Stop in for a cup of coffee

zkx14 said
We got our internet back tonight, ahead of the scheduled visit tomorrow morning. Just ran a few speed tests. Ranges from 1.6 to a blistering 2.2Mbps lol. They found the problem in the line a little ways up the road. So if I had an appointment for tomorrow and someone else had an appointment for today. Wouldn't that mean they called in before I did? So, it would seam they already knew there was a problem before I called. Yet they 'ran a test' and told me my line tested good. All the way into my house! I asked them how they did that and they of course had no good answer. I actually thought the problem might be between the house and pole. But they found the problem like a quarter mile away. So were they flat out lying, or just how crappy is there test? Or is it because their signal is so F'ng slow it got lost?

The next thing you can do is make the best use of the signal that the (DSL) phone company can get to you.

Our "Windows" computers are laden with all kinds of extras, dragging our line speeds down. Then also they are always going out and trying to update themselves and that gets top priority so you are left with super slow servive at the end of the line while it is downloading and updating.

There are service techs that can go in and shut down the non essentials on your Windows computer to make it perform faster.

I like running the Linux operating systems on my original Windows computers with a new Solid State Hard Drive. They are Fast and can run like a 1/4 mile A body drag car, they just don't have all the extra garbage on them to slow you down.

Also set your Home Page to something simple like Google, that can get you up online quick . . then go out surfing from there.

Maybe someone in your area can help you set up a Linux Computer for more power and speed.