Slow - I Mean Really Slow - Downloading Pages From Net

[wilko]

It is me or is there something going on with internet access?

I use a crappy TOT free connection, and I’m used to slow downloading etc, but over the last week (various times of day/night) it seems to me that whilst my email is downloading OK to Outlook, any site I try to get on to via Mozilla or IE - e.g. Thai Visa - is taking ages to download, frequently failing or coming out in a “bear threads” version.

This is getting very frustrating.

I’ve been told by TOT I can’t get broadband here so I’m stuck with dial-up.

(Actually they told me I could at first but after inspecting the line thety changed their mind)

any ideas?

PS - it's taken 6 min to open this new topic page! and it's still downloading!

DONE - 9 minutes.....!!!!!

[Jai Dee]

Its not just you Wilko... CAT must have some international bandwidth problems again.

Pages from Thailand load OK though.

[Deksan]

Its not just you Wilko... CAT must have some international bandwidth problems again.

Pages from Thailand load OK though.

Maybe too many ppl calling oversea using CAT Telecom which probably use VOIP to save costs ...

[billd766]

It is me or is there something going on with internet access?

I use a crappy TOT free connection, and I’m used to slow downloading etc, but over the last week (various times of day/night) it seems to me that whilst my email is downloading OK to Outlook, any site I try to get on to via Mozilla or IE - e.g. Thai Visa - is taking ages to download, frequently failing or coming out in a “bear threads” version.

This is getting very frustrating.

I’ve been told by TOT I can’t get broadband here so I’m stuck with dial-up.

(Actually they told me I could at first but after inspecting the line thety changed their mind)

any ideas?

PS - it's taken 6 min to open this new topic page! and it's still downloading!

DONE - 9 minutes.....!!!!!

wilko

I use GPRS out here in the boonies and I have had really bad download times plus I have been inside Thaivisa and tried to go to another page and been unable to do so.

I got a message www.thaivisa.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again.

I use Firefox but an older version.

I found that I was OK on IE and I downloaded Opera but that was just as bad. In the end I deleted Firefox (carefully saving my bookmarks to my D drive) and reloaded the latest version of Firefox. I have been online for 1 1/2 hours now and (touch wood) I have had no problems, however time will tell.

[geoffphuket]

It is me or is there something going on with internet access?

I use a crappy TOT free connection, and I’m used to slow downloading etc, but over the last week (various times of day/night) it seems to me that whilst my email is downloading OK to Outlook, any site I try to get on to via Mozilla or IE - e.g. Thai Visa - is taking ages to download, frequently failing or coming out in a “bear threads” version.

This is getting very frustrating.

I’ve been told by TOT I can’t get broadband here so I’m stuck with dial-up.

(Actually they told me I could at first but after inspecting the line thety changed their mind)

any ideas?

PS - it's taken 6 min to open this new topic page! and it's still downloading!

DONE - 9 minutes.....!!!!!

wilko

I use GPRS out here in the boonies and I have had really bad download times plus I have been inside Thaivisa and tried to go to another page and been unable to do so.

I got a message www.thaivisa.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again.

I use Firefox but an older version.

I found that I was OK on IE and I downloaded Opera but that was just as bad. In the end I deleted Firefox (carefully saving my bookmarks to my D drive) and reloaded the latest version of Firefox. I have been online for 1 1/2 hours now and (touch wood) I have had no problems, however time will tell.

Hi Wilco

george is tinkering with the server! Thats why some of us are having problems....see

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=77171