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  #1  
Old December 27th 03, 04:21 PM
Chuck Block
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Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.



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Old December 27th 03, 04:21 PM
Jeff
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What kind of internet access do you have (dsl, cable, dialup, satellite)?

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...

Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.





  #3  
Old December 27th 03, 04:21 PM
Scott
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Default lost internet speed

In addition to the type of internet service you have you also might want to
contact your ISP. There's nothing you can do shy of getting a faster
dial-up modem for that type of connection to speed up the internet
connection.


  #4  
Old December 27th 03, 04:21 PM
Chuck Block
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Jeff:

I have dialup with 28K.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
What kind of internet access do you have (dsl, cable, dialup, satellite)?

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...

Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a

Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my

speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.







  #5  
Old December 27th 03, 04:21 PM
Chuck Block
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Default lost internet speed

Scott:

But I had reasonable speed before and it just slowed down recently. I only
want to get back what I lost.

"Scott" wrote in message
...
In addition to the type of internet service you have you also might want

to
contact your ISP. There's nothing you can do shy of getting a faster
dial-up modem for that type of connection to speed up the internet
connection.




  #6  
Old December 27th 03, 04:22 PM
Jeff
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28K, ouch, not speed to begin with. With dial-up, you could have static in
your phone line. Was there a thunder/lightning storm just before your speed
fell?

If you already have the latest drivers installed for your modem, you may
have noise on your telephone line. A good preliminary test you can do on
your own is to use a non-cordless phone and press the number 1 on your
keypad. You will get only a few moments of silence before an operator
message comes on, so listen carefully. You should hear absolute silence. If
you hear a hum, any crackling noises, intermitting popping noises,
crosstalk, or the faint sound of other people dialing or talking, then
you're going to have problems with your modem connecting at a higher rate.
Your local telephone company can repair your line so that this noise is no
longer audible.

You can start by calling your phone company and asking them to test your
line, which they can do from their center. Some phone companies only
guarantee 9.6K. So, if the line is checked and test indicates line is fine,
they will not provide any more help.

Your ISP might be having problems in your area with speeds. Give them a call
to see if there are any problems at their end. Do they have additional
access numbers? Try those additional numbers to see if you can get a better
connection speed

If you've ruled out both these possibilities and still get connected at a
lower rate, it may just be that your brand of modem doesn't work well with
your ISP modems (the might have upgraded recently to a different brand).
This can happen if the manufacturer of your modem hasn't offered updated
drivers for a while, or releases bad drivers. You may want to try another
modem with your system.

Buying a new modem with V.90 standards will greatly enhance your
performance, a 56K modem will improve your speeds.
Most dial-up customers using 56K dial-up modems report connect speeds in the
40K-50K range. It is impossible to actually connect at 56K; the FCC imposes
a limit on telephone lines that keeps modem connections at 53K or lower.
From there, your modem drivers and telephone line conditions determine the
rest.



My personal advice is to go broadband. It might cost twice as much, but the
speed is no comparison. Nothing like downloading a Norton Antivirus Update
in the matter of a few seconds verses an hour or two. :-)

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...
Jeff:

I have dialup with 28K.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
What kind of internet access do you have (dsl, cable, dialup,

satellite)?

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...

Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a

Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook

Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my

speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.









  #7  
Old December 27th 03, 04:22 PM
Chuck Block
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Default lost internet speed

Jeff:

Oh, how I wish I could connect with broadband! We are in a remote area in Northwestern Wisconsin and they have to pipe in daylight to us, so no DSL here.
1.. Checked out the line for static. None.
2.. I had the line tested, toughly not too long ago.
3.. I checked with the telephone company and everything is okay there. No change in modems, either. No one, with dialup, gets over 28K in this area.
4.. The telephone company recommends US Robotics V.90
5.. I have an Intel(R) 5363P V.92 modem
6.. I have also checked the surge protector, lines and splitter, but they are all in good shape.
Any other ideas?

Chuck



"Jeff" wrote in message ...
28K, ouch, not speed to begin with. With dial-up, you could have static in
your phone line. Was there a thunder/lightning storm just before your speed
fell?

If you already have the latest drivers installed for your modem, you may
have noise on your telephone line. A good preliminary test you can do on
your own is to use a non-cordless phone and press the number 1 on your
keypad. You will get only a few moments of silence before an operator
message comes on, so listen carefully. You should hear absolute silence. If
you hear a hum, any crackling noises, intermitting popping noises,
crosstalk, or the faint sound of other people dialing or talking, then
you're going to have problems with your modem connecting at a higher rate.
Your local telephone company can repair your line so that this noise is no
longer audible.

You can start by calling your phone company and asking them to test your
line, which they can do from their center. Some phone companies only
guarantee 9.6K. So, if the line is checked and test indicates line is fine,
they will not provide any more help.

Your ISP might be having problems in your area with speeds. Give them a call
to see if there are any problems at their end. Do they have additional
access numbers? Try those additional numbers to see if you can get a better
connection speed

If you've ruled out both these possibilities and still get connected at a
lower rate, it may just be that your brand of modem doesn't work well with
your ISP modems (the might have upgraded recently to a different brand).
This can happen if the manufacturer of your modem hasn't offered updated
drivers for a while, or releases bad drivers. You may want to try another
modem with your system.

Buying a new modem with V.90 standards will greatly enhance your
performance, a 56K modem will improve your speeds.
Most dial-up customers using 56K dial-up modems report connect speeds in the
40K-50K range. It is impossible to actually connect at 56K; the FCC imposes
a limit on telephone lines that keeps modem connections at 53K or lower.
From there, your modem drivers and telephone line conditions determine the
rest.



My personal advice is to go broadband. It might cost twice as much, but the
speed is no comparison. Nothing like downloading a Norton Antivirus Update
in the matter of a few seconds verses an hour or two. :-)

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...
Jeff:

I have dialup with 28K.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
What kind of internet access do you have (dsl, cable, dialup,

satellite)?

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...

Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a

Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook

Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my

speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.










  #8  
Old December 27th 03, 04:22 PM
Rob Schneider
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Default lost internet speed

Chuck,

Was internet speed *ever* good? If so, what changed? Or, with what are
you now comparing it with to say it is now slow? Have you changed our
intenet habits and using, say MSNBC more (which loads huge amounts of
data) more than yahoo.com (which is more frugal with bandwidth). Is it
just screen refresh? It is time to find the web addresses?

When you say "my speed has been reduced to an agonizing slow point" ...
say more about what "my speed" is and what you would wish to happen.
Might help us pinpoint the issue better.


  #9  
Old December 27th 03, 04:22 PM
Maureen Goldman
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Default lost internet speed

"Chuck Block" wrote:
Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.


Someone recommended a little optimizer to me called CyberTweak. Just
choose the sort of modem or connection you have, enter, and a box
comes up saying that you're optimized. Sped up my dial-up connection.

http://www.cyberprog.co.uk/?do=soft&...app=cybertweak

  #10  
Old December 27th 03, 04:22 PM
Jeff
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Default lost internet speed

Did you call your ISP? They must have support. Do they have any other phone
numbers you can try? Different phone numbers often have different paths
through the telephone company's voice network. Some numbers tend to be
faster than others

If possible, try a different computer (maybe a friend's notebook or
computer) on that same phone line........If that computer is having the same
problem, then is probably not your computer.

Did you check to see if you have the latest modem driver?

Just to rule out the phone jack and line to the room you have the computer,
try a different jack

Have you installed anything just before you noticed slower speeds?


You basically have to check everything that could cause a problem. If you
took your car into the repair shop complaining about a vibration, they would
have check probable area that could cause it .....process of elimination.


--
HTH

- Jeff


P.S. Sorry to hear about your area's lack of broadband. You said no DSL
....do you have cable or satellite television? Both of these services offer a
type of high speed internet ...of course not available everywhere quite yet.




"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...
Jeff:

Oh, how I wish I could connect with broadband! We are in a remote area in
Northwestern Wisconsin and they have to pipe in daylight to us, so no DSL
here.
Checked out the line for static. None.
I had the line tested, toughly not too long ago.
I checked with the telephone company and everything is okay there. No
change in modems, either. No one, with dialup, gets over 28K in this area.
The telephone company recommends US Robotics V.90
I have an Intel(R) 5363P V.92 modem
I have also checked the surge protector, lines and splitter, but they are
all in good shape.
Any other ideas?

Chuck



"Jeff" wrote in message
...
28K, ouch, not speed to begin with. With dial-up, you could have static in
your phone line. Was there a thunder/lightning storm just before your

speed
fell?

If you already have the latest drivers installed for your modem, you may
have noise on your telephone line. A good preliminary test you can do on
your own is to use a non-cordless phone and press the number 1 on your
keypad. You will get only a few moments of silence before an operator
message comes on, so listen carefully. You should hear absolute silence.

If
you hear a hum, any crackling noises, intermitting popping noises,
crosstalk, or the faint sound of other people dialing or talking, then
you're going to have problems with your modem connecting at a higher rate.
Your local telephone company can repair your line so that this noise is no
longer audible.

You can start by calling your phone company and asking them to test your
line, which they can do from their center. Some phone companies only
guarantee 9.6K. So, if the line is checked and test indicates line is

fine,
they will not provide any more help.

Your ISP might be having problems in your area with speeds. Give them a

call
to see if there are any problems at their end. Do they have additional
access numbers? Try those additional numbers to see if you can get a

better
connection speed

If you've ruled out both these possibilities and still get connected at a
lower rate, it may just be that your brand of modem doesn't work well with
your ISP modems (the might have upgraded recently to a different brand).
This can happen if the manufacturer of your modem hasn't offered updated
drivers for a while, or releases bad drivers. You may want to try another
modem with your system.

Buying a new modem with V.90 standards will greatly enhance your
performance, a 56K modem will improve your speeds.
Most dial-up customers using 56K dial-up modems report connect speeds in

the
40K-50K range. It is impossible to actually connect at 56K; the FCC

imposes
a limit on telephone lines that keeps modem connections at 53K or lower.
From there, your modem drivers and telephone line conditions determine the
rest.



My personal advice is to go broadband. It might cost twice as much, but

the
speed is no comparison. Nothing like downloading a Norton Antivirus Update
in the matter of a few seconds verses an hour or two. :-)

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...
Jeff:

I have dialup with 28K.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
What kind of internet access do you have (dsl, cable, dialup,

satellite)?

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...

Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a

Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook

Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my

speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.











  #11  
Old December 27th 03, 04:23 PM
Frenchy
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Default lost internet speed


"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...

Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.


System Mechanic has a good Internet speed optimiser as well as a download 500K file you can
check before after changes.

www.iolo.com/sm/

You can get a 30 day free trial, but not sure if that lets you do all the tests?

Frenchy


  #12  
Old December 27th 03, 04:23 PM
Chuck Block
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Jeff:

Yes, I called my ISP and they made it worse! The adjusted the modem
settings and I went from 28.8K to 21.6K obtained from the speed indicator
next to the clock. The internet speed between pages remains very poor. MSN
six speed tests range from 14.4K8.7K.
No other numbers.
The jacks are okay.
I did not check on the latest driver yet.
I installed several toolbars just before the slowdown. Goggle toolbar, ETN
Travel Toolbar and Ultra Bar.
We have no cable, but I do have a 10' satellite dish. However, I have tried
every resource available, attempting to get DSL. I even tried Nebulink,
with a small dish, but that didn't work either.

Chuck

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
Did you call your ISP? They must have support. Do they have any other

phone
numbers you can try? Different phone numbers often have different paths
through the telephone company's voice network. Some numbers tend to be
faster than others

If possible, try a different computer (maybe a friend's notebook or
computer) on that same phone line........If that computer is having the

same
problem, then is probably not your computer.

Did you check to see if you have the latest modem driver?

Just to rule out the phone jack and line to the room you have the

computer,
try a different jack

Have you installed anything just before you noticed slower speeds?


You basically have to check everything that could cause a problem. If you
took your car into the repair shop complaining about a vibration, they

would
have check probable area that could cause it .....process of elimination.


--
HTH

- Jeff


P.S. Sorry to hear about your area's lack of broadband. You said no DSL
...do you have cable or satellite television? Both of these services offer

a
type of high speed internet ...of course not available everywhere quite

yet.




"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...
Jeff:

Oh, how I wish I could connect with broadband! We are in a remote area in
Northwestern Wisconsin and they have to pipe in daylight to us, so no DSL
here.
Checked out the line for static. None.
I had the line tested, toughly not too long ago.
I checked with the telephone company and everything is okay there. No
change in modems, either. No one, with dialup, gets over 28K in this

area.
The telephone company recommends US Robotics V.90
I have an Intel(R) 5363P V.92 modem
I have also checked the surge protector, lines and splitter, but they are
all in good shape.
Any other ideas?

Chuck



"Jeff" wrote in message
...
28K, ouch, not speed to begin with. With dial-up, you could have static

in
your phone line. Was there a thunder/lightning storm just before your

speed
fell?

If you already have the latest drivers installed for your modem, you may
have noise on your telephone line. A good preliminary test you can do on
your own is to use a non-cordless phone and press the number 1 on your
keypad. You will get only a few moments of silence before an operator
message comes on, so listen carefully. You should hear absolute silence.

If
you hear a hum, any crackling noises, intermitting popping noises,
crosstalk, or the faint sound of other people dialing or talking, then
you're going to have problems with your modem connecting at a higher

rate.
Your local telephone company can repair your line so that this noise is

no
longer audible.

You can start by calling your phone company and asking them to test your
line, which they can do from their center. Some phone companies only
guarantee 9.6K. So, if the line is checked and test indicates line is

fine,
they will not provide any more help.

Your ISP might be having problems in your area with speeds. Give them a

call
to see if there are any problems at their end. Do they have additional
access numbers? Try those additional numbers to see if you can get a

better
connection speed

If you've ruled out both these possibilities and still get connected at

a
lower rate, it may just be that your brand of modem doesn't work well

with
your ISP modems (the might have upgraded recently to a different brand).
This can happen if the manufacturer of your modem hasn't offered updated
drivers for a while, or releases bad drivers. You may want to try

another
modem with your system.

Buying a new modem with V.90 standards will greatly enhance your
performance, a 56K modem will improve your speeds.
Most dial-up customers using 56K dial-up modems report connect speeds in

the
40K-50K range. It is impossible to actually connect at 56K; the FCC

imposes
a limit on telephone lines that keeps modem connections at 53K or lower.
From there, your modem drivers and telephone line conditions determine

the
rest.



My personal advice is to go broadband. It might cost twice as much, but

the
speed is no comparison. Nothing like downloading a Norton Antivirus

Update
in the matter of a few seconds verses an hour or two. :-)

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...
Jeff:

I have dialup with 28K.

"Jeff" wrote in message
...
What kind of internet access do you have (dsl, cable, dialup,

satellite)?

--
HTH

- Jeff

[WINNT 4 - SP 6, XP, IE 6, Office 2000, XP Professional, 1 GIG

RAM,
1 GHz Pentium 3, Matrox Millennium AGP, (3) 20 Gig HD]

"Chuck Block" wrote in message
...

Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a
Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook

Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but

my
speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.













  #13  
Old December 27th 03, 04:24 PM
Chuck Block
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Maureen:

I installed and tried it, however, it did not seem to help.

Chuck
"Maureen Goldman" wrote in message
...
"Chuck Block" wrote:
Can anyone advise me how to get my internet speed back? I have a Pentium
IV, 450, with Windows XP. I use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express.
I have deleted all of the cookies, emptied the deleted files, but my

speed
has been reduced to an agonizing slow point.


Someone recommended a little optimizer to me called CyberTweak. Just
choose the sort of modem or connection you have, enter, and a box
comes up saying that you're optimized. Sped up my dial-up connection.

http://www.cyberprog.co.uk/?do=soft&...app=cybertweak



  #14  
Old December 27th 03, 04:24 PM
Rob Schneider
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Default lost internet speed

Chuck Block wrote:

Jeff:

Yes, I called my ISP and they made it worse! The adjusted the modem
settings and I went from 28.8K to 21.6K obtained from the speed indicator

*snip*

No chance that you can upgrade to a 56k modem?

  #15  
Old December 27th 03, 04:24 PM
Chuck Block
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Default lost internet speed

Rob:

Excuse me for being stupid about this, but I thought I had a 56K modem and
the telephone lines here only allowed a maximum of 28.8K. If there is a 56K
modem that will correct this and improve my speed, I'll buy it.

Please advise.

Chuck

"Rob Schneider" wrote in message
...
Chuck Block wrote:

Jeff:

Yes, I called my ISP and they made it worse! The adjusted the modem
settings and I went from 28.8K to 21.6K obtained from the speed

indicator
*snip*

No chance that you can upgrade to a 56k modem?



 




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