salmonbuddie Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 I'm on the Virgin package giving me a broadband speed of 20 Mbps (shortly to go up to 50 for no additional charge - I can remember when it was 2!). When I run the Ookla Speedtest, my phone consistently gets 20 Mbps but my PC only gets half of that on average (14.75 Mbps on one occasion). I'm using a Netgear WG111T connection which should handle up to 54Mbps. Any thoughts on why the PC is so slow? Quote
chalky1 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 Have you scanned your PC for viruses, removed add-ons etc, and what browser are you using? I use firefox and every now and then I run the help solutions to speed up my browsing. Sometimes you need to delete your cache files. google it, lots of info to help http://www.blogtyrant.com/increase-internet-download-speed/ Quote
div Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 You could try changing the channel that your router is broadcasting on, might be getting some interference from elsewhere in the house. If you are connecting the PC via ethernet though then I've no idea. Quote
faraway saint Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 You could try changing the channel that your router is broadcasting on, might be getting some interference from elsewhere in the house. If you are connecting the PC via ethernet though then I've no idea. Can you do that yourself? Last time I had to get the provider to do it, although it didn't make much difference. Quote
salmonbuddie Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Posted November 20, 2013 You could try changing the channel that your router is broadcasting on, might be getting some interference from elsewhere in the house. If you are connecting the PC via ethernet though then I've no idea. No, it's wireless, div, I'll try changing the channel and see what happens. Probably get myself a new laptop for Christmas if that doesn't work - can anyone recommend anything, up to £500? Quote
faraway saint Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 No, it's wireless, div, I'll try changing the channel and see what happens. Probably get myself a new laptop for Christmas if that doesn't work - can anyone recommend anything, up to £500? Don't get a Toshiba, there, my good deed for the day. Quote
scrappy coco Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 Don't get a Toshiba, there, my good deed for the day. Shit, too late, just bought 2 of the feckers last week... Quote
faraway saint Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 Shit, too late, just bought 2 of the feckers last week... Good, serves you right for being ........ I'll think of something tomorrow, bed time. Quote
saltcoatsbuddie Posted November 20, 2013 Report Posted November 20, 2013 probably slow .due to the amount of porn being watched mate ,its a common problem with virgins, on 2nd point ,get summit about £365 and buy a never to be repeated print from the shop ,you wont get any problems from that I assure you Quote
saintnextlifetime Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 I bet you have got a Tivo box and l also suspect your processor in the laptop is duff due to the hardrive being close to capacity , no? Quote
salmonbuddie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Posted November 21, 2013 No TiVo, snlt, but the hard drive us just about full. Got it all backed up into cloud storage but not been brave enough to trust it completely yet. Is that the problem? Would it be an idea to buy a seperate drive and transfer all the files to that? Quote
salmonbuddie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Posted November 21, 2013 Have you scanned your PC for viruses, removed add-ons etc, and what browser are you using? I use firefox and every now and then I run the help solutions to speed up my browsing. Sometimes you need to delete your cache files. google it, lots of info to help http://www.blogtyrant.com/increase-internet-download-speed/ Tried all that before, chalky, cheers. Quote
salmonbuddie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) So it appears that Shuggy is offski - with Mansfield his apparent destination according to today's papers http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/mad.gif I'm a fan of Murray's - a talented player and no doubt but I do question his workrate sometimes and there are bound to be better players available for nowt on the transfer market - so hopefully we can replace him without too much of a problem http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/unsure.gif As for players leaving to go to that hotbed of footballing excellence that is Mansfield - well - good luck to them http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/biggrin.gif Here's a new one - trying to quote saltcoats buddie and this came up. Any ideas, div?What's a "never to be repeated print" saltcoats? Typo? Edited November 21, 2013 by salmonbuddie Quote
faraway saint Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 No TiVo, snlt, but the hard drive us just about full. Got it all backed up into cloud storage but not been brave enough to trust it completely yet. Is that the problem? Would it be an idea to buy a seperate drive and transfer all the files to that? If your hard drive is almost full, in my experience, it slows things down. My old PC suffered from this, I bought a separate hard drive, like you still scared of "cloud" storage and feel more comfortable with something I have control over. I store almost everything on this, pictures, music, movies, etc. The price of these is astounding, my first PC had a 4GB hard drive, my external hard drive is 750GB. Quote
faraway saint Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Here's a new one - trying to quote saltcoats buddie and this came up. Any ideas, div? What's a "never to be repeated print" saltcoats? Typo? Forum dafty trying, and failing, to be amusing as he's not convinced it's more costly for a painting than taking a picture. Quote
Barney63 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Is that not the maximum anticipated network d/l speed, not a guaranteed rate? I may be wrong but think other network traffic will have a bearing and there's nowt you can do about that. Quote
faraway saint Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Is that not the maximum anticipated network d/l speed, not a guaranteed rate? I may be wrong but think other network traffic will have a bearing and there's nowt you can do about that. Yip, happens sometimes. Quote
salmonbuddie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Posted November 21, 2013 Is that not the maximum anticipated network d/l speed, not a guaranteed rate? I may be wrong but think other network traffic will have a bearing and there's nowt you can do about that. I've done the test on my pc and my phone one after the other and get the same result ie the pc is half the speed of my phone so I doubt that's the issue. Phone is consistently around 20, pc around 10. Quote
TC7 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 There is a simple answer ............ It's a PC ! Buy a mac & you'll be sorted ! Quote
TC7 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Or maybe the wifi adapter on your phone is mite up to date/powerful than the one in you dinosa...... I mean PC. Quote
salmonbuddie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Posted November 21, 2013 Wondered about that (that's why I specified the router in the op) but it should be capable of 54 Mbps. Quote
salmonbuddie Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Posted November 21, 2013 I meant adapter but could it be the router isn't up to the job? Hope it's that, I can get Virgin to supply a new one then! Quote
TC7 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Sounds like it could be one of many things ? Are you connecting to the router wireless or wired ? If wired it could be your Ethernet card in your PC is old/rubbish/broke/need the drivers updated. Could be a dodgy Ethernet cable. Could be 10000001 things to be honest ? But what do I know, I don't use a PC ! Quote
faraway saint Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) Sounds like it could be one of many things ? Are you connecting to the router wireless or wired ? If wired it could be your Ethernet card in your PC is old/rubbish/broke/need the drivers updated. Could be a dodgy Ethernet cable. Could be 10000001 things to be honest ? But what do I know, I don't use a PC ! He's wireless, so says an earlier post. You super mac isnae that good. That narrows it down to 1000000. Edited November 21, 2013 by faraway saint Quote
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