Computers - Why is my internet performance so poor?
In an age where the use of the internet has become an integral part of daily life it is not surprising that people are demanding a much higher computer performance to permit them to spend less time on the more routine online tasks. Although many Internet Service Providers advertise their ability to provide a fast connection,, this does not always prove to be the case.
You may be one of the unfortunate internet users who finds that the computer is sluggish even when performing some of the lightest of internet tasks. If that is the case, it is important to consider what the possible cause or causes of this poor performance may be. These causes can either be provider/connection based or related to your computer itself There are several possible reasons, based on the computer itself, for a computer to be performing slowly on the internet.
The first, and most often ignored of these factors is that the computer itself is not capable of performing as efficiently as others. The computer may be lacking in memory or may have an under-performing processor, its hard drive may be clogged up with many unnecessary files and folders or its hard drive may be catastrophically fragmented. If your computer is performing tasks slowly when you are not using the internet it is more than likely that one or more of the above problems is causing, or at the very least, contributing to the poor performance of your system. Clearly, if the problem is with memory or hard disk space, upgrades can easily be obtained and fitted. Upgrading the processor can be more costly and not as straightforward and, due to the relatively low cost of reasonably performing computers nowadays, you may feel that the acquisition of a new model altogether would be more cost effective. If your problem is simply an overloading of unnecessary files or a fragmented hard drive, then free up some space and tidy up the hard drive by using the system tools provided by windows or some of the freeware that is available for download online.
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