Thanks for the tips. The computer claims all the connections are ok and I checked the cables, but still the connection slows down on the way, if it ever gets over 5kb/s. I downloaded NeoTrace and went to a page. Does this info say anything? Not to me, anyway... #1 / my IP address / my computer name / RT(ms)=0 / Network=----- #2 / different IP address (gateway?) / ------ / RT(ms)=40 / Network=Reserved10 #3 / IP address / www.hel.fi /RT(ms)=-- / The City of Helsinki And by the way, I forgot to mention the weirdest and propably an important thing. Sometimes, when the connection gets really slow (20b/s) and I put on the imagescanner and try again, the browser gets wild and the connection speed gets up to 20kb/s(like when I was downloading the NeoTrace it was all stuck before I started the scan). Should I change the ethernet card to a different slot though there should be no conflicts?

Are you sure its broadband and not ADSL there is a difference example the more people on ADSL, the slower the connection, otherwise speak to your ISP, like you where told in your other post

Actually, there's no difference. ADSL is broadband. Broadband is a term used to refer to "A type of data transmission in which a single medium (wire) can carry several channels at once" What you're referring to is a contention based network...which the internet is. It runs on IEEE 802.3 ethernet standard using CSMA/CD. The heavier the load, the more collisions and resends of data packets occur which slows the network down. The problem may be more localized than the internet. If the segment of the ADSL network you're on is realy busy...it slows down. If the server you're pulling data from is very busy...it slows down etc etc.

Thanks Mark & Curt. Iīve talked to my ISP and they say my connection has been measured and was continuously around 50 kb/s, so ok. I know the more people in my area on broadband slows it down, but I live in Iceland and there arenīt too many people who even know about the cable internet, so I think I thereīs max. 30 ppl in my area using cable (except for watching soccer and porno, a few more). And this wouldnīt explain the strangest thing I told about the flatbed scanner that speeds up the connection up to 30kb/s while scanning?