slow browsing

Question

hi

i have a new dell 2400 with a bcm v.92 modem.

i can connect at a good speed, around 53k, but my browsing is very slow, it takes up to 5-10 minutes to find the page and up to half an hour to full open it.

at first my browsing was very fast, i have added no new software or changed anything about my computer.

i have tried 2 isp's so i know it's not an isp problem

any help is much appreciated.

geneb11 · Answer

I new to this myself,but I had that problem using MSN Explorer. If I use Internet Explorer it's much faster. I don't know what you are using for a browser,but you might try something else. Mozilla just came out with Firefox. I was thinking of trying it.

angelafree · Answer

ok, i use ie. always have, this sudden slow browsing has got everyone stumped!! i've reconfigued my modem etc. so many times!! grrrrrrr

angelafree · Answer

it's still sitting at around 53k and i have replaced my phone line in case it was damaged but to no avail.

geneb11 · Answer

What's your connection speed? Mines been at 45.2kbps. It dropped down to 28kbps last week and was slow. I had to replace a telephone line that was bad. That MSN8 Explorer was real bad. I'm waiting for someone to answer my last post. My webtv connection is faster than my 4600 for some reason. On webtv  I connect at 50.6kbps.

Dave Lyle · Answer

As a test, try adding 'S61=16' (without the quotes) as an init string. For the location of the init string, see this page and use the Win2K info for WindowsXP. If it helps your browsing speed post back and I'll try to explain why. If not, it doesn't matter. This init string location is assuming you are using an ISP that uses the built-in Windows dialler, and not an ISP such as AOL that uses their own dialler.

shery from seat · Answer

I just got a new 2400 last month, and although I had used cable DSL with the old pentium 1, 166, I thought maybe with this "fast" computer I could get by with the 6 mos free earthlink. I was incredibly slow--normal pages without a lot of graphics taking minutes to load, and very frequently getting hung up/crashing. So I had the Cable connection hooked up again. This is better, to the tune of $40/mo, but Not Perfect!. It's pretty slow, but is not the connection, and I have been suspecting it's a problem with the computer. I still get some pages taking a long time or hanging up, even to the point of having to disconnect to get it going occasionally. It also makes a very audible clicking sound when I'm online (not the modem, again). My biggest complaint is that the CD ROM is horribly loud, to the point that I am wondering if it is defective or not installed right. I have not been impressed with this computer at all--it reminds me of some high-priced garbage computers my former boss got taken with that crashed constantly after our office spent almost a couple of grand apiece. I am going to try to return this computer, but with the shipping and handling charges, you can't win anyway!

Hope that you can solve your problem, but I have a sneaking suspicion...

Hop

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