I reloaded. Then my Docs and Settings.
I still have my original disk that I reloaded. Then my Docs and Settings.
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