high speed internet

[Johnnymushio]

i just got high speed internet and i used to have dial up

i am paying for 4MB per second, but am only getting 1.5MB a second, and streaming video from youtube and google is choppy still, but just loads faster.

why???

oh, and when i dowload things, it only pulls in about 50KB, or something

anyone have any idea why this is? its from WOW

[thetestingsite]

I'm not sure, but aren't they a Cable Internet provider? The more people on their line the slower your speeds are going to be. If they are on one side of town, and you are on the other side then it gradually slows at every person's location in between you and them.

Basically, same applies for DSL with the more people on their bandwidth, the slower the speeds.

Hope this helps.

[Johnnymushio]

well, why are the youtube and google videos so choppy?

they load fine, but play horribly.

they play like they did ffor me when i waited 5 hours for a video to load on dialup then play, very choppy.

i have flash player 8, i would have flash 9 put i need to restart my comp and if i do that i loose the internet and i have to call the company and have then turn it on again, because i have gay windows 98 and am too poor to upgrade

[thetestingsite]

You shouldn't lose your internet connection even though you restart your computer, unless you networking card gets disabled when you turn the comp off. (Then again, there are different settings for every provider) Anyway, about the youtube videos, it could be a number of different things such as the website, the amount of available RAM on your computer, and stuff like that. As well as the internet connection. The choppiness may be the video buffering or anything like that.

Hope this helps.

[Johnnymushio]

i have 160MB RAM, and yes i lose internet if i restart my computer, the comp doesnt even now why but we do.

would updating my video card driver help? i just read that, but i dont know where to dinf what kind of video card i have.

[BLiZZaRD]

You should be able to see if you can update it automatically by uninstalling it, rebooting and reinstalling it.

Losing the internet on reboot sounds very silly for a Cable DSL connection. Is your router powered by your PC instead of an outlet? (say via USB or other) Powering off the router should be the only way to disable the internet, at least in the manner you are describing.

An upgrade to your drivers as well as your RAM (minimum req for DSL is usually 256) I would start there, then worry about other things.

[thetestingsite]

You could try to update the video card driver, it would surely help. To find the video card that you have, right click on "My Computer", click on "Properties", click on the "Device Manager" tab, then where it says "Display Adapters" there should be a description of your video card.

EDIT: Sorry Blizzard, posted same time.

[BLiZZaRD]

More help never hurts

[Johnnymushio]

yes, the cable modem is conencted by usb

where can i find a driver upgrade for

rage pro turbo agp 2x

i think thats my video card, im looking for a driver upgrade now

[BLiZZaRD]

yes, the cable modem is conencted by usb

This is why you lose internet when you reboot. Plug it into the wall and you wont have that problem