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naa. they so crap 1. their line to call is expensive 2. they drag you on the line 3)sometimes you get those people with an accent you can't understand.

but i never experience this before for like a year and more. and my friends are on the same internet provider with the same broadband plan/tariff. they don't experience this. and this happens at midnight too.

ok my internet speed has gone back to high speed now but i dont understand why. look at my beautiful speed now which will turn into crap later on. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:Documents and SettingsChi Hao>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 138 ms 278 ms 276 ms rt-lostb06.dial.aol.com [195.93.23.38] 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 63 ms 13 ms 13 ms accessl2-los-ae1.router.aol.com [172.17.169.28] 4 13 ms 13 ms 12 ms pop1-log-S4-1-0.atdn.net [66.185.145.205] 5 12 ms 12 ms 14 ms Level3.atdn.net [66.185.145.202] 6 16 ms 17 ms 17 ms ae-19-55.ebr1.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.158] 7 29 ms 37 ms 27 ms ae-1-100.ebr2.London1.Level3.net [4.69.132.118] 8 92 ms 91 ms 88 ms ae-4.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.132.109] 9 89 ms 90 ms 89 ms ae-3.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.89] 10 103 ms 109 ms 111 ms ae-2.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.132.85] 11 121 ms 125 ms 125 ms ae-7.ebr2.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.134.21] 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 123 ms 120 ms 121 ms THE-PLANET.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.71.122.2] 14 121 ms 121 ms 121 ms te9-2.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.30] 15 121 ms 121 ms 121 ms 4e.fd.5746.static.theplanet.com [70.87.253.78] 16 154 ms 121 ms 126 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.6 9] 17 121 ms 121 ms 121 ms 55.b3.1243.static.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. C:Documents and SettingsChi Hao>

advertised speed? well its 2Mbps? Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:Documents and SettingsChi Hao>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 13 ms 12 ms 13 ms rt-losta01.dial.aol.com [195.93.23.1] 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 96 ms 12 ms 11 ms accessl1-los-ae0.router.aol.com [172.17.169.11] 4 12 ms 13 ms 13 ms accessl2-los-S1-3-0.net.aol.com [195.93.31.33] 5 14 ms 11 ms 14 ms pop1-log-S4-1-0.atdn.net [66.185.145.205] 6 12 ms 13 ms 13 ms Level3.atdn.net [66.185.145.202] 7 23 ms 18 ms 16 ms ae-19-55.ebr1.London1.Level3.net [4.68.116.158] 8 25 ms 17 ms 16 ms ae-1-100.ebr2.London1.Level3.net [4.69.132.118] 9 85 ms 88 ms 86 ms ae-4.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.132.109] 10 88 ms 86 ms 89 ms ae-3.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.89] 11 102 ms 102 ms 108 ms ae-2.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.132.85] 12 121 ms 123 ms 124 ms ae-7.ebr2.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.134.21] 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 129 ms 119 ms 128 ms THE-PLANET.car4.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.71.122.2] 15 120 ms 121 ms 120 ms te7-2.dsr02.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.87.253.26] 16 120 ms 121 ms 120 ms 4e.fd.5746.static.theplanet.com [70.87.253.78] 17 121 ms 120 ms 120 ms gi1-0-1.car17.dllstx4.theplanet.com [67.18.116.6 9] 18 121 ms 120 ms 119 ms 55.b3.1243.static.theplanet.com [67.18.179.85] Trace complete. C:Documents and SettingsChi Hao>

ok i am very new and i have tried soo many different help sites no give me a solution holp this would be my last hope. PLEASE someone help me!!! im going to beat up my computer lol ok here is the scenario: When i download like constantly or stream constantly it will suddenly download to a speed of 45-50Kbps while my usual download speed is 220-230Kbps. I have tried reconnecting, unplugging modem, restarting pc and download from other sites but nothing changes. However if i wait for a long time or i switch off pc and try next day it will return to its usual speed. however as some of you say it may be my bandwidth blah blah blah. no it isn't i had never had these kind of problems before and was with AOL gold for 2years now. and as you know AOL has unlimited download restrictions. ALSO i tried speed tests when i have the usual speed the tests shows 1800-1900Kbps when i have speed problems its 300-380Kbps speedtest.net result: CMD test: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] © Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:Documents and SettingsChi Hao>tracert testmy.net Tracing route to testmy.net [67.18.179.85] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 14 ms 12 ms 11 ms rt-losta01.dial.aol.com [195.93.23.1] 2 * * my pc information: windows xp sp2, hd=40GB 2nd hd=240GB, RAM 992mb,pentium4 CPU 2.80GHz HELP HELP HELP.. please if needed i will test my internwet speed when my downlaod speed reverts back to normal in about few hours later or next day.