2007-02-20 19:52:24 · 7 answers · asked by Gary H 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
the router will perform as quick as the internet and your connection.
It could be IE7, that is pretty slow, and it could also be your contection ratio. As far as I'm aware BT are the only company that guarantee contention of 50:1 for home users. Contention is probably best described that you have 4meg for your area if you are the only one logged on but if 3,000 of your neighbours log on you now have 1.3meg. Still pretty good access speeds so phone Tiscali and ask for their advice.
2007-02-20 20:02:53 · answer #1 · answered by Icarus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not familiar with tiscali broadband, however your router will not need to be changed.
go here: http://netspeed.stanford.edu/
test your speed. that should check out right. If its no where near 4mb (I'm assuming mbits, not mbytes), then likely you might need to call the provider and complain. Many DSL companies (again, not sure if you are in the US or otherwise, I'm US centric, sorry) will claim you can get "up too XX speed" when really you are too far from their central office (DSL's speed degrades w/ distance from their CO) to get the speeds they promise.
2007-02-20 20:59:36 · answer #2 · answered by ike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virgin Media. Much better.
My other half has bb with Tiscali and they are incredibly slow. Bad move sonny, should get out of that while you're still alive! lol
2007-02-20 19:59:49 · answer #3 · answered by Mum-Ra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe. most older routers are ADSL routers, and anything over 2mbps is classed as ADSL2/ADSL2+. I am not sure, it may be 4 or 8.
i would borrow an ADSL2 router to see if this helps, or, as most people still have 512k, 1mbps or 2mbps, goto pc world, buy an ADSL2+ router, try it out at home, and then if it works, keep it, if it doesn't, take it back and say it is f |_| cked.
2007-02-21 02:00:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've come across situations where older modems don't like the faster speeds, but I would borrow a newer router and see if it improves the situation. it could well be a contention problem.
2007-02-20 20:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by adr41n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a wireless router and not security protected someone could be using it for video/film downloading so try puting a security WEP/WPA on it to prevent this.
2007-02-20 20:10:08 · answer #6 · answered by killercyberman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't need to update your router, but you might need to restart it to get full service again.
2007-02-20 19:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by nos8wire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋