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| What is High Speed -- Really? My computer's no faster -- even with High Speed |
| One question I'm asked more often than any other is, "Why doesn't my computer run any faster? I have High Speed. It's no faster than before I got High Speed." There's a big misconception about High Speed. Many people think that having High Speed (cable or DSL) will make their computer and all of their programs run faster. Ain't NEVER gonna' happen! High Speed only affects the speed of your Internet connection for browsing the Web and sending and receiving e-mail. Let me give you an example. Last week I was working with a new client and we had installed a new version of Norton Antivirus on her computer. When the installation was done we had to download the updates to complete the process. She has a dial-up telephone connection for Internet access and e-mail. Once the download started, it showed us the progress. It was going verrrrrry slowly and the estimated time to complete the process was 8 HOURS! This meant that her phone would be busy for 8 hours while the download finished. Since she had a laptop, I offered to take it to my house where I have a High Speed (DSL) Internet connection. I connected her laptop to my High Speed and the download was done in less than TEN MINUTES! If you do not send and receive photos in e-mails or surf the Web for an hour or more, I wouldn't recommend that you get High Speed. It will probably cost between $25-50/month and that can put a big dent in your budget. If you do spend a lot of time on the Internet, however, it will greatly speed up the loading of graphics (pictures, etc.) on the websites you are viewing. For that, it might be worth the expense. Only you can decide. |
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