Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2013 16:51:18 GMT 1
“7 REASONS WHY YOUR INTERNET IS FRUSTRATINGLY SLOW AND WHAT YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY DO”
The world wide Web is like a super highway used by all, excessive
demand even from a small section of your local area network can slow
or cripple the Internet performance of all your computers?
If you have had to forcibly reboot a jammed machine or simply suffer
slow internet connections, you know the problem. Purchasing more
bandwidth does not necessarily solve the problem, as experience
shows unrestricted traffic will always expand to use the bandwidth available!
Here are seven basic reasons why your internet connection is slow and
frustrating;
1. Bandwidth Choice
Basically internet service providers provision bandwidth in two basic
ways; one is a zero-contention (unlimited) bandwidth class with
allocated monthly data usage limits, while the other is a shared
bandwidth class provisioned with unlimited monthly data downloads.
a).Zero-Contention (Unlimited) Data Download
What the service provider does with the unlimited data download
platform is to carve out a block of bandwidth i.e. 1MB and decides how
many customers to put on this bandwidth block. He makes sure that
no matter what happens, customers on this bandwidth block never
exceed the bandwidth allocated to them.
Ultimately, all those on this bandwidth block have to scramble for
whatever is available. When a few people are logged on you will
experience fast browsing, but when most people log on at peak
periods, the link becomes very slow. However, there is very little
anybody can do about it.
b).Limited Data Download
The second type is limited by data usage. Here the internet service
provider releases unlimited bandwidth to this group. They experience
high speed browsing at all times, but the challenge is controlling
downloads.
As an internet user, you must choose either high speed internet
browsing with data usage caps or unlimited downloads at variable
speed of connection. Most people choose limited bandwidth with
unlimited downloads and end up compromising throughput speeds for
this choice.
2. Infection by Virus and Spyware
Virus and Spyware infected systems constantly consume Internet
bandwidth to send private information or establish a connection to the
hacker's computer, this will breach Windows firewall because a port
has been open and used to allow the hacker to gain access to your
computer anytime. This ultimately slows down your computer and
consumes your bandwidth unduly.
3. Your ISP (Internet Service provider)
Your ISP may not be providing you enough bandwidth as per your
agreement with them. During peak periods, all hell breaks lose at most
ISP’s servers, they have more customers online than they have
bandwidth to provide. You are left to best effort principles which are
always unfair. You can always use some bandwidth testing software to
verify the actual bandwidth you are getting and take it up with them.
4. Your Internet Browser may have been hijacked.
Your Internet browser may have been hijacked by unauthorized
persons, and they may be using your bandwidth to send your privacy
data to hackers. The constant connection will dominate your computer
bandwidth and eventually freeze up during Internet connection!
5. Hard Ware Installations
Hard Ware installations, if your equipments were not properly installed
in the first place, do not expect high level of efficiency from it. You can
lose up to 50% efficiency from your equipments if not properly
installed.
6. Your Local Area Network
The installation of your Local area network is very crucial, as soon as
your internet service provider terminates internet at your location, the
rest is up to you. If your LAN is not properly installed, do not expect to
get high internet speed from your connection. Make sure you engage a
professional to handle your LAN to avoid bottlenecks.
7. Bandwidth Management/Access Control
The internet is fast becoming a very valuable resource to any
organization that wants to move ahead in the highly competitive
business environment. It is a resource that should not be left
uncontrolled in the work place.
Irresponsible internet usage by employees in the work place
constitutes 90% of all issues you will likely have with your internet
connection. If left unchecked, employees can use the company’s time
and the Internet for personal use. All of these accumulate to frustrate
what ever internet bandwidth the company procures to enhance their
overall business operation(s). At the end of the day, the company is at
the loosing end.
CLICK HERE For details of our Pay As You Go internet solution specially configured for Cyber Cafes.
REMEDIES FOR SLOW AND FRUSTRATING INTERNET ACCESS
Before we panic saying my internet connection is very slow and I want
to change my provider, let us first follow these few steps to make sure
that really you have got a slow connection from your internet provider.
Step-1: Reconfirm from your ISP the speed they are providing you.
Let us understand what exactly is kbps. It is nothing but Kilo Bits per
second.
Let us take the example of 512kbps.
When you download it shows the speed in KBps i.e. Kilo Bytes per
second. And one byte is equal to 8 bits. So if you have a connection
512 kbps then you will get a speed not more than 64KBps. (i.e. 512/8)
.If you getting above 50KBps download speed than its pretty good
speed. If you are getting less than 20KBps speed while downloading
then you have to be concerned about it.
Step 2: If you are getting less speed, then ask yourself a few
questions?
Q1. Do I have good antivirus software whose virus database is up to
date?
Q2. Do I have good anti-spyware software installed which has the
most recent updated spyware definitions?
Q3. Do I have a good firewall like that of zone alarm to prevent
external intrusion by hackers?
Q4. Do I have sufficient hardware to support the high speed internet
connection? Like sufficient RAM and CPU speed?
Q5. Is my computer fully optimized for a good speed?
If all the answers of the above questions are yes then you have the
right to be concerned about your internet provider (ISP).
Step 3: Suppose everything is in place and you want some tweak to
enhance the internet speed then follow the following steps;
Did you know a whopping of 20% bandwidth is reserved for Windows
update service? Of course it will slow down your internet speed when
the update process is going on in your computer. You can disable it.
So that window can’t act like a king and ask for a reservation in
bandwidth share.
For this follow the following steps.
1. Log into the Administrator account. (Remember to log into
"Administrator" account, this is important)
(How to log into Administrator account: Log off from your account.
After it logged off press Ctrl+Alt+Del then log into the Administrator
account using Administrator as user name and the password given
during the installation of the windows XP)
2.Click on start - click run - type gpedit.msc
3. Expand the "local computer policy" branch.
4. Expand the "administrative templates" branch
5. Expand the "network branch"
6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window
7. In right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting
8. On setting tab check the "enabled" item
9. Where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0
Reboot the system.
Most probably it will not slow your internet connection while windows
service updates its program. Because now windows can't ask for a
reservation in bandwidth, it has to share internet with other programs.
Step 4: If you have not taken a high speed connection then it is a
good idea to block java and flash components of a web page. Because
these components use a lot of bandwidth. Set up your IE not to
download or show images during browsing. It will help to open up
pages much faster, which enables you to read articles and blogs
without having to wait ten minutes for the page to load. In Internet
Explorer this can be done by going to Tools / Internet Options /
Advance Tab / scroll down until you see “Show Pictures”; just uncheck
that.
Step 5: Delete Index.dat files
These files will significantly slow down your computer's speed on the
internet in most cases. These were designed to re-record all your
internet history. These files can grow up to 100MB! Microsoft claims
the files were designed to increase internet speed .But many times it
does the opposite. Again it may expose your browsing activity to spy
ware soft wares, which is a security concern too.
Index.at are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web
sites that you have ever visited. Every URL, and every Web page is
listed there. Not only that but all of the email that has been sent or
received through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged. The
file names and locations depend on what version of Internet Explorer
you have. If you are running IE version 4.0 or above, the file name is
"index.dat". Microsoft has not supplied an adequate explanation as to
what these files are for or why they have been hidden so well.
According to Microsoft, these files are used to cache visited Web sites
to help speed up the loading of Web pages in Internet Explorer.
Obviously this cannot be the case because when you clear the
Temporary Internet Files the "index.dat" files remain behind and
continue to grow. If you delete or clear the Temporary Internet Files,
there is absolutely no need to index the URL cache because those files
no longer exist.
Don't waste your hard earned money on soft wares to speed up
internet connection. They simply remove your internet history and
index.dat files and just change few registry setting.
How to Delete Index.dat file manually.
The index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer and Windows
Explorer. You cannot delete a file that is in use by a running program.
If you feel you need to delete the file, you will have to shutdown all
instances of Explorer and IE. This includes applications that may host
the Web browser control: Outlook, Messenger, IE, Product Studio,
Visual Studio, Help, Windows Media Player, etc. Your best bet is just
close everything. When you are left with a desktop and a start menu,
you will still need to shutdown Explorer. To cleanly shutdown Explorer:
Start->Shutdown->CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+Click 'Cancel'. You can use
Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, File->Run...) at this point to open a
command window. You should be able to go delete the index.dat file.
Step 6: Always use a download manager to download. You can go for
Free Download Manager most of them have really good features.
Step 7: If your internet speed is hampering your browsing activity
then, always make the automatic update features of all software
disabled except for Anti-virus and Anti-spyware programs. But don't
forget to update those manually on a regular basis when internet is
idle. It definitely increases your internet speed. Even make the
windows automatic update as manual. Don't forget to update it
regularly by manual process.
Step 8: Reduce Web Cache Space: You need to reduce your web
cache space to the minimum because this way your browser does not
need to search much in the temporary files. For this you need to do
the following:
Click Start > Click on Control Panel > Double Click on Internet Options
>
Click on setting option under the Browsing History [Delete temporary
files, history, cookies, saved passwords & web information].
Click Start > Click on Control Panel > Double Click on Internet Options
> Click on Setting option under the Browsing History [Delete
temporary files, history, cookies, saved passwords & web information].
Now reduce the cache size to the minimum recommended disk space
which is normally 50Mb disk space. This way your internet connection
speed will increase to some extent.
Step 9: Internet Service Provider Issues
Internet speed ultimately depends on the service provider. Your ISP
may change their network's configuration, or suffer technical
difficulties, that inadvertently cause your Internet connection to run
slow. ISPs may also intentionally install filters or controls on the
network that can lower your performance. Don't hesitate to contact or
change your service provider if you suspect they are responsible for a
slow Internet connection and cannot resolve the issue.
CLICK HERE For details of our Pay As You Go internet solution specially configured for Cyber Cafes.
To your Success!
Getachus Nigeria Limited
6B Bendel close, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Tel; 2348020575565, 07035008707
Email-nduka@getachus.net, Website-www.getachus.com
The world wide Web is like a super highway used by all, excessive
demand even from a small section of your local area network can slow
or cripple the Internet performance of all your computers?
If you have had to forcibly reboot a jammed machine or simply suffer
slow internet connections, you know the problem. Purchasing more
bandwidth does not necessarily solve the problem, as experience
shows unrestricted traffic will always expand to use the bandwidth available!
Here are seven basic reasons why your internet connection is slow and
frustrating;
1. Bandwidth Choice
Basically internet service providers provision bandwidth in two basic
ways; one is a zero-contention (unlimited) bandwidth class with
allocated monthly data usage limits, while the other is a shared
bandwidth class provisioned with unlimited monthly data downloads.
a).Zero-Contention (Unlimited) Data Download
What the service provider does with the unlimited data download
platform is to carve out a block of bandwidth i.e. 1MB and decides how
many customers to put on this bandwidth block. He makes sure that
no matter what happens, customers on this bandwidth block never
exceed the bandwidth allocated to them.
Ultimately, all those on this bandwidth block have to scramble for
whatever is available. When a few people are logged on you will
experience fast browsing, but when most people log on at peak
periods, the link becomes very slow. However, there is very little
anybody can do about it.
b).Limited Data Download
The second type is limited by data usage. Here the internet service
provider releases unlimited bandwidth to this group. They experience
high speed browsing at all times, but the challenge is controlling
downloads.
As an internet user, you must choose either high speed internet
browsing with data usage caps or unlimited downloads at variable
speed of connection. Most people choose limited bandwidth with
unlimited downloads and end up compromising throughput speeds for
this choice.
2. Infection by Virus and Spyware
Virus and Spyware infected systems constantly consume Internet
bandwidth to send private information or establish a connection to the
hacker's computer, this will breach Windows firewall because a port
has been open and used to allow the hacker to gain access to your
computer anytime. This ultimately slows down your computer and
consumes your bandwidth unduly.
3. Your ISP (Internet Service provider)
Your ISP may not be providing you enough bandwidth as per your
agreement with them. During peak periods, all hell breaks lose at most
ISP’s servers, they have more customers online than they have
bandwidth to provide. You are left to best effort principles which are
always unfair. You can always use some bandwidth testing software to
verify the actual bandwidth you are getting and take it up with them.
4. Your Internet Browser may have been hijacked.
Your Internet browser may have been hijacked by unauthorized
persons, and they may be using your bandwidth to send your privacy
data to hackers. The constant connection will dominate your computer
bandwidth and eventually freeze up during Internet connection!
5. Hard Ware Installations
Hard Ware installations, if your equipments were not properly installed
in the first place, do not expect high level of efficiency from it. You can
lose up to 50% efficiency from your equipments if not properly
installed.
6. Your Local Area Network
The installation of your Local area network is very crucial, as soon as
your internet service provider terminates internet at your location, the
rest is up to you. If your LAN is not properly installed, do not expect to
get high internet speed from your connection. Make sure you engage a
professional to handle your LAN to avoid bottlenecks.
7. Bandwidth Management/Access Control
The internet is fast becoming a very valuable resource to any
organization that wants to move ahead in the highly competitive
business environment. It is a resource that should not be left
uncontrolled in the work place.
Irresponsible internet usage by employees in the work place
constitutes 90% of all issues you will likely have with your internet
connection. If left unchecked, employees can use the company’s time
and the Internet for personal use. All of these accumulate to frustrate
what ever internet bandwidth the company procures to enhance their
overall business operation(s). At the end of the day, the company is at
the loosing end.
CLICK HERE For details of our Pay As You Go internet solution specially configured for Cyber Cafes.
REMEDIES FOR SLOW AND FRUSTRATING INTERNET ACCESS
Before we panic saying my internet connection is very slow and I want
to change my provider, let us first follow these few steps to make sure
that really you have got a slow connection from your internet provider.
Step-1: Reconfirm from your ISP the speed they are providing you.
Let us understand what exactly is kbps. It is nothing but Kilo Bits per
second.
Let us take the example of 512kbps.
When you download it shows the speed in KBps i.e. Kilo Bytes per
second. And one byte is equal to 8 bits. So if you have a connection
512 kbps then you will get a speed not more than 64KBps. (i.e. 512/8)
.If you getting above 50KBps download speed than its pretty good
speed. If you are getting less than 20KBps speed while downloading
then you have to be concerned about it.
Step 2: If you are getting less speed, then ask yourself a few
questions?
Q1. Do I have good antivirus software whose virus database is up to
date?
Q2. Do I have good anti-spyware software installed which has the
most recent updated spyware definitions?
Q3. Do I have a good firewall like that of zone alarm to prevent
external intrusion by hackers?
Q4. Do I have sufficient hardware to support the high speed internet
connection? Like sufficient RAM and CPU speed?
Q5. Is my computer fully optimized for a good speed?
If all the answers of the above questions are yes then you have the
right to be concerned about your internet provider (ISP).
Step 3: Suppose everything is in place and you want some tweak to
enhance the internet speed then follow the following steps;
Did you know a whopping of 20% bandwidth is reserved for Windows
update service? Of course it will slow down your internet speed when
the update process is going on in your computer. You can disable it.
So that window can’t act like a king and ask for a reservation in
bandwidth share.
For this follow the following steps.
1. Log into the Administrator account. (Remember to log into
"Administrator" account, this is important)
(How to log into Administrator account: Log off from your account.
After it logged off press Ctrl+Alt+Del then log into the Administrator
account using Administrator as user name and the password given
during the installation of the windows XP)
2.Click on start - click run - type gpedit.msc
3. Expand the "local computer policy" branch.
4. Expand the "administrative templates" branch
5. Expand the "network branch"
6. Highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler" in left window
7. In right window double click the "limit reservable bandwidth" setting
8. On setting tab check the "enabled" item
9. Where it says "Bandwidth limit %" change it to read 0
Reboot the system.
Most probably it will not slow your internet connection while windows
service updates its program. Because now windows can't ask for a
reservation in bandwidth, it has to share internet with other programs.
Step 4: If you have not taken a high speed connection then it is a
good idea to block java and flash components of a web page. Because
these components use a lot of bandwidth. Set up your IE not to
download or show images during browsing. It will help to open up
pages much faster, which enables you to read articles and blogs
without having to wait ten minutes for the page to load. In Internet
Explorer this can be done by going to Tools / Internet Options /
Advance Tab / scroll down until you see “Show Pictures”; just uncheck
that.
Step 5: Delete Index.dat files
These files will significantly slow down your computer's speed on the
internet in most cases. These were designed to re-record all your
internet history. These files can grow up to 100MB! Microsoft claims
the files were designed to increase internet speed .But many times it
does the opposite. Again it may expose your browsing activity to spy
ware soft wares, which is a security concern too.
Index.at are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web
sites that you have ever visited. Every URL, and every Web page is
listed there. Not only that but all of the email that has been sent or
received through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged. The
file names and locations depend on what version of Internet Explorer
you have. If you are running IE version 4.0 or above, the file name is
"index.dat". Microsoft has not supplied an adequate explanation as to
what these files are for or why they have been hidden so well.
According to Microsoft, these files are used to cache visited Web sites
to help speed up the loading of Web pages in Internet Explorer.
Obviously this cannot be the case because when you clear the
Temporary Internet Files the "index.dat" files remain behind and
continue to grow. If you delete or clear the Temporary Internet Files,
there is absolutely no need to index the URL cache because those files
no longer exist.
Don't waste your hard earned money on soft wares to speed up
internet connection. They simply remove your internet history and
index.dat files and just change few registry setting.
How to Delete Index.dat file manually.
The index.dat files are used by Internet Explorer and Windows
Explorer. You cannot delete a file that is in use by a running program.
If you feel you need to delete the file, you will have to shutdown all
instances of Explorer and IE. This includes applications that may host
the Web browser control: Outlook, Messenger, IE, Product Studio,
Visual Studio, Help, Windows Media Player, etc. Your best bet is just
close everything. When you are left with a desktop and a start menu,
you will still need to shutdown Explorer. To cleanly shutdown Explorer:
Start->Shutdown->CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+Click 'Cancel'. You can use
Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC, File->Run...) at this point to open a
command window. You should be able to go delete the index.dat file.
Step 6: Always use a download manager to download. You can go for
Free Download Manager most of them have really good features.
Step 7: If your internet speed is hampering your browsing activity
then, always make the automatic update features of all software
disabled except for Anti-virus and Anti-spyware programs. But don't
forget to update those manually on a regular basis when internet is
idle. It definitely increases your internet speed. Even make the
windows automatic update as manual. Don't forget to update it
regularly by manual process.
Step 8: Reduce Web Cache Space: You need to reduce your web
cache space to the minimum because this way your browser does not
need to search much in the temporary files. For this you need to do
the following:
Click Start > Click on Control Panel > Double Click on Internet Options
>
Click on setting option under the Browsing History [Delete temporary
files, history, cookies, saved passwords & web information].
Click Start > Click on Control Panel > Double Click on Internet Options
> Click on Setting option under the Browsing History [Delete
temporary files, history, cookies, saved passwords & web information].
Now reduce the cache size to the minimum recommended disk space
which is normally 50Mb disk space. This way your internet connection
speed will increase to some extent.
Step 9: Internet Service Provider Issues
Internet speed ultimately depends on the service provider. Your ISP
may change their network's configuration, or suffer technical
difficulties, that inadvertently cause your Internet connection to run
slow. ISPs may also intentionally install filters or controls on the
network that can lower your performance. Don't hesitate to contact or
change your service provider if you suspect they are responsible for a
slow Internet connection and cannot resolve the issue.
CLICK HERE For details of our Pay As You Go internet solution specially configured for Cyber Cafes.
To your Success!
Getachus Nigeria Limited
6B Bendel close, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Tel; 2348020575565, 07035008707
Email-nduka@getachus.net, Website-www.getachus.com