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    How can I Speed Up My Internet

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lxFOCUSxl, Mar 9, 2009.

  1. lxFOCUSxl

    lxFOCUSxl Notebook Consultant

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    i did a speed test here the speed it say im getting but where is it i don't see it :mad:

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    i think is Vista playing whit me or something any one got a idea
     
    lxFOCUSxl, Mar 9, 2009
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  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That speed is quite good, what are you complaining about? I'm stuck with 1.5mbps/256kbps.

    Try clearing your browsers cache.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 9, 2009
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  3. lxFOCUSxl

    lxFOCUSxl Notebook Consultant

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    dude is not my browsers cache

    and it just say im getting that speed BUT IM NOT FEELING THE SPEED

    IS SOME SETTING ON MT VISTA SP2 RC v.286

    That made it slow
     
    lxFOCUSxl, Mar 9, 2009
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  4. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Uninstall SP2 RC? Being a RC it's not the final product therefore subject to bugs such as the one you may be experiencing.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 9, 2009
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  5. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    Could it be DNS-related?
     
    Persnickety, Mar 9, 2009
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    usapatriot, Mar 9, 2009
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  7. lxFOCUSxl

    lxFOCUSxl Notebook Consultant

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    yea it is,,,
     
    lxFOCUSxl, Mar 9, 2009
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  8. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    Ah, good. At least that's solveable :)

    Edit: For a little while I'm still a Mac user, so I can't help you as to how to get around it specifically on XP, but sometimes it's not your own system, but the ISP. But I guess I'm preaching to the choir :p
     
    Persnickety, Mar 9, 2009
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  9. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If it's your ISP and you are using a router you can specify your own DNS servers.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 9, 2009
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  10. lxFOCUSxl

    lxFOCUSxl Notebook Consultant

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    how. i have a linksys the new one's
     
    lxFOCUSxl, Mar 9, 2009
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  11. Signal2Noise

    Signal2Noise Über-geek.

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    :rolleyes:

    Put a fan in front of your face then.
     
    Signal2Noise, Mar 9, 2009
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  12. lxFOCUSxl

    lxFOCUSxl Notebook Consultant

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    hahaha u so funny,

    how about you get a new computer because is to slow lol lmao :D
     
    lxFOCUSxl, Mar 9, 2009
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  13. coolguy

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    Do not download movies.
     
    coolguy, Mar 9, 2009
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  14. kanehi

    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    Do you have cable? The more people log in the slower the system becomes since they have to share bandwidth. Speed testing is also erratic since it only shows the speed at that given moment.
     
    kanehi, Mar 9, 2009
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  15. billiam

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    Yeah, stop the torrents. BTW, how do you what the speed is supposed to feel like? Maybe you got a virus if it's gotten slow.
     
    billiam, Mar 9, 2009
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    Maybe you got some spyware from the movies. lol
     
    kobe, Mar 10, 2009
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  17. Brawn

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    i upgraded my internet package to 4 times faster.. and i dont notice that it's faster when loading webpages

    download a big file, if it gives you around the same number.. then you're fine

    i have a feeling that this is a useless thread to boast about internet speed
     
    Brawn, Mar 10, 2009
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  18. flipfire

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    Keep in kind, those figures are kilobits not kilobytes.

    kilobits divided by 8 = kilobytes (which is what you see when your downloading)
     
    flipfire, Mar 11, 2009
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