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Download Speed
Name: superdupernova81 Date: November 10, 2004 at 18:42:46 Pacific OS: win xp pro CPU/Ram: pIII 500mhz, 192mb
Comment:
can someone tell me why my download speed dropped from around 40 to 20 or so? i know its not spyware. i formated the hard drive and installed windows 3 times and its still slow. after each install, i imidiatly add mcafee firewall. its not any differant then it was when it was at 40kb/sec. i have all updates also. whats going on?
Name: cpu-man Date: November 10, 2004 at 19:07:04 Pacific
Reply:
you might want to contact your isp
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: November 10, 2004 at 19:08:21 Pacific
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Whose ISP are you with? Dial-up? Cable? DSL?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: superdupernova81 Date: November 10, 2004 at 21:43:35 Pacific
Reply:
i have SBC Yahoo DSL.
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: November 11, 2004 at 04:42:14 Pacific
Reply:
can someone tell me why my download speed dropped from around 40 to 20 or so? i know its not spyware.
If you're absolutely sure its not spyware or your PC in a less than perfect condition, read this article (CLICK ME), especially the paragraph entitled "Possible Causes of Poor Speed."
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