An interesting problem puzzles me. I got a laptop connected to interent with wifi and a dekstop connected with a lan cable. Lately my desktop is lagging online and with this I mean that often times i need to click a link twice or more in order to proceed further while my laptop has no such problems. I use no firewall or antivirues. Anyone can explain this? Is kinda irritating. Thanks
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You have no firewall and antivirus?
Putting that aside the first thing I would check would be whether your DNS configuration is correct and working ok. I have had slow browsing before due to this which has meant that links seemed to need being clicked on several times before they worked, (but actually the first click was ok it just took a while for the linked address to resolve).
Putting that aside the first thing I would check would be whether your DNS configuration is correct and working ok. I have had slow browsing before due to this which has meant that links seemed to need being clicked on several times before they worked, (but actually the first click was ok it just took a while for the linked address to resolve).
yes i disabled my kaspersky antivirus just in case it interfers
My browsing remains slow. The dns configuration is assigned automatically to my router so i guess its the right now. Am with virgin and the dns's are : 194.168.4.100 and 194.168.8.100.
I have assigned this manually to my NIC but with no effect
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I'm with virgin and i've not noticed any problems anywhere, could be a local issue, check the viring support tickets? Where abouts are you in the country?
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Its probably DNS issues, VM are crap (I was TW-BY RIP 
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There will probably be nothing on the status page.
Do this in Run Box " ipconfig /flushdns " without the quotes and if it does not help, try OpenDNS.
)There will probably be nothing on the status page.
Do this in Run Box " ipconfig /flushdns " without the quotes and if it does not help, try OpenDNS.
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Its probably DNS issues, VM are crap (I was TW-BY RIP
There will probably be nothing on the status page.
Do this in Run Box " ipconfig /flushdns " without the quotes and if it does not help, try OpenDNS.
If you were originally with TW-BY then essentially you still are, they never really did anything but slap a different badge on (and then introduce shaping). The NTL TW and the other i always forget the name are essentially still separate. They're all just branded the same...
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NTL merged with them, then messed up the service, then took on VM name under License (I know all this).
My service is nowhere near as good as before and my area is oversubscribed now.
My service is nowhere near as good as before and my area is oversubscribed now.
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They're still separate networks, the only reason the service went "downhill" is because the NTL/Virgin mergers actually did a better job at signing people up to their service which you so call over subscribing without doing this, you wouldn't even have your internet now, lol. The way TW were running it even with the governments help they weren't breaking even, i do agree it was a great service but it didn't scale. Over subscribing, STM, or charging more (can you actually imagine that working?) are the only real viable options.
So you're still on the same network, but its just economically viable this way. The service really isn't that much worse at all, the STM does my head in occasionally but hey I'll put up with it for such a great package at such a low price. We've been with TW at home for coming up 10 years now probably since it first debuted almost, so I've seen what its "been" and "become".
So you're still on the same network, but its just economically viable this way. The service really isn't that much worse at all, the STM does my head in occasionally but hey I'll put up with it for such a great package at such a low price. We've been with TW at home for coming up 10 years now probably since it first debuted almost, so I've seen what its "been" and "become".
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Look this is all off topic as its not the OP's matter.
I dont know WTF you are on about TBH.
You say NTL(VM) oversubbing my area is a good thing ?.
There is a limit to how many peeps are supposed to be on each UBR, not "get lots more onboard to make more cash as we are skint".
Then give a FREE 20meg to everyone on 10meg inc the too many new peeps signed up when it cannot even handle them all on 10meg.
You really cannot comment on any aspect on the network outside your own area, be a fanboy if you like and you obv don't visit Digitalspy.
I'm on a lifetime retention with a promise things will get better, well they ain't so I'm shopping for another ISP after 10+years.
I dont know WTF you are on about TBH.
You say NTL(VM) oversubbing my area is a good thing ?.
There is a limit to how many peeps are supposed to be on each UBR, not "get lots more onboard to make more cash as we are skint".
Then give a FREE 20meg to everyone on 10meg inc the too many new peeps signed up when it cannot even handle them all on 10meg.
You really cannot comment on any aspect on the network outside your own area, be a fanboy if you like and you obv don't visit Digitalspy.
I'm on a lifetime retention with a promise things will get better, well they ain't so I'm shopping for another ISP after 10+years.