What actually happens when you try to connect to Google?Originally Posted by Northerner
But the strange thing is that I can access this forum but there is not enough bandwidth to go anywhere else on the web - including Google.
Does anyone know how I can improve this?
Jim
When it is bad, I can't access the rest of the web.. Except this forumI think it is because I am building up a cache of it so my proxy has the usual images stored already, or my laptop does.. But just Google or any simple site (not much graghics or script wise) still wont download
It's difficult even with a lot of people sharing a connection to completely saturate it so that a low bandwidth site like Google becomes unavailableWhen it is bad, I can't access the rest of the web.. Except this forum
I take it you've checked obvious things on your own laptop like rouge processes that are chewing up 100% or at least large parts of the processor?
Afraid I don't know anything about that particular router.
Jim
The PC itself is ship shape, I never download stuff I think is infected with spyware; plus I never install anything I think might be unreliable. No slow down and no strange processes popping upIt's difficult even with a lot of people sharing a connection to completely saturate it so that a low bandwidth site like Google becomes unavailable
I take it you've checked obvious things on your own laptop like rouge processes that are chewing up 100% or at least large parts of the processor?
Afraid I don't know anything about that particular router.
JimMy PC is fine!
I know a few of my housemates have complained about the same problem. I was just wondering if there was some sort of 'cheat' I could use to keep my PC conected all the time.
I did get a mobile dongle from T-mobile. Pay as you go jobby.. When it is really bad I do use it, but I hate the way it distorts images while trying to minimize the size of themPlus it only lets me watch 1 or 2 youtube videos
So, looks like I am stuck with it till I move, and quite frankly that won't be for any time soon.
Your problem might be wider i.e. at the exchange it's almost certainly a contention problem of some kind, just not so sure that it is a contention problem in your house, you may be really close (in telephone exchange terms) to a lot of big downloaders and that might be the main problem but really hard to tell.The PC itself is ship shape, I never download stuff I think is infected with spyware; plus I never install anything I think might be unreliable. No slow down and no strange processes popping up
I know a few of my housemates have complained about the same problem. I was just wondering if there was some sort of 'cheat' I could use to keep my PC conected all the time.
I did get a mobile dongle from T-mobile. Pay as you go jobby.. When it is really bad I do use it, but I hate the way it distorts images while trying to minimize the size of them
So, looks like I am stuck with it till I move, and quite frankly that won't be for any time soon.
It also might just be an intermittent problem where you are having trouble connecting to the DNS server of your ISP who knows :( internet connections at the street level are a black art these days
I am lucky I get 13MB down and about 750K up pretty much consistently.
Jim
Well, I live accross the street to Manchester University, pretty much a student area with gigabytes per second flying through the airwavesYour problem might be wider i.e. at the exchange it's almost certainly a contention problem of some kind, just not so sure that it is a contention problem in your house, you may be really close (in telephone exchange terms) to a lot of big downloaders and that might be the main problem but really hard to tell.
It also might just be an intermittent problem where you are having trouble connecting to the DNS server of your ISP who knows :( internet connections at the street level are a black art these days
I am lucky I get 13MB down and about 750K up pretty much consistently.
Jim
I found out at my cost that BT is a shower of ****
For years I was paying top money for unlimited downloads, up to 8 meg, blah, blah, blah, and never ever got it....It was slowed down at the exchange.... I did find out later....
Complaining didn't work, so I took my business to AOL, which has been great and has delivered its promises.
The speed has improved greatly, infact it went from barely a meg to nearly 3, but I am told that BT is still keeping speeds down, at the exchange, for whatever reason.
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