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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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PasturesNew wrote: »I just, forlornly, tested my BB speed.
1.66Mbps download
0.35Mbps upload.
Ouch
Would I be correct in thinking that you are quite some way "out in the sticks" and a considerable distance from your exchange?
Or are you on an old broadband (up to 2Mb) package?0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I just, forlornly, tested my BB speed.
1.66Mbps download
0.35Mbps upload.
I have a routine now though: Request a webpage ... wander off and make a coffee ... come back and see how it's getting on .... get half way through drinking the coffee... and see the webpage
This might help you.
https://www.howtogeek.com/139136/how-to-access-mobile-websites-using-your-desktop-browser/No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Ouch
Would I be correct in thinking that you are quite some way "out in the sticks" and a considerable distance from your exchange?
If Pastures is out in the sticks, the chances are that she has got glue onto her browser.(I just lurve spiders!)
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Ouch
Would I be correct in thinking that you are quite some way "out in the sticks" and a considerable distance from your exchange?
Or are you on an old broadband (up to 2Mb) package?
I am on an old package... but I think the "faster stuff" is now available - except .... I don't really understand it enough to know how to change, or to work out the difference in price.... and, as my PC is ancient/slow and on its last legs I thought I'd not bother to investigate until I've bought a new PC (which I've been saying I'll do for 7 years).0 -
That breaks Rule 1.
Rule 1: If it works, do NOT fiddle.... you WILL break it and will have no idea how/why or how to recover.
Breaking Rule 1 leads to Outcome 1.
Outcome 1: You will cry ... for hours ... and feel very very sad for at least a week.... and have flashbacks to your sadness for months/years.0 -
PN, you may just need a better router.
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PasturesNew wrote: »I thought I'd not bother to investigate until I've bought a new PC (which I've been saying I'll do for 7 years).
You need one of these;
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:0 -
You need one of these;
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
I need about twenty of those.
The extra-durable ones.(I just lurve spiders!)
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PN, you may just need a better router.
If she's on a 2Mb package a newer router won't improve the speed much from the 1.66Mb she said she gets.
Mind you, the age of the PC could be more of a restriction - web pages nowadays are loaded with images, scripts, etc. so an old PC will take some time to render the page, or might even struggle to do so. A fast PC can do a fair job even with a 2Mb connection although, obviously, it'll do even better with a faster connection.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Rule 1: If it works, do NOT fiddle.... you WILL break it and will have no idea how/why or how to recover.
I don't agree with your rule. I would rather make sure it was robust when I had the time to deal with it, than for it to die on it's own at the most inconvenient time.0
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