Internet and Technology

Article by TL Kleban

Speeding up and tweaking your Internet connection is one of those subjects that continues to baffle so many people. The subject matter has become cluttered with misinformation, rumor, and confusion. It’s like adding accessories to your car to make it run faster except you are adding things to your computer. If the work is done right, your car will benefit from it. If it’s done the wrong way which there are a number of ways to, then it will do more harm than good.

Most people blame all of their connection speed problems on their modems but they are only one part of the connection process. Factors such as processor speed, available RAM, the condition of your phone line, the distance of your location from the telephone company, your ISP’s equipment, Web traffic, and a site’s popularity affects how quickly you can navigate the Internet from your home computer. Despite all of these numerous obstacles, here are a few steps to getting speedier connections:

The first thing you want to do is perform some basic maintenance on your computer. Run tasks such as a disk defrag, scan disk, virus scan, spy ware scan, and clean up your recycle bin. More often than not a slow Internet connection is a sign that your computer is infected with viruses or other malware. Try deleting old and temporary files which are no longer used. The free space on your C: drive should always be than 10% of the total size or twice the installed RAM. A computer with regular maintenance operates much better than one with none at all. You may just need to perform an upgrade on your computer. If your computer is old and slow, it doesn’t matter how fast of an Internet connection you have, your whole experience online and off will be slow. Next, look into optimizing your cache or temporary Internet files. This improves your overall Internet performance by not having the same file downloaded again and again. If a website puts a graphic on every page of their site, your computer will then only download it when it changes. If you delete the temporary files, that graphic needs to be downloaded again. If the cache is disabled, every time you visit that page, your computer will download that graphic every time. Look for the “Tools” button at the top of your web browser window and choose “Internet Options”. Once there, click on the “Settings” button next to Temporary Internet Files and set “Check for newer versions” to “Automatically”. The amount of disk space to use should be 2% of your total disk size or 512 MB. Don’t bypass your router to increase connection speeds. Your average routers come with a firewall which makes it very difficult for hackers to access your home computer. If you don’t use or need wireless internet then I recommend connecting your computer directly to the router. Your router will slow down your connection but only by a few milliseconds. Is it really worth having your computer hacked into for that increase in connection speed? Maybe you just suffer from poor internet connection service at your home. Call your Internet service provider and speak to a technician who can check from there without sending out a a tech rep.

Article by ContolCircle

A broadband connection is a part and parcel of people’s life. With the broadband technology, a person can access different websites, emails and Google Talk at a very high speed. One can even check a bank account without going anywhere. An individual can also transfer money from one account to another account with help of the Internet. Any one can pay his bills online without wasting any time. One can also get information about the world. With help of the Internet, an individual can also get the shortest route of a destination. People can also purchase anything from the online shopping portals. Dial-up connection and Broadband connection are two types of Internet connections that are provided by the service providers.Some years back, dial-up connection was provided by the service providers. In this type of connection, a phone user has to dial a number for accessing the Internet. The process of dialling the number was very slow because sometimes it gave ‘huge traces’ of busy routes of telephone lines. The phone lines were the essential things for dialling these connections. A person used to get very low data rate for accessing the Internet. In addition to that, he had to face many problems to download large files. With a dial-up connection, everybody has to face many problems like low downloading rate, busy routes of telephone lines and slow access of Internet.But on the other hand, the broadband connection providers give internet access more faster than a dial-up connection. The users can search on the various websites quickly. One can also download large files in just a few seconds. With a broadband connection, an individual can also access his email accounts quickly. One can also chat with others on applications such as Google Talk and Yahoo chat with the help of a broadband connection, at a high speed. This connection facilitates Internet access at a very high speed. It allows the users to take these services at cheap rates with VoIP technology that is useful in reducing the cost of communication and infrastructure. A person can quickly connect with the Internet. The main advantage of broadband connection is that it is easy to set up because for setting the connection, one need not connect through wires.There are many broadband providers in UK such as O2, Three, Virgin broadband and Vodafone that provide excellent service to people. They provide high speed for accessing the internet at a very high data transmission rate. But before taking this connection, one has to be very careful. People should check the brand name and the facilities given by the provider. A person can check the speed of the Internet also because everybody wants a high speed connection. One should also check about the limit of downloading data. If downloading rate is very low, it wastes the time of the people. The person should also check the cost of the connection. Then, be careful before taking a broadband connection.In the nutshell, we can say that the broadband providers give a better service than the dial-up connection providers as they time and money of people.