[DM-MUG] Networking and Slower than Molassas

[Jon Engelhardt]

Global warming, that's it.

Sorry, couldn't resist.
On Jul 31, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> What could be reasons for it taking 'forever' for a page [more than  
> one, really] to load in Safari or Firefox.  I have mchsi at  
> 7633kbpsdown/482kpbs up and that's [I think] the fastest it goes.   
> But I have noticed over the past 2 or so days that loading pages in  
> these browsers is taking even more time than usual - at first I  
> thought it was the DNS problem & fixed that but loading sites is  
> slower than I am used to or remember it being not that long ago.
> I did run Activity Monitor and checked the info there  and all  
> seems fine - I'm running MacPro OSX.5.4 and latest Safari and  
> Firefox, not too many apps open, plenty of RAM...Belkin NWireless  
> Router [tho this comptuer is wired, not wireless]
>
> what else should I be checking for?  I have unplugged all  
> connections and restarted several times.
> [it just took 15 sec. in Firefox to load Apple's site, 20 sec. for  
> Amazon - and in both Safari and Firefox I get one of those colored  
> spinning beachballs if I try to close out of the browser...
> -- 
> Victoria L. Herring, Attorney in Des Moines, Iowa -  Civil rights,   
> Discrimination & Employment Law, http://www.herringlaw.com.  Ph.  
> 515/255-4475;  iChat AV:  victoriaherring at mac.com;  Skype:  vlherring.
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