catgate Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I recently installed Firefox and find it quite a nice thing. (I seem to get less pop-ups?) However, having not uninstalled IE I still sometimes use that. It now seems to me that the downloading process is measurably slower using Firefox than IE. Has anyone else noticed this? It is most noticable on E bay, which I visit now and then. I was wondering if the E bay site was coded specifically with IE friendly features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Do you use the Optimizer?http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.ph...=10895&hl=speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I was thinking the same thing as catgate, but now I have installed hte optimizer. WOW! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Glad to know that I'm not on my own on this. I shall have a look at the suggested solution in the morning. If I do not get to bed before long I shall probably change into a pumpkin and twelve white mice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Does this work for dial up as well?ah, too late, already done :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Well I have the optimiser running now and it does not seem to have altered things very greatly. I shall have to ask the question " is it suitable for dial up?" I am in one of the less populated parts of Yorkshire, between two small villages which are 4 miles apart. We are operating from an old GPO underground cable (laid in 19380) which has deteriorated to the extent that scarcly a week goes by without BT digging somwhere along its 4 mile length. (There is a local petition going around for a zip fastener to be fitted to the grass verge to make cable access easier!) Every house in the area is on DACS. Most of the time my down load speed is between 0.9 and 1.4, and there is absolutely no hope of Broadband, because there are insufficient people in the village served by the cable to make the profit expected by BT. In fact the village telephone box is tattered and rusty (and intact) and looks as though it has not had a coat of paint since Eddison died. Scarecrow Man ah, too late, already done Presumably this refered to your midnight transformation. I find a good rub down with woofle dust followed by half an hours meditation on the Krankies is a good cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 there is absolutely no hope of Broadband...There may be some hope, look at http://62.172.198.79/broadband1/where_i_live/index.asp and http://www.adslguide.org/availability/btprereg.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 There may be some hope, look at http://62.172.198.79/broadband1/where_i_live/index.asp and http://www.adslguide.org/availability/btprereg.asp They makes depresing reading and are only marginally different to the last time I looked at an update. I think that the "trigger" figure is virtually unattainable unless all the houses in both villages involved install at least three computers each! As things stand we are less than halfway there. I take it from your reply that it is only applicable to broadband then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Did you look at the "where I live" thing, everybody should have broadband by the middle of next year :whistling: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Have you thought of a satellite connection? Only needs about 15 people to sign up with a setup fee of £150 [Not much dearer than most B/B setup fees] and with a monthly fee of around £30.00 for 2MB connection speed. There is a thread in the PCA consumerwatch forum regarding this and one of the members there is already up and running. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Have you thought of a satellite connection? Only needs about 15 people to sign up with a setup fee of £150 [Not much dearer than most B/B setup fees] and with a monthly fee of around £30.00 for 2MB connection speedI fear our beloved and prudent chancellor will have to cough up a bit more pension before such radical steps can be even considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houghton11 Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 lol, I know what you mean.I live in this hum bug retirment community in the Okanagan (Canada). Its full of aging retiring grumpy seniors who all they want is to prevent expansion and success in this town. It took 2 years for them to allow that an extra 7 cents on the city taxes could be collected for use in expanding services. 7 cents! If the cable company didnt have one of its regional offices here, we probably wouldnt get electricity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaross Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 damn that optimizer utility really worked! i have never had a utility like that (tcp optimizer) actually make a noticable difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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