07-17-2004, 12:01 AM
Other things to note are the type of internet connection you have. you may have a really fast connection but a lot of DSL and some cable ISP's quality can fluctuate a lot between different people in the area and at different times.
With DSL the farther away you are from their hubs the worse your connection will generally be. I would reccomend to anyone with DSL connection to call your provider at least once every few months to check if the stations they have you running through are still the closest to your location. Lots of times they will build new hubs etc. but still route you through the older ones. (this is also a problem with cell phones. when you get your cell phones they never tell you that you need to personally come back to the store and have your software updated every now and then. If you don't update your cell software every few months all the new towers will not be recognized. after a while you won't get your calls or voice mail for days or weeks and then all at once you will get a million voice mail and missed call messages.)
With Cable and DSL depending on the time of day and how many other people in the area are using that same service at that time it can slow down a good bit. Also high speed data services don't like to upgrade individual users modems. So chances are you are using an old modem that is no longer efficient or optimized for that particular service. Call your provider and check to see if they are using a newer modem model.
With DSL the farther away you are from their hubs the worse your connection will generally be. I would reccomend to anyone with DSL connection to call your provider at least once every few months to check if the stations they have you running through are still the closest to your location. Lots of times they will build new hubs etc. but still route you through the older ones. (this is also a problem with cell phones. when you get your cell phones they never tell you that you need to personally come back to the store and have your software updated every now and then. If you don't update your cell software every few months all the new towers will not be recognized. after a while you won't get your calls or voice mail for days or weeks and then all at once you will get a million voice mail and missed call messages.)
With Cable and DSL depending on the time of day and how many other people in the area are using that same service at that time it can slow down a good bit. Also high speed data services don't like to upgrade individual users modems. So chances are you are using an old modem that is no longer efficient or optimized for that particular service. Call your provider and check to see if they are using a newer modem model.