Hi rj--
There are a lot of components in the equation of downloads speed. The
number of people using the network(s) at any given time are but one factor.
If it's a BB subscription, or wifi, sure it should be faster than
dialup--considerably.
I don't suppose World Class economist Paul Krugman's article on BB
monopolies (if you're in the US) pointing out that France has 3 X the speed
and Japan 12 X the speed right now as the good old US would be of much
comfort. You can thank the idiot "President" Bushie aka (feed other
peoples' kids into coffins from Iraq for the next 50 years) and Colin
Powell's little boy Michael who used to head the FCC for this Katrina-like
composition of Broad Band in the US. I enclose the article.
However, to your problem--there are some steps you can take to directly
speed up your PC and page downloads and I offer them:
Speed PC and Control CPU Tips/Steps
SPEED AND CPU:
_______________
1) Trim processes you don't need in TM. Google them or "search engine of
your choice them" if you have to.
2) Go to
services.msc in run box and turn off services not needed and there are some.
SERVICE CONFIGURATION REFERENCES*
*Vista Services*
Part One
http://www.tweakvista.com/article38662.aspx
Part Two
http://www.tweakvista.com/article38664.aspx
Windows Vista Services Tweak Guide v1.0
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=87443
3) Run System File Checker.
SFC:
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html
In Vista run it from an elevated command prompt. Right click command on
start and run as administrator.
4) Run 3 or so spyware scans Windows Defender, , Adaware, and Spybot
5) Probably the most important for speed consistently and efficient resource
use DEFRAG with
www.raxco.com or
www.diskeeeper.com with 15% free space on
drive if DK and or >5% if Raxco's Perfect Disk.
http://groups.msn.com/windowsxpcentral/spyware.msnw
Download Adaware and
Spybot from here.
GOOD Overall Review for Defending Your PC:
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
MSFT Defense Site MSFT Security:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx
Protect Your PC from MSFT Security:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.mspx
MSFT Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
MSFT MSRT: (Malicious Software Removal Tool)
http://www.microsoft.com/security/ma...e/default.mspx
MSFT "Windows One Care" in Wings (AV and Spyware Scans)
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...OneCarePR.mspx
6) Unck items from msconfig start tab you don't need starting and some
won't start--peoiple who think just uncking for many are naive because there
are 12 places things can be started including several reg keys like Run Once
keys and there are serveral.
7) Turn off Messaging service--it's a security vulnerability and it slows
you
8) Defrag very often every other day actually.
9) Turn off indexing.
10) Clear TIF and %temp% files (delete) and go to safe mode to get as many
as u can.
10) Do troubleshooting with msconfig.
11) Do Clean boot with msconfig utility and search for the directions here:
Vista RTM Tweak Guide (Tweaks to Improve Performances)
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...tm+tweak+guide
1) Task Manager lists the services on the services tab in Vista.
2) Type services.msc in run box and using the list of services, click the
service and you'll get a description of services.
3) There is a list here of the default services and a description>>click
"default settings for services" in the left pane.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
4) To view service dependencies
1.
Open Services.
2.
In the details pane, right-click the service that you want to view
dependencies for, and then click Properties.
3.
Click the Dependencies tab.
4.
To view services that are associated dependencies of the selected service,
in the list on the Dependencies tab, click the plus sign next to the
service.
Many of the services but not all in Vista are the same as in XP, so in that
context:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/services.htm
Also see the extremely helpful site:
Black Viper's Service List
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm
Black Viper's Site (Many of the same services in Vista)
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm
http://www.z123.org/techsupport/xpservices.htm
http://www.geocities.com/ziyadhosein/xpserv1.htm
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php
This will be helpful
http://web.archive.org/web/200411280...servicecfg.htm
__________________________________________________ ____________________________________________
How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/
Resources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308041/
How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;316434
How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/
How to Disable a Service or Device that Prevents Windows from Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310602/
Also ck out these references:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,5155,00.asp
http://www.speedupyourcomputer.windo....com/index.htm
and
http://www.extremetech.com/search_re...app=&site=4P.S.
Defragging with a decent defrag every day will make a huge dent inefficient
resource/CPU use.
Perfect Disk has a 5 month full functionality trial on now for Windows
Vista.
Good luck,
CH
The French Connections, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: There was a
time when everyone thought that the Europeans and the Japanese were better
at business than we were. In the early 1990s airport bookstores were full of
volumes ... promising to teach you the secrets of Japanese business success.
Lester Thurow's 1992 book, "Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among
Japan, Europe and America," which spent more than six months on the Times
best-seller list, predicted that Europe would win.
Then it all changed, and American despondency turned into triumphalism.
Partly this was because the Clinton boom contrasted so sharply with Europe's
slow growth and Japan's decade-long slump. Above all, however, our new
confidence reflected the rise of the Internet. ...[M]ost of Europe except
Scandinavia lagged far behind the U.S. when it came to getting online.
What most Americans probably don't know is that ... as dial-up has given way
to ... high-speed links - it's the United States that has fallen behind.
The numbers are startling. As recently as 2001, the percentage of the
population with high-speed access in Japan and Germany was only half that in
the United States. In France it was less than a quarter. By the end of 2006,
however, all three countries had more broadband subscribers per 100 people
than we did.
Even more striking is the fact that our "high speed" connections are
painfully slow by other countries' standards. ... Oh, and access is much
cheaper...
What happened to America's Internet lead? Bad policy. Specifically, the
United States ... forgot - or was persuaded by special interests to ignore -
....that sometimes you can't have effective market competition without
effective regulation.
You see, ... to get [to the internet] you need to go through a narrow
passageway, down your phone line or down your TV cable. And if the companies
controlling these passageways can behave like the robber barons of yore,
levying whatever tolls they like on those who pass by, commerce suffers.
America's Internet flourished in the dial-up era because federal regulators
.... forced local phone companies to act as common carriers, allowing
competing service providers to use their lines. Clinton administration
officials ... tried to ensure that this open competition would continue -
but the telecommunications giants sabotaged their efforts, while The Wall
Street Journal's editorial page ridiculed them as people with the minds of
French bureaucrats.
And when the Bush administration put Michael Powell in charge of the F.C.C.,
the digital robber barons were basically set free to do whatever they liked.
As a result, there's little competition in U.S. broadband - if you're lucky,
you have a choice between ... the local cable monopoly and the local phone
monopoly. The price is high and the service is poor, but there's nowhere
else to go.
Meanwhile, as ... Business Week explains, the real French bureaucrats used
judicious regulation to promote competition. As a result, French consumers
get to choose from a variety of service providers who offer reasonably
priced Internet access that's much faster than anything I can get, and comes
with free voice calls, TV and Wi-Fi.
It's too early to say how much harm the broadband lag will do to the U.S.
economy as a whole. But it's interesting to learn that health care isn't the
only area in which the French, who can take a pragmatic approach because
they aren't prisoners of free-market ideology, simply do things better.
"rj" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I connect at 11 mbps on my wireless network using whatever unsecured public
>network that's available. Why do the pages take forever? I have 1gb memory
>and a dual processor, so if the status says 11 mbps, shouldn't it be at
>least faster than dialup?
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