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90-second delays when surfing -ADSL
Name: narnar2000 Date: September 16, 2003 at 16:14:47 Pacific OS: W2000 SP3 CPU/Ram: Athlon 1 GHz/512
Comment:
Hi all,
Lately I've been experiencing these huge delays when surfing - I click on a link but sometimes it can take up to 90 seconds or 2 minutes before the page begins to load. I have a 512/128 kbit ADSL line. It's like I can surf only during specific periods in a cycle.
Another thing: if I try to open another browser or some other program while waiting for a page to load, it won't open until the page starts to load. I've checked for any processes hogging system resources, but everything looks fine...
This started to happen only recently; up until a couple of weeks ago it was flying along.
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