Question about wireless connection

14 years ago

We've had dial-up for many years here and it has always been pretty slow. (about 24 kbps). It would take me an hour to upload 1 pic to Photobucket and took me forever to order anything or to do online banking.

Recently we got at&t wireless for our computer. You just plug in a card into the monitor and it makes a wireless connection.

It does things like Photobucket, banking and ordering extremely fast. But now, when I visit forums like this one, its sooooooooo much slower. And occasionally, it doesn't even load the entire page. Why the discrepancy?

Thanks.

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grandms
14 years ago
I use Verizon wireless but don't have that problem. I notice that everything slows down some in the evenings when usage is evidently high. I can't imagine why a forum, which is mostly script and not graphics, should slow down. Hope someone can help you.
kudzu9
14 years ago
That's a very strange symptom. How long has this been going on? I have a fast Internet connection and when I occasionally have a problem it's a problem on all sites, and I usually just reboot my router to fix it. I suggest you talk to AT&T tech support.
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justme4now
14 years ago
catherinet

I don't understand the: "Recently we got at&t wireless for our computer. You just plug in a card into the monitor and it makes a wireless connection".

I have never heard of a card that you plug into a monitor that gives you a high speed connection?
There must be something that I am missing?
catherinet
Original Author
14 years ago
Its not necessarily "high speed".....its just wireless, which is, for the most part, much faster than our dial-up service was.
Kudzu......its done this since we got the device last week.
I guess I'll have to call support.
DH is getting some sort of cable so we can move this plug-in card to different areas of the room, in hopes of a better speed.
PKponder TX Z7B
14 years ago
Hi Catherinet,
I cannot stand to use GW forums with Internet Explorer, it is soooo slow. Try Firefox and see if your experience isn't better.

Hi Justmefornow,
It's a USB connect card, she probably has USB ports on her monitor ;-)

Pam
buyorsell888
14 years ago
I agree, Firefox is much better than IE. Sorry I have no clue about the rest of the issue.....
catherinet
Original Author
14 years ago
I use Firefox most of the time, but its still happening.
I hate Internet Explorer too.
dcarch7 d c f l a s h 7 @ y a h o o . c o m
14 years ago
"---We've had dial-up for many years here and it has always been pretty slow. (about 24 kbps). It would take me an hour to upload 1 pic to Photobucket and took me forever to order anything or to do online banking.---"

Even with dial-up, it should be faster. May be your computer is too old?

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