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Subject: extremely slow internet

Original Message

Name: platinum
Date: January 28, 2008 at 12:00:02 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet
OS: windows xp
CPU/Ram: 1.2ghz, 512mb ram
Model/Manufacturer: custom

Comment:

hi all! i'm having some troubles with my internet connection. it is incredibly slow. it's bell sympatico extreme. i think my dad pays over $60 a month for it, and it should be fast. it used to be fast.
right now, i gotta pause and wait like 15 or 20 minutes for a 8 minute video on youtube to load, and it took like 20 seconds just to load up computing.net.
i've reset the modem and router, reset the computer, disk clean, etc. it's not the computer. every computer is doing this. i ipconfig in the command prompt, and release and renew. i pinged google and i'm losing a packet each time, and average response is 25ms.
what do i do?
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Response Number 1

Name: platinum
Date: January 28, 2008 at 12:04:52 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet

Reply: (edit)

just an update, i went to speakeasy.com, and i took the test from the nearest server, here's the results:
Download Speed: 2931 kbps (366.4 KB/sec)
Upload Speed: 673 kbps (84.1 KB/sec)
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Response Number 2

Name: Curt R
Date: January 28, 2008 at 12:05:23 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet

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I would start by contacting my provider's support and have them look into it.

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Response Number 3

Name: platinum
Date: January 28, 2008 at 12:40:13 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet

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good idea. i'll do that
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Response Number 4

Name: platinum
Date: January 28, 2008 at 13:49:47 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet

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well, i talked to the guy on the phone. we did some trouble shooting, and we concluded it is the router. without it, the internet is fast again!
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Response Number 5

Name: XpUser
Date: January 28, 2008 at 15:06:52 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet

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Curious ... the router is ... ?
i_Xp/VistaUser

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Response Number 6

Name: justin_b31
Date: January 31, 2008 at 14:52:57 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet

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it is.... I vote Belkin >.>

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Response Number 7

Name: platinum
Date: February 11, 2008 at 04:29:58 Pacific
Subject: extremely slow internet

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nope. it **was** a dlink. i tossed it and got a linksys. works great. the dlink was free, so no big deal.
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