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  • 12-10-2006 3:10pm
    #1
    outsidethe65
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I just got broadband installed through BT. Its working ok but seems to be running a lot slower than the boradband connection at work.

    My computer is 3 years old running on windows xp.

    I know there is a lot of crap on my hard drive but I don't know how to clean it up so it might make my boradband connection faster.

    Any advise..........

    Cheers,
    Ted.


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    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Crap on your harddrive won't affect the speed of your connection. How do you mean it's running slow? Loading pages, downloading files, or somethiing else?

    You can generally expect a work connection to be faster as a business connection will have a better contention ratio if not a dedicated line.


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    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    outsidethe65 wrote:
    Hi all,

    I just got broadband installed through BT. Its working ok but seems to be running a lot slower than the boradband connection at work.
    .
    ehm, what speed line did you get installed? 1mb,2mb? also, do you know what your work connection is? is it ntl or some company that does 6mb-10mb lines? like macros said, its going to be faster anyway. but without giving any details about your connection/work connection, i cant tell you a lot.


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    outsidethe65
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭outsidethe65


    Hi,

    I got a 1mb connection. Don't know what the work connection speed is. The speed is much faster than the dial-up I prevoiusly had but its still slow. I suppose I just expected too much.


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    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    Do BT still do a 1mb connection? I thought the smallest was 2mb now.


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    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    yeah, i've 1mb here too :(


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    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    The problem with the 1 meg lines is the contention ratio. Challenge: That's why my ping is consistently so much better than yours tbh. I have the 3 meg line.


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    jfcassidy95
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭jfcassidy95


    1. Clean PC - CCleaner does a good job www.ccleaner.com/ free dowload.
    2. Defrag - Find thru All Programmes / ASccessories/ System Tools / Disk Defragmenter
    3. Probably better to upgrade to 3 Mbps - if you have problems in the eveing or peak time use -due to high contention ratio - too many people downloading on the same line.
    Best
    John


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    jfcassidy95
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭jfcassidy95


    If you are only using 128 megs of RAM, recommend you upgrade to 1 gig - even with 3 year old computer, you should a big difference - I did with a PC I bought March 2002 and now runs perfectly - broadband speed is always high. It is a desktop running Pentium 4.


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Go here: www.speedtest.ie

    Post the results, and what type of connection you ordered, and then we'll know if you're getting the correct speed or not.


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