Thread: Too Slow Browsing!

Well, im using Bsnl 750 home combo plan? My Browsing speed is too slow.. but when i do a speed test it shows nearly 400kbps every time.when i should get 512kbps? But web pages open very slowly , and it takes atleat 1-2 minutes to open a page? Well, i had recently installed windows xp on my pc , and do i have to configure some settings? What can be the problem?

Try this

http://www.indiabroadband.net/broadb...onnection.html (How to: get max. speed of a connection)

Also make sure

1. No downloads happening in background.

2. Use Bitmeter and keep track of automatic updates which run in the background.

3. Disable your firewall/antivirus and try.

i had recently installed windows xp
1.
Have you upgraded to sp2 sp3. ?
support ceases for Sp2 10th July 2010.
2.
Also download IE8 .
3.
Try browser Opera or Chrome or Firefox.
4. copy/paste this data here:

START run TYpe cmd
Ok
new window
type ipconfig /all
5
Test speed here and give result/s
My Broadband Speed - Broadband Speed Tester
You can have a record of speed/s recorded different times/dates.
6.
Use openDNd 208.67.220.220 and or 8.8.8.8 ( google)
7.
Mention modem model/make/number always.
8.
Try upgrading driver/s for the ether net LAN card.
9.
Speed download is not a constant figure and can vary depending on
servers of different websites / web conditions.
Average 30KB/sec to 50 KB/sec acceptable.
512Kbps speed = 64KB/sec
10.
Feedback item wise 1 to 8.

Try Open DNS:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Or try Google DNS:

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

May be u torrent is caching speed or change your browser to Mozilla Firefox and try imrock's given address as your dns address,refert to meetdilip's thread
And do follow what essbebe's steps and give him the feedback!