When I first subscribed to my local ISP's High(est) Speed Internet connection everything 
was fine.  About a year ago my downloads all-of-a-sudden slowed to an absolute crawl 
- down as low as 10Kb/s.  And since then they have generally stayed below 56K dialup 
speed.
I have had my ISP check and recheck my connection but it shows as being okay, with 
my downloads hovering around 400k.  I've tried my connection direct from the DSL 
modem (eliminating the router), but no change.  And I've had the same problem on 
three different computers - two desktops and a laptop.
I even went out and bought a new Linksys router the other day and installed it a 
couple of days ago.  No difference.  Last night I disconnected my desktop from its 
wired connection, changing it to wireless.  Bingo!!!  I had my full speed back again 
- not only on my computer but on my wife's computer which is on our little home network. 
 I was extremely pleased, as you can imagine, after a year of 300-1200-baud download 
speeds.
But my celebration was short-lived as today I am back to my dial-up download speeds.
I have run Internet speed tests from several sources and all of them show proper 
upload/download speeds.  And yet when it's time to download a file or stream some 
online video everything slows to a crawl.
As I'm sure you can imagine, this is driving me nuts and, after a year of this, I 
figure it's time to get to the bottom of my problem.
I'm sure I've tried everything but maybe you can come up with an idea or two that 
I haven't tried.  I'd be most grateful for your help.
Thanks.

David

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