It is about the speed of internet line .
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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional modem can provide.\n\nThe distinguishing characteristic of ADSL over xDSL is that the volume of data flow is greater in one direction than the other, i.e. it is asymmetric. Providers usually market ADSL as a service for people to connect to the Internet in a relatively passive mode: able to use the higher speed direction for the "download" from the Internet but not needing to run servers that would require bandwidth in the other direction.\n\nThere are both technical and marketing reasons why ADSL is in many places the most common type offered to home users. On the technical side, there is likely to be more crosstalk from other circuits at the DSLAM end (where the wires from many local loops are close together) than at the customer premises. Thus the upload signal is weakest at the noisiest part of the local loop, while the download signal is strongest at the noisiest part of the local loop. It therefore makes technical sense to have the DSLAM transmit at a higher bit rate than does the modem on the customer end. Since the typical home user in fact does prefer a higher download speed, the telephone companies chose to make a virtue out of necessity, hence ADSL.\n\nFor conventional ADSL, downstream rates start at 256 kbit/s and typically reach 8 Mbit/s within 1.5 km (5000 ft) of the DSLAM equipped central office or remote terminal. Upstream rates start at 64 kbit/s and typically reach 256 kbit/s but can go as high as 1024 kbit/s. The name ADSL Lite is sometimes used for the slower versions.\n\nNote that distances are only approximations aimed at consumers of ADSL services. Signal attenuation and Signal to Noise Ratio are defining characteristics, and can vary completely independently of distance (e.g., non-copper cabling, cable diameter). Real world performance is also dependent to the line impedance, which can change dynamically either dependent on weather conditions (very common for old overhead lines) or on the number and quality of joints or junctions in a particular cable length.\n\nA newer variant called ADSL2 provides higher downstream rates of up to 12 Mbit/s for spans of less than 2.5 km (8000 ft). More flexible framing and error correction configurations are responsible for these increased speeds. ADSL2+, also referred to as ITU G.992.5, boosts these rates to up to 24 Mbit/s for spans of less than 1.5 km (5000 feet) by doubling the downstream spectrum upper limit to 2.2MHz. ADSL2/2+ also offer seamless bonding options, allowing lines with higher attenuation or lower signal to noise (SNR) ratios to be bonded together to achieve theoretically the sum total of the number of lines (i.e., up to 50 Mbit/s for two lines, etc.), as well as options in power management and seamless rate adaptation — changing the data rate used without requiring to resynchronize.\n\nBecause of the relatively low data-rate (compared to optical backbone networks), ATM is an appropriate technology for multiplexing time-critical data such as digital voice with less time-critical data such as web traffic; ADSL is commonly deployed with ATM to ensure that this remains a possibility. In a triple play scenario, different ATM virtual circuits (VCs) may be allocated for different services.\n\nMore recently, network operators are increasingly moving away from ATM, and towards Ethernet-based solutions, where 802.1Q and/or VPLS offer multiplexing solutions. The main reason for this switch is cost savings and the possibility of removing the older and more expensive ATM network.\n\nADSL service providers may offer either static or dynamic IP addressing. Static addressing is preferable for people who may wish to connect to their office via a virtual private network, for some Internet gaming, and for those wishing to use ADSL to host a Web server.
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You only have 4MB between you and your Internet Service Provider (ISP), so you can only download files on their server at that speed. As you found out, you'll run into other bottlenecks everywhere else.
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u can't do much.. dial-up tops out at 53 Kb/S, there are regulations from the phone company which restrict the voltage swing, there is also the cabling characteristics, etc.
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THE PROBLEM IS UR isp\nI guess
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After any kind of broadband, dial-up is going to PAINFULLY slow.  Web sites are adding more & more graphics all the time, not to mention the time it takes to load all the adds.  So it will only get worse.
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Because it's dial-up. Dial-up will always be slow, no matter what your provider tells you. AOL sucks period. Sorry. \n\nModern dial-up modems typically have a maximum theoretical speed of 56 kbit/s (using the V.92 protocol), although in most cases only up to 53 kbit/s is possible due to overhead and FCC regulation. These speeds are currently considered the maximum possible; in many cases transfer speeds will be lower, averaging anywhere between 33-43 kbit/s. Factors such as phone line noise and conditions, as well as the quality of the modem itself, play a large part in determining connection speeds.\n\nDial-up connections usually have high latency that can be as high as 200 ms or even more, which can make online gaming or videoconferencing difficult, if not impossible. Some games, such as Star Wars: Galaxies and The Sims Online are capable of running on 56 K dial-up. Gamers with dial-up connections are often disconnected from game servers due to the "lag", or high latency, of the connection. Despite being the way people have connected to the internet for many years, it is being steadily replaced by Broadband internet connections, and nowadays DSL subscription plans cost the equivalent of slower dial-up access. Until recently it was the cheapest method of internet access, but is slowly losing that distinction.
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I THINK ITs because,,, ur internet speed is abit slow
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The internet can't break down.\n\nWell, that's not true, the only way would be a world-wide power loss.
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I sense a little confusion here, DSL is broadband, not the fastest broadband but broadband nonetheless.  NetZero hispeed really isn't high speed at all, it is just a 56k dial-up connection that compresses web page graphics, reducting quality but loading pages faster (maybe you knew that).  The problem with NetZero hispeed is that browsing may be faster but your downloads won't be.\n\nIf you want speed go with DSL or look into high speed cable services.
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If you are using a cable modem you actually are on a local area network with the modem and that modem is what is connected to the internet (it being the gateway).
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You have to be connected to the Internet.
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Theoretically it should be 1000mbps ... but this is usually never the case if you're lucky and everything is working fine you should achieve approx 3/4 of the actual rated speed
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When it streams, it is connecting to their streaming server and depending on your internet bandwidth, it will be clunky or it will stream easily. Normally they download parts of it to your computer or their server and then play that part while the next bit downloads. Its called "buffering". If your broadband is slow, it will not be that smooth.
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100mbps is a very high speed for DSL. Usually it is fiberoptics (FDDI) that is 100mbps\nThe fastest would be internet backbones and they are measured in gbps.
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sometimes cable internet can slow down. call time warner and ask whats up.\n\nwww.adaware.com
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Faster computer and DSL.\n\nCured my internet phone problems.
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Both DSL and Cable offer relatively high speed access. However if you really want FAST access you will have to lay out Thousands of Dollars a month for a T3 line (or better)\n\nFor home use, this is a little beyond most peoples budget ;-)\n\nI am wondering why you think it's not fast though. Have you ever had to use dial up access??\n\nYou can do a speedtest at this website - http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/\n\nI get 3 megabits per second with cable - even with the cheap DSL packages you should be getting 1/4 of that speed.\n\nIf your speed test says you are getting less than 600 K per second - then you should call your dsl/cable company - something may be wrong. If you are using peer to peer file sharing soiftware that will slow you down immensely in some cases.