Action For Children. Quiz Summer 2024
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Internet speed
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Anyone else finding the internet running really slow just now?
It's driving me nuts.
It's driving me nuts.
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It's far more likely to be a browser problem (or other software problem) than anything else. Try pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete to access the task manager. Click the processes tab and check, under the CPU column, that the only big number is against 'System Idle Process'. Everything else should be either '00' or a very low figure.
For a (rough) check on your current download speed. (Click only on 'Begin test'. Ignore the other offers to click on things):
http://www.speedtest.net/
For a (rough) check on your current download speed. (Click only on 'Begin test'. Ignore the other offers to click on things):
http://www.speedtest.net/
Ummmm:
The ping test effectively tests the quality of your phone line. You can get a graded result ('A' to 'E'), with an explanation of what it means, here:
http://ww.pingtest.net/
However I can tell you that such a fast response speed will be an 'A' grade anyway!
Around 10Mbps is one of the fastest download speeds that UK home users get - and your upload speed is quite good too. If you do the test again you'll see that the results page has a box at the top left of the screen which tells you (roughly) how long it would take to download music and video files. (You can click at the top of the box for similar data for uploads).
The ping test effectively tests the quality of your phone line. You can get a graded result ('A' to 'E'), with an explanation of what it means, here:
http://ww.pingtest.net/
However I can tell you that such a fast response speed will be an 'A' grade anyway!
Around 10Mbps is one of the fastest download speeds that UK home users get - and your upload speed is quite good too. If you do the test again you'll see that the results page has a box at the top left of the screen which tells you (roughly) how long it would take to download music and video files. (You can click at the top of the box for similar data for uploads).
Bravehearted:
Unless you're using an absolutely ancient computer, there's no way that Internet Explorer should be using 50% of its processing power!
(It shouldn't even be using 10%)
Switch to Firefox!
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
Unless you're using an absolutely ancient computer, there's no way that Internet Explorer should be using 50% of its processing power!
(It shouldn't even be using 10%)
Switch to Firefox!
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
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