November 28, 2011
It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was sitting at my computer, waiting to go online while my torturously slow 56K modem whistled and screeched its way onto the World Wide Web. Fast forward more than a decade and I am now spoilt with my broadband wireless connection which kicks the pants off a 56K modem any day of the week.
August 31, 2011
If you have noticed YouTube videos and other data rich webpages are downloading a bit faster to your computer, it may be thanks to Global Internet Speedup (GIS), which seeks to make the Internet faster and more efficient for users. GIS is a collaboration between recursive DNS services like OpenDNS, Verisign, Google, and other content delivery networks.
December 2, 2010
Do you get the internet bandwidth you pay for? Have you ever tested your internet speed? Do you know how to use the full potential of your bandwidth? This article shows you how to measure your internet speed and it sheds some light on all the different factors that affect your internet performance. I propose [...]
August 31, 2010
What would you do if your first impression of a website was that it takes forever to load? If your own website loads slowly, you will lose your visitors’ attention even before your website has had a chance to make an impression at all. Moreover, Google has factored page speed into its search rankings. So [...]
February 1, 2010
When I came across Autobahn (for Windows/Mac) and read about what it is capable of doing, I immediately wanted to install it and try it out. According to the website, it “optimizes your Internet connection to provide blazing fast downloads and video streams.” In the past, I wrote about how to tweak Vista to improve [...]
January 23, 2010
Networks are finicky at best. Wireless or Ethernet, almost everyone has had their share of network connection problems. It could be anything from not being to access the Internet despite being connected to the network, to not being able to connect to the network at all. Unfortunately, network connection problems are sometimes hard to diagnose. [...]
January 19, 2010
There’s no doubt in anybody’s mind that Mozilla Firefox is one of the best browsers out there. It also has the honor of being the biggest rival to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Part of the reason behind Firefox’s success is the fact that there is an awesome team of individuals behind it, who work around the [...]
October 7, 2009
Have you ever done a speed test on your Internet connection? A lot of people have, and they see Internet speed numbers like 500 kbps or 2 Mbps or sometimes even higher numbers. Then they turn around try to watch a streaming video on YouTube and the video stutters or stops for seconds at a [...]
October 3, 2009
They say that life’s most difficult tribulations also result in the greatest insights and wisdom once you’re through it. Let’s just say that purchasing a brand new laptop with Vista installed on it was one of my greatest tribulations to date. So I’m taking this opportunity to share the wisdom that I’ve gained from that [...]
August 4, 2009
I have used lots of different programs, websites and services to try and determine my actual speeds of my Internet lines. Have you? Of course you want to make sure that you are getting what you pay for and with all the competition nowadays providers are promising lots more than they used to. If you [...]
