annnnnnd noooooow tooooo leeeaaaaarn the meeeannning of slooooooow....

[icarus]

Wow. Our dial-up service is reaching epic dimensions of slow. It's taking upwards of a minute to load a web-page.

Hello, experts of the universe! (And you too!)

Do you have any recommendations for ISPs?

Earthlink was a customer service SNAFU and we can't get sbcglobal.net in Seattle. The local phone company charges an arm and a leg for DSL. I'm not able to pay more than twenty bucks a month for internet service, and reasonable speed dial-up is okay with me.

Will we get screwed if we go with something like netzero.com or pcpeople.com?

Right now we're using NoCharge.com and the dial-up provided by the university, but they've both suddenly bogged down. In all likelihood part of the problem is spyware (Ad-Aware isn't working *kicks it*) but... it was slow before, too.

Help?

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that was helpful. :-) (No need to kiss feet, but the sentiment is much appreciated. *g*)

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I've been reading the history of Mughal India. Feet kissing was in. ;)

Hmm. The problem seems to have returned, but there's no spyware now. *frowns*

Icarus

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Maybe it came back? :-(

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I think it's a combination of factors: the slow connection speed, the spyware, and the fact I haven't been able to delete virus protection components that seem to demand more of my system than it can handle.

We've taken care of the spyware. Now I have to deal with the other problems.

Icarus