PeanuckleJive Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Basically, My internet is being slow as shit recently and I really dunno how I can solve it. It can take me a good half an hour to load a few minute long video on youtube and pages that used to load practically instantly now take a few seconds Any ideas as to why it's gone so slow and how I might be able to speed it back up? any help appreciated, inb4 thread turns into an opera vs chrome vs firefox debate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrix Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Go to http://www.speedtest.net What speed are you getting? Then you'll know if it's the browser or your actual internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 download speed 0.21 :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Shucksmith Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 OPERA WIN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 OPERA WIN. I always used to find opera to be slow too tempted to try out google chrome if it does turn out be my browser, i dunno how you can tell really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Opera fail. It's kai at first, then once you get over 'turbo' it's pretty boring/shit. Ff/Chrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Shucksmith Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 I always used to find opera to be slow too tempted to try out google chrome if it does turn out be my browser, i dunno how you can tell really Opera's the fastest on my laptop which is the only reason I use it to be honest. The turbo setting's pretty awesome when you've got internet as shit as me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Chrome isn't up to speed with decent add ons yet, firefox is still king. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Network speeds vary depending on peak time and off peak use when millions of other users are online, even the latest Opera 10.51browser which im currently using can be slow during peak time use. but when everthing is fine ie; early morning use, Opera still king, followed by chrome, then firefox 3.6.3, safari. Have yet to try the other 6 available browsers out there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 download speed 0.21 :/ So its nothing to do with your browser, get a better isp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 So its nothing to do with your browser, get a better isp Good old richard branson... Wonder who my neighbours are with? I might do better to leech off them for a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Good old richard branson... Wonder who my neighbours are with? I might do better to leech off them for a bit Phone up virgin and complain if your speeds are that slow, thats assuming your wireless isnt knackered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsutton Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Clear your internet cache Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Phone up virgin and complain if your speeds are that slow, thats assuming your wireless isnt knackered. Both wireless and wired it's slow I cleared cache, I think i hit the clear cache button on firefox but didn't really get any kind of notification that it had been done, which seemed weird because firefox brings up an alert box for EVERYTHING you do usually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Both wireless and wired it's slow I cleared cache, I think i hit the clear cache button on firefox but didn't really get any kind of notification that it had been done, which seemed weird because firefox brings up an alert box for EVERYTHING you do usually Just ring up Virgin, they might have bottlenecked your connection because you've gone over a fair usage limit or something - they usually open it right back up when you threaten to leave though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Just ring up Virgin, they might have bottlenecked your connection because you've gone over a fair usage limit or something - they usually open it right back up when you threaten to leave though! could be that, I did do a fair bit of downloading a few weeks ago, way more than I usually do still, faggotry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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