I have been trying to find out why my internet connection (Verizon DSL) has been so incredibly slow lately (past 2 months or so). At first I thought that the problem was my computer but now I am not so sure. Before I would sometimes open up 5 or 6 tabs in firefox (using 3.5.1 right now) and would have no problems, it would take a few seconds to load all of them. Now it might take about 25 seconds to just load yahoo up, before it was almost instantaneous. Using XP pro, I have done the usual things, update firefox (changed the about:config to speed things up), the usual spyware programs (AdAware, Spybot, MAlwarebytes, CCleaner, AVG) and nothing comes up. I even tried to Reset the TCP/IP Stack but that hasn't helped either (http://www.xp-smoker.com/freeware.html)
I am beginning to suspect that Verizon DSL has changed the terms of my agreement with them or altered my alotted bandwidth or somehow changed it so that it is the slowest shit on earth. How would I go about finding this out? I hate calling customer service with Verizon, the last time I dealt with them I was trying to get them to send me a new DSL modem but they blamed it on my router (linksys) and then linksys would blame the Verizon modem. I am not about to waste an afternoon troubleshooting simple stuff, they would just give me the run around and blame my computer for their crappy service.
Are there any ideas on what I can do? I might be able to upgrade to Fios but am not sure.
I am beginning to suspect that Verizon DSL has changed the terms of my agreement with them or altered my alotted bandwidth or somehow changed it so that it is the slowest shit on earth. How would I go about finding this out? I hate calling customer service with Verizon, the last time I dealt with them I was trying to get them to send me a new DSL modem but they blamed it on my router (linksys) and then linksys would blame the Verizon modem. I am not about to waste an afternoon troubleshooting simple stuff, they would just give me the run around and blame my computer for their crappy service.
Are there any ideas on what I can do? I might be able to upgrade to Fios but am not sure.