Slow Internet oes not always Mean it's your Connection Speeds

As a computer repair tech for over a dozen years I get asked all the time by clients.  Why their internet speeds are so slow even though they have a high speed internet  connection.  The reason for many people out there is they either don't really have that high of internet speeds or their computer does not have enough power to handle the information coming in from WebPages.

In most cases it is the latter.If you have a slow processor like the Athlon or Celeron and very little ram then that is your issue and not your internet connection.  They just don't have enough ram to do it.  If you have under a 1G of memory installed in your computer and under 2 gig's for windows vista then the first thing you should consider to bump your speed is to install more memory into your computer.  View this why is my computer so slow  site for more details on installing memory and other such ideas you can do.

In rare cases users will find that if they use a DSL service it might just be  the bandwidth is being all used up by your neighbors.  If you notice fast speeds at different times of the day and then all the sudden around the same time each day your computer just slows done on the web then it is very likely that too many people are on.Be sure to check if an antivirus scanner or data backup program is running at the time of your slow connection.  This will ensure the issue is not on your end.

There are still other things to consider.  You might also be infected with a virus that is causing all the issues.For most people when you are infected you will know it by all the pop-ups and fake security clients installed on your computer.  Generally people who have a slower internet connection have always had a slow connection.If your connection speeds have always been fine before and all the sudden on day they just crawled to a hault then you will need to run a full virus scan on your computer to ensure you are not infected.  We do recommend this remove virus  site.  It really is a cool place to check out for the latest threats and removal guides.  these guys know their stuff.