how can i speed up my dsl? I have verizon dsl service?
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If you haven't already, you should defrag and run an anti-virus program (even the free one at lavasoft.com, ad-aware is good).  Whenever my computer slows down, I do this and it seems to run faster.
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No accelerator can speed up a system beyond what your dial-up, DSL or cable can deliver.  If you're at the slow end of your service an accelerator can certainly give you a boost.  But don't expect magic.\n\nOne of the best ways to get a "faster" system is to increase your RAM.  If you can afford it, get the maximum RAM your computer will support.
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yes anything is faster than dialup.  i think comcast cable is the best then yahoo dsl
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You may be able to get a little bit more speed by adjusting the Maximum Transmitable Unit (MTU) size for the TCP/IP stack used by your operating system.  This is usually set for LAN (Local Area Network) connectivity, but can be adjusted to get better performance over internet connections.  You can search for "MTU Adjustment" as well as the name of your operating system in order to find sites that may have utilities for you to do this easily.\n\nDo note: your download speeds are also limited by the available bandwith which might be regulated by the remote site.  Some servers specifically limit the amount of bandwidth that they use to serve files and information, so that they can transmit to several different clients at once.  Just because you may be receiving a file at 20k/s from one site doesn't mean that you could not also be receiving another file at a different site simultaneously with the same or higher speed.\n\nAlso, DSL can be limited by your provider.  Some of them charge a premium for higher bandwidth speeds.  You need to see what your provider gives you as a maximum.
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faster internet connection ie. DSL\nmore RAM
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I originally switched to DSL so that I could still receive phone calls while begin online. I don't think I really noticed the speed difference until I tried to log on to a few sites while visiting my parents and their dial-up connection. "Man," I thought "how did I ever live with something this slow!" If you go to sites with a lot of Flash animation or movies like trailer clips, DSL is a serious plus.\n\nAs for setting up, I didn't have any troubles. Phone cord goes from wall to modem, Ethernet cord goes from modem to computer. Call ISP to let them know and they walked me through setting up the computer preferences. Probably the most important thing is to call your ISP *beforehand* to make sure that DSL is available in your area!
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That's an oxymoron, there is no such thing as fast dial-up.  If you are looking for fast internet service check out DSL, I don't know what is in your area but I'm sure a Google search would turn something up.  My grandparents have Verizon DSL and it's pretty fast, comparable to Cable high speed if you're just browsing, it's weakness is downloads but still much faster than dial-up.  You might want to check out any high speed cable services in your area as well.  DSL will typically run you $15 to $20 per month and high speed cable will run $35 per month and up.
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Unfortunately there's not a lot you can do to increase the speed tremendously, however I have some tips to make things slightly faster.\n\n1.  Make sure your phone has FULL signal.\n2.  For web browsing:  You can use a proxy and image optimization tool.  Cingular and Verizon bundle these with the cards/access software that they provide.  Verizon's is called Venturi.  They require an appliance instlled at the provider's side for the proxy optimization to work but the image quality adjustments will probably help you a bit as well. You might be able to use Venturi for image quality optimization.  Go to link #1 below to download the client.  No promises.\n3.  For web browsing, You can also turn off the downloading of images all together.  When the web page finishes loading you can then download only the images you want by right-clicking on the image place holder.  Link #2 below demonstrates how to turn off image resizing but if you look in the illustration you can see the check boxes to configure other optimization settings such as not playing video in a web page.  There are also tools out there that will block any ad banners from being loaded.  The same effect will be had by disabling images however.\n4.  If you are looking to increase general download speeds such as with Outlook, multimedia streaming, downloading from download.com, etc.  The only way I know to increase that speed is to get the best possible signal you can.\n\nThe final option which I know is probably not a good solution for you is to go to a different provider.  Verizon offers EVDO which gives me on average about 5-6 times the speed of EDGE and Verizon offers EVDO in a lot of metro areas these days.
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I tried it--the Verizon DSL, that is. Is that what you're talking about?\n\nWhen it worked, the DSL was great. I didn't notice any significant changes from my previous broadband service. However, after a few days, something happened between my computer and the DSL software. I wasn't able to download anything and my computer's performance slowed to something less than a crawl.\n\nI'm not Geek Squad material but I do know my way around a computer system. After running all the diagnostics and disk/system cleanup stuff I had at my disposal, I called Verizon's tech support.\n\nTwo weeks and wh oknows how many phone calls later, they determined there were too many processes running on my computer and I'd need to call in a private tech to fix things.\n\nProblem is, I had changed NOTHING on my computer other than adding the Verizon software. So just for kicks, I deleted it. And guess what. My computer was fixed. I re-connected the broadband line and lo, my internet access was lightning quick.\n\nSo, I got rid of DSL. I really wish it had worked for me because the price is tough to beat. Around here, Comcast has the monopoly on high-speed broadband access. Bleah.\n\nIf you decide to try DSL, I hope it works as well for you as it did for me at first (and that yours never DOES do anything weird like mine did, LOL.)
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There is no way to increase the speed of a dial-up connection.  However there is software such as Net-Zero 3G "high-speed" which uses compression technology to make web pages load faster.  It will increase your browsing speed but will do nothing to increase download speeds.  Net-Zero 3G is $10 per month but if you're going to spend that you may as well get DSL and you can get cheap DSL for $15 per month.
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Upgrading your connection speed will definitly help.  I went from a dial up connection to 1.5mb and my downloads are, on the average, about 12 minutes faster.
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i affraid u cant increase the speed... the only solution is a high-speed connection!
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Agree with above. Make sure your speed settings are set for your DSL. Just got a news letter from techrepublic a day or so re QT problem. They had link to QT to down load the patch. That was in this past week, so u may want to check on that if you haven't got it this week. I don't know when you d/l the up date.
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Hmmm. Not the best idea, espeicially if you plan to put anything important on it.\n\nServers served thru ISP's are slow.  Hosting via Verizon DSL will be slow, especially if you have the 786 Kbps package.\n\nHosting providers generally have atleast T3 lines... you likely don't have more than 3.0Mbps download and 1.5Mbps upload (the midlevel Verizon DSL package)  When someone is calling to your server, it will be like an upload, so it will be at that slower rate.  So, although your DSL might kick @ss in terms of speed for your own use, can you imagine how slow your web pages will serve up if you are downloading MP3's off the net while 2 people are trying to download your AVI files on your website which is on your server sharing your bandwidth with your downloads?\n\nIf you are hosting anything vital, I would definitely recommend using a colocated server with 24/7 support.  If you are just hosting to entertain yourself - you know, a website with your blog and pics of your pets, then having your own server is ok.  however, if you have mission critical stuff that needs to have no downtime, don't host on your own. You'll need to be able to deal with your server 24/7 (can't do a remote reboot if your server is down and you can't even ping it).\n\nI highly recommend co-location, because you don't want the stress of having to deal with your server when it goes down at 2:00 a.m. the day before a test/presentation at work, or whatever you do in your real life.\n\nGood luck.
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You can't.  DSL uses cables to convey the data and if your area still isn't cable-ready (DSL cables that is), you will have to rely on dial-up in the meantime.
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Network thruput (speed) is dependent on lots of factors.   So it is difficult to pin down the reasons you are slower than your service is rated.\n\nThe internet is literally a complex web of servers and telecommunications lines.   Your actual connection speed is no faster than the slowest link, in the path to the web server to which you are connected, to get the page you are viewing. \n\nTo make things worse, any of the servers on the path to the web page you want, can be overworked or broken, and operate slower than usual.\n\nBy your Verizon name, I assume you have a DSL line.   Speed on DSL can slower the farther you are away from the ISP's server.   If you are too far away, you can't even buy the service.\n\nFinally, if your own computer is sluggish from a congested hard drive or too little RAM, it may not be capable of accepting data faster right now.  (The web page doesn't really go from the server to your screen.   It goes from the server to a temp file on your hard drive to RAM to your video card to your screen.)\n\nOr course, the could always be a correctible problem on your DSL line (too much "noise" or other electrical problem.  My daughter had to drop Verizon phone service because of noise on the line.)   Noise on the line causes transmission errors which require retransmitting the data and slowing everything down.\n\nYou should call Verizon and complain.   But don't be too surprised if 480k is just the best that you can get at your location with that service.\n\nGood Luck.
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check w/ phone company and cable company...then decide betweent the 2\nfyi dsl's speed is not effected by the number of ppl on at once but cable is