LOADING--Please wait!!!!

[kenny1234]

Just how long is the average time needed for a page to load. I seem to spend half my time clicking the "refresh" button. Is my processor in need of an overhall or do I have to accept that if my home is a certain distance from the local exchange I will always have this problem.

[rojash]

Well, every time you click the refresh button, the browser discards anything it's already downloaded and starts again. So you're not helping!

[kenny1234]

Why is there an option to "refresh" if it is not helping the matter?--

[rojash]

The option to refresh is to display changes on the page that may have arisen after you downloaded it.

[kenny1234]

Many thanks rojash.--what about the latter part of my question; can the distance from the tel. ex. make a difference to speed?

[rojash]

All sorts of things make a difference to the speed - distance to the exchange, contention ratio, quality of line, etc. You can get a reasonable approximation of the performance of you connection by speed test on two or three separate sites and averaging the result.

http://speedtest.net/

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html