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    Win7 Internet suddenly REALLY SLOW

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Mobius 1, May 30, 2012.

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    Just now my Firefox (v12 latest) can't load webpages properly. Always loading, youtube video does not play, facebook only shows upper bar, and google.com takes forever to load. I have cleared the cache, updated extensions etc.

    I tried chrome, same results.

    Then
    Internet speed / usage is only max'd at 13kB/s and less than 5% of 3MBps (task manager). That is using IDM or BitTorrent, using firefox or chrome only uses about less than 2% of 3MBps.


    So I thought the culprit is the internet, I use a USB modem with it's own launcher software.

    I downloaded auslogics boostspeed and tried internet optimization two times, didn't work.

    Disabled IvP6 trough a microsoft troubleshooting guide, didn't work either.

    Any suggestion what I should do?
     
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    Ping @173ms
    0.4Mbit/s
    0.22Mbit/s

    :/ still having problems though
     
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    ouch that is a slow speed and also your ping is quite high. are you on a shared network or uni dorm by any chance.
    also whos your provider and what speed should you be getting.

    i thought mine was slow [​IMG]

    after the test click on share result at top of screen and paste it here.
     
    MrDJ, May 30, 2012
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