Need to speed up web browser

Have to have the company sweep the entire street
& clean up the cable --they will do that for free

Call them & complain,have to be home, so they can sweep
house as well

Next would be your computer

May need to reload Windows every 2 or 3 years

Then if like my cable company-- it still is not enjoyable
to use & is slow

Hi,

A couple of questions pls:

1. how are you connected, DSL or dial-up?
2. if it is DSL, wireless, cable, two-wire/telephone?
3. what is the brand of your modem?
4. do you use a router?
5. what is your machine, a laptop or desktop?
6. what is your operating system?
7. who installed the system?
8. who is your ISP and what is your subscription/package (speed of connection)?
9. have you tried calling your ISP?

Hope you post back additional information.

Good luck and kind regards. Thank you for using FixYa.

There is a lot of things that slow your computer's internet connection. You have to keep your computer optimized, such as cleaning your web browser's cache files and your hard drive could be needing maintenance. Run a few ISP speed tests, Speakeasy,Comcast, are just a few. If you are a wireless connection download this freeware program which can help you find a better connection, Go to http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5936-inssider.html , PS check your internet provider to see how fast a connection your paying for.

To increase internet speed
* Check to see if faster internet connections are in your area:
Fiber optic and cable internet tend to be faster than DSL and dial-Up.
*Do some basic maintenance on your PC:
a scan disk, a virus scan, a malware scan, and clear your recycle bin.Delete old files and temporary files.
* Reset Your Modem
Sometimes switching OFF and ON your modem helps you to speed the internet.
* Optimize your cache or temporary Internet files.
These files improve your Internet connection performance by not downloading the same file over and over.* Replace your old cable modem
* Upgrade your router firmware
* Upgrade your computer.
* Try pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete simultaneously and open up the Task Manager. Go to the process menu and close those processes that may be stealing your valuable bandwidth.
* Download programs that make browsing faster:
A good tool to increase internet speed is Internet Cyclone.
Loband.org is a browser inside of a browser that loads web pages without the images.
Firefox and Opera both have options to disable images.

After you have tried some of this,try your connection again using Scanmyspeed.com and see if you get improved speed results. If you are not satisfied Call your Internet service provider (ISP) and check whether upgradation of your plan is necessary.

A slow internet connection could be caused by any number of reasons.It may be connection or Traffic problem.To increase your internet speed use the following tips given below:
1.Clear cookies from your Browser.
2.Delete unwanted files.
3.PC Optimization:
It is important to clean your PC regularly.It means a normal maintenance tasks such as, cleaning the disks, registry repairs and Disk management.
4.If you are using DSL Connection over your Landline, make sure that you have high quality filters in place to get optimus signal speed.
5.Upgrade your modem.
6.Use updated Browser.
7.Consult with your Internet service provider to ensure that your modem is configured correctly.
8.Replace your telephone modem with a fast-access connection such as wave,ISDN,DSL,Satellite,a cable modem.
9.Tweak your router settings.
10.Install Antivirus Software.
11.Reduce your Bandwidth overhead.
Still your internet speed is slow then, Contact your ISP and get latest speed plan from them.It's better way to increase internet speed.
After completing this steps, you can check your internet speed whether increase or not using this site ScanmySpeed.com

> very slow in browsing

Brand-name of computer?
Model-number of computer?
Operating System?
Which web-browser (Chrome? Firefox? Safari? Internet Explorer 9?)
What type of Internet connection (office network, dial-up modem, DSL from your telephone-company, fibre-optic from your telephone-company, cable-modem from your cable-modem company)?
What speed does your ISP (Internet Service Provider) promise? (1.5Mbits/second, 5.0 Mbits/second, 100 Mbits/second)
How much RAM in your computer?
Which CPU (AMD? Intel? Pentium 4?)
Which web-sites are "slow" ('www.microsoft.com' should be *FAST* and the web-site for your local state/provincial government should also be *FAST*) ?
Your location (India? USA? Iceland?)
What other software is using the Internet? Bit Torrent? BearShare? MSN Messenger?
Is your anti-virus software up-to-date?
When's the most-recent "full" virus-scan?
Are you "sharing" your Internet connection with other "wired" and/or "wireless" devices (Xbox? iPod Touch?)? Are those devices "actively" using the Internet?

Most ISPs have speed test programs on their site.
You can uses their system or this one:

This page gives you some really good advice about collecting information from your modem / router to give to the ISP concerning your modem's operation:
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/linestats.htm#how_linestats

Please vote if this has been of any help to you

Your phone company should run some testing in the lines to check what's wrong.
If the speed you're paying is very diferent from the actual speed you get you may need to review the contract with them (phone company).
Anyway... run this test:
http://www.speedtest.net/
Try different locations and then call them.

Hello there.

It sounds like your computer might be infected with something, you should not be getting popups in this day and age :)

I would suggest 2 things, firstly you can avoid most of the problems on the Internet by using a safer web browser, either Firefox or Opera is much safer than using the included browser Internet Explorer6/7.

The second thing would be to run an online virus, trojan, spyware scanner such as housecall . This runs in your web browser and does not conflict with any antivirus installed on the computer, let it scan your computer and when its done it should remove anything found.

Doing this and using another web browser should speed up your computer which in turn should speed up your internet hopefully.

In firefox you can even install a plugin call 'adblock filter updater' which not only blocks adverts but stops them from even loading, this should speed up your connection some.

Try this and let us know.
Hope this helps.

Try testing the speed, go to this website and see what results you get. It takes a couple of minute so so be a bit patient. http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ If it's slow, report it to your DSL supplier.