cKarlGo
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Jamesrpm wrote:RETIREDHSTEACHER wrote:ntar827 wrote:When it takes a long time for a web page to open, how do I determine if it is my ISP that is slow or inactive or that it is the server that the web page is on that is slow?
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Nick
Good question. I used to have that problem all the time. Now I bought a Mac with a 8GB RAM and switched to a Verizon USB Broadband modem. Now when I surf, the Web Sites come on almost immediately.
Ed
Pages load slowly for lots of diffrent reasons besides the final computer hardware.I'd also agree with others that point to checking your download speed, clearing you cache, and check for programs running in the background.Antivirus , antispyware ect.
Those speed tests are generally very misleading, which is why I didn't suggest it.
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If you use Firefox, the bottom margin of the browser window shows the URLs as they load. If it zips through a bunch of names, then settles on one for a while, then that one is slow.
If it is hanging on the first one it tries to load, this often means your link is slow. This will not necessarily be your ISP, it could be your ISP's ISP, or some other link between him and the backbone, or it could be a clogged backbone.
The ISPs that come back the fastest, are often the ones that cache all recently retrieved material, so they don't have to go back over the net the next time someone asks for it. Some cache more or less, some update more or less often.
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