Slow download speed using Vista

[Carol & Ray Reilly]

I just purchased a Dell 546 AMD Phenom X4 (2.3 GHz 2MB) with 4GB RAM. My
internet server is Verizon FIOS running at 10 MB/S. I noticed that my
download speed is much, much slower than my old computer which was a
Dimension 8400 Pentium 4 630 (3 GHz) with 1 GB RAM. I first contacted
Verizon and they uploaded software to measure download speed. It showed
that I was downloading at close to the rated 10 MB/S. I also loaded
Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) to speed up downloads but files still are
only being received about 100-200 KB/S. I tried contacting Dell Tech
Support but they seemed to have no idea and blamed it on software in the
computer. Other than the Vista Operating System and software preloaded by
Dell. I have the same software that was on my older XP which I never
measured but downloaded visibly faster. Could this slowdown be caused by
Vista? If so, any suggestions on how I can improve it? Thanks in advance
for you help and advice.

 

[Peter Foldes]

What does this have to do with Windows Mail.

Try the Vista hardware group which is better suited towards your issue

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Quite a few web servers throttle the maximum download speed.
The only true test is using your ISP's speed test page.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Are you sure you are paying for 10 MB/S? It is probably 10 Mb/S. The
convention is to use "MB" to indicate megabytes and "Mb" to indicate
megabits. 10 MB/S would be 8 times faster than 10 Mb/S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mb

As others have indicated, the speed depends on the other end; if the data is
sent at 100-200 KB/S then you can't download any faster than that.

 

[samirah]

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