Oh, and I should add that I have also updated the DSL modem with no change in my 
upload/downloads speeds.

David





On Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 4:28 pm, David Hankinson wrote:

>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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