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DSL fine slow browsing like dial up
Name: sparklegrass Date: March 29, 2006 at 16:00:45 Pacific OS: tiger CPU/Ram: 768 Product: pwer mac g4
Comment:
My dsl connection speed is where it should be but my connection browsing speed is slow...ugg...just like dial up. It's confusing because I know my dsl is running fine...any suggestions? ;}
Name: nephite Date: March 30, 2006 at 20:50:49 Pacific
Reply:
Try www.zooka.org but do it in any browser than Safari. Aparently this doesn't work well in that browser but I've been successful in Firefox. It downloads a picture file and then tells you how fast your internet connection is. Compare it to your expected value.
Good luck!
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Response Number 2
Name: jel Date: April 10, 2006 at 16:48:58 Pacific
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true try fire fox, or see if your isp anc give u a static ip address that is just for you. the more poeple on the line the slower it works same with dail up the isp just will not admit it, also if you are connecting via air port turn interfernc robostness on under the airport icon
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