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Ste... · 23-06-2006, 05:27

I recently had 4MB installed when I moved from Manchester back home to Middlesbrough for a while. Anyway, I've had several problems.

The main problem is speed. When I am surfing, things seem to be fine. Pages load instantly, for example. But then, as soon as I begin to download anything surfing becomes extremely slow, often sticking on "Connecting to..." for a minute or so. After checking the download speeds, they're often around 20 - 30kbps, which is clearly not using bandwidth up.

I was on 1MB in Manchester, and all was fine. I was connected the same way (directly to the modem). My firewall is set to allow access to all these services, too.

I did various speed tests and I was receiving results which I expected (I think) - a down speed of around 900k.

A second (annoying) problem I am having is in regards to Google. I use www.google.co.uk/ig as my homepage (Google's homepage service). I am constantly getting an error message. This message tells me it appears that my request was from a virus or piece of spyware, which is isn't, I'm sure about that (I'm very careful, and I checked just in case). I was reading these forums and found that this was probably down to proxies. It's been like this for 3 days, and is extremely annoying.

Just wondering if anyone has a clue how to fix these issues? I checked the service status page, and Middlesbrough doesn't seem to be affected. I've never had problems with the internet on this PC before. It's seemingly not a problem with DNS, either, because all sites' addresses work (just slowly)

Edit: For example, at this moment I have a download at 15kbps, and as I posted this message, it took around 30 seconds to connect properly.

23-06-2006, 05:27	#1
Ste... Inactive Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Middlesbrough Services: Virgin Media VIP. Posts: 37	Problems, problems, problems (Middlesbrough area) I recently had 4MB installed when I moved from Manchester back home to Middlesbrough for a while. Anyway, I've had several problems. The main problem is speed. When I am surfing, things seem to be fine. Pages load instantly, for example. But then, as soon as I begin to download anything surfing becomes extremely slow, often sticking on "Connecting to..." for a minute or so. After checking the download speeds, they're often around 20 - 30kbps, which is clearly not using bandwidth up. I was on 1MB in Manchester, and all was fine. I was connected the same way (directly to the modem). My firewall is set to allow access to all these services, too. I did various speed tests and I was receiving results which I expected (I think) - a down speed of around 900k. A second (annoying) problem I am having is in regards to Google. I use www.google.co.uk/ig as my homepage (Google's homepage service). I am constantly getting an error message. This message tells me it appears that my request was from a virus or piece of spyware, which is isn't, I'm sure about that (I'm very careful, and I checked just in case). I was reading these forums and found that this was probably down to proxies. It's been like this for 3 days, and is extremely annoying. Just wondering if anyone has a clue how to fix these issues? I checked the service status page, and Middlesbrough doesn't seem to be affected. I've never had problems with the internet on this PC before. It's seemingly not a problem with DNS, either, because all sites' addresses work (just slowly) Edit: For example, at this moment I have a download at 15kbps, and as I posted this message, it took around 30 seconds to connect properly.