I keep getting a message "unable to contact proxy.techinfo.com.au' when MS Internet Explorer starts. I get a Telstra message saying something like "the number you are calling is disconnected...."

Public network exchange points are a good thing, but they often suffer from traffic congestion. The bottlenecks usually occur when an ISP has more data to get out of the exchange point than its connection can handle. Starting October 1, 2000 the 503 area code will be switching to 10-digit dialing. This will soon be true also in the 360 area code. See similar questions...

There are many factors that can cause the Internet to slow down. Before a page shows on your monitor, the route the data follows can be a long route. Internet connections could route pieces of the page over slower connections once the server sends the page. Interference to the connection could be on another line in your home, at the phone company, or at the cable company. If your computer is multi-tasking, such as running a print job, the loading of the page on your machine may take longer. See similar questions...

SpinRite is a single 170 Kbyte downloadable file, so it can be easily and quickly obtained through even the slowest Internet connections. See similar questions...

This is a good question (I've certainly asked this question many times). However, the answer is a little complex. When you try to visit a web site and things seem slow, we usually group the causes into three categories: Your Computer -- You may have a lot of programs running, you may have an older machine, or it may simply be an excessively large or complex web page you are trying to view. See similar questions...

It is not a problem to download the program on a slow dial up connection. The audio component will take the longest as it is a rather large file. If your connection drops during download you can easily resume when connected again. Download will take approximately 48 minutes on a very slow connection. See similar questions...

The Library is currently not able to offer TELNET access to a text-only version of the LC Online Catalog. An alternative interface is available using the Library's Z39.50 Gateway. This interface works well with text-based browsers, such as Lynx. To learn more about the Z39.50 protocol for information retrieval, visit the Z39.50 Maintenance Agency Page. The Library is aware of the need for text-based access to the Online Catalog to satisfy the needs of its offsite users. See similar questions...

Remember when you first took you new computer out of the box and everything worked so well and was so fast? And now, months or years later, all these nagging errors, pop-ups, and lockups keep happening. And everything is so slooooooowwwwwww…… See similar questions...

If you are on campus, contact one of the Computer Lab staff. Otherwise, you will need to contact your Internet Service Provider (ISP) such as AOL.com or another provider for this problem. See similar questions...

Student residence users receive the rough equivalent of high speed light(384Kb/s down, 128Kb/s up). A common reason for slow performance is leaving peer to peer(P2P) software running on your computer which results in all of your upload bandwidth being consumed by people around the world downloading from your machine. See similar questions...

ResNet uses a 24Mbps Partial DS-3 (T3) connection for its Internet service. This is shared among 3000 or more students, staff, and faculty on campus. ResNet is allocated 16Mbps for residential student use. While plenty of bandwidth is available, during certain peak periods of network use you may experience slower connection speeds; however, if you are continually experiencing abnormally slow connection speeds for an extended period of time, please call ResNet for assistance. See similar questions...

The minimum Internet connection is a 56K modem. A faster connection will allow you to successfully view videos and listen to audio clips directly from the Internet. All of the Tooling U classes are still functional if you choose to disable the audio and video when you are working on a slow connection. See similar questions...

Not perceptibly. The filtering process takes less than half a second, so you should not notice any difference in your Internet speed. If you do see a significant lag, you should check the technical FAQ for troubleshooting tips. See similar questions...

Filtering will introduce a few milliseconds to the transaction time for each site accessed. This additional time will not be perceptible to users. Some institutions may actually experience faster download times in situations where a significant amount of inappropriate traffic is removed by filtering. See similar questions...

a) A noisy telephone line often causes slow transmission speed. This is often the case in hotels. This can cause modems to work at a slower baud rate than their top speed because the modem has to correct for data errors. Most access numbers support connections of at least 28.8kbps but can be hindered by the telecommunications network in the specific country. See similar questions...

If you are not running anti-virus and anti-spyware software or are not up to date on your anti-virus or anti-spyware definitions, we would recommend you update those products or install new copies of them and do a full system scan. More often than not, internet congestion is usually the fault of a virus or spyware software being resident on the computer. If you are running "Peer to Peer" (aka P2P) applications you may want to try disabling them. See similar questions...