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pdallow
10-25-03, 01:14 PM
Hi,
I am a new user, so excuse me if the problems seem simple.I've been wondering about my broadband connection, as it does seem as slow as the old 56k modem. In the bottom R hand corner, the 2 blinking monitors are showing a connection speed of 800kbps but when I click on the connection manager, the downstream payload ( I'm downloading something) is varying between 30kbps and 130kbps. Just to confuse me more, when I click on the progress box, it shows the transfer rate as 5.77kbps

Any ideas?

mccoffee
10-25-03, 01:20 PM
Who is ur provider also don't go by that connection icon in the corner.

pdallow
10-25-03, 02:17 PM
I'm with Freeserve.
BTW, since I last posted, I did a speed test which showed a bandwidth of 336kbps

mccoffee
10-25-03, 02:58 PM
Would happen to know what the advertised speed is i never heard of them.