Hi. Over the past few years my internet connection has slowed to a crawl. Here are 4 examples: https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=gillette sensor 35 seconds to fully load where you can navigate sort price drop down box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-sxfW_6h8M 12 seconds to fully load http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...tte sensor.TRS0&_nkw=gillette sensor&_sacat=0 9 seconds to fully load https://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ 40 seconds to fully load When I say fully load - I mean when the arrows stop spinning so you can navigate the page. If I have 2 windows open - whoa - SUPER slow then!!! (maybe double) I have a cable modem (with latest hardware, from Cablevision) - it shows 81 Mbps download, So it appears to have good speed based on the spec. The pc has 4 GB of RAM & is well maintained without many background programs on. I am using Mozilla, E is slower. Have a netgear router, recently switched from a Cisco router - no difference. OK - so can you kindly check how long these URL's take you to load & if much shorter - what do you suggest I do to help this "slow as dial up" connection. Thanks ever so much! D
Hey, just download "Netbalancer" (free trial) and/or use "Currports" to check what's eating up your bandwith. I just used them myself to see what on my system is unknowingly connected and downloading stuff. (Win 10 Privacy)
Basically it's simply listing every process (of windows/programs) that connects to the internet and is up- and downloading anything. You can sort by total amount / rate of Kb/Mb to see which processes are using up most of your bandwith. There are many good howtos on the internet, like this one: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4371...width-consumption-of-individual-applications/ Check it out, it's not as complicated for beginners as it might look at the first glance. There should also be a manual from the vendor. If you're not very into computers, it would make more sense to call a friend to have a look on site.
I think that one of the main reasons that pages take so long to load is all of the graphics and scripts that load. I now use Adblock Plus and NoScript with Firefox. The pages load much faster although you don't get access to everything because the scripts aren't loading. You can then allow just which scripts you want to run on a particular site.
Those four render in less than 2 seconds. In addition to the advice already given, another thing to check is your choice of DNS servers. This is one of the better tools available: https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm While DNS might not be the weakest link in the chain dragging down your networking problems, it may well be a contributor. Or maybe if you didn't shave?
Other free tools: http://stefanstools.sourceforge.net/trafficWatcher.html https://www.softperfect.com/order/?sbm
