What do you feel if your internet speed is so slow?
By breinchem
@breinchem (89)
Philippines
October 8, 2009 5:41am CST
I'm a little passive sometimes if the speed is slow. I would normally consider first if I was able to optimize my browser or if it's the weather. But if I was already able to check everything?...and if I'm in a hurry of my project? I wanna shout at the technical support representative of my ISP! But of course, I myself is a tech support and I would try to be more patient. They just have to make sure that they resolve it as soon as possible. How about you? What do you feel especially when the speed is so terrible? Do you always blame the ISP?
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Thank you.
@breinchem (89)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
Hi kitty. Wireless connection is never stable. It even gets slower if our computers are far from our routers or if there is a barrier like walls. I think it would be best for you to have it wired to your router or directly to your modem. Just try it and you'll see the difference.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
9 Oct 09
Frustrated! I do feel frustrated and impatient when the internet speed becomes slow. More irritating if the while screen appear. There is no one to blame except myself since I took up the cheapest package which comes with a slow internet speed. Perhaps I can only blame the ISP for charging so high a fee for fast speed.
@breinchem (89)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
That's right. We also have to consider what we have signed up for. I think trying to do a speedtest will help us determine if we are getting the speed that we are paying for. Good thing is I don't have dial up, because if that is the case, I might not be able to play properly in facebook.:)
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
12 Apr 10
If my internet speed is so slow i will i feel very sad as it takes lot of time for me to load the web pages and do my work
.I always blame the ISP as they do some settings with the server.Sometimes before the server disconnects the internet the speed becomes very slow.There are times my phone line is disconnected when we do not use it for a month.Then i call the service centre to start the phone line and then the internet connection starts.
.I always blame the ISP as they do some settings with the server.Sometimes before the server disconnects the internet the speed becomes very slow.There are times my phone line is disconnected when we do not use it for a month.Then i call the service centre to start the phone line and then the internet connection starts.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
9 Oct 09
It is very irritating when the internet is slow. Internet is very fast in my office. We used to have slow internet at home for sometime and I rarely used it. Sometimes when I used it I got really irritated. I don't know how my husband had the patience to manage that internet for sometime. We were forced to keep it for soemtime because we have already paid for 6 months.
@breinchem (89)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
That's what I hate about contracts. I also have a contract with my ISP for one year. So no matter what happen, fast or slow, I have to pay them. The good thing is I'm not really having a problem with my speed. But have you tried calling your technical support? Like complaining about your speed? I mean, if you are paying for a good speed, you should be able to enjoy it. Though of course for offices and companies, they really have to have a high speed internet because a lot of people are sharing on the network. Try my advise, you'll loose nothing. They should be able to fix it.
@darkhunter87 (25)
• Indonesia
8 Oct 09
Actually i very not much like if the internet speed is too slow..
I hate it so much because i always use the internet almost everyday.
Especially to do some work or just having fun.
But even though i hate it, i can't always blame the ISP for that.
@breinchem (89)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
You're right. That's why we have to make sure first that we do some troubleshooting like optimizing our browser and disabling our Internet security. And sometimes, it's just really the weather. This is technology and and it's never perfect.
@lazerm (478)
• United States
16 Oct 09
when the signal starts slowing down its because its mid-day or the weather. sometimes i have to adjust my wireless adapter.soon enough i'm back at54mpbs-once I thought i had lost my internet connection for good,but thankfully it came back several days later.
@carrine (2743)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
if my internet connection is very slow or just slow, i got irritated. i dont have the patience on waiting to open on the sites im browsing. i cursed sometimes really. i cant help it.
@babyorchid (1737)
• China
9 Oct 09
normal i know that even if i called ISP to repair or to check whats the problem..they wont pay any attention to u..
so i always..shut down .then turn to other things
if i hv to use this pc to do sth..i will go internet bar
hehe
@sinnedsejatnom (1311)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
If my internet speed is so slow. I'll try to switch on to play games and wait till the speed is back again. I always want to put things in cool way and do anything possible in order not to get frustrated and mad. I hope this helps but if using internet is really that important, then, try to view one site at a time.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
If the my internet connection is so slow. I will call the technical support of the ISP to know what is going on in their services...But most of the time the technical representative being answer the call is not good in technical and don't about the trouble just always that is due to traffic...I didn't believe on them that is why I don't mind anymore if the connection is slow...Have a nice day!
@happy6162 (3001)
• United States
10 Oct 09
I do get frustrated if it is real slow. I think it probably is my server first or maybe there are a lot of people on that website. I will look outside and if the weather is bad sometimes think it could be the problem. There so many reason why the internet speed can be slow.
@yolanda19191 (1934)
• China
11 Oct 09
if just when doing sth urgent, while it's slow, then must will blame the ISP. 
but if sth not important, then i'll choose wait, cause i'm sure it will recover soon. or just leave it to read or do sth others.
but if sth not important, then i'll choose wait, cause i'm sure it will recover soon. or just leave it to read or do sth others.
@amshugonchikar (169)
• India
9 Oct 09
I don't blame always the ISP. Often there might be problems with cables or our system itself or so on. But even after checking everything I am confirm that ISP is responsible and if ISP does not correct it with in a day or two, I really blame ISP.
@DuoMaxwell (953)
• United States
8 Oct 09
I'm so glas I got DSL (or if I still had my Acer Aspire One netbook, my wi-fi), otherwise if I still had dial-up the Internet would still be like the 90's.
Slow. As. Hell. EVER!
I'm a heavy downloader and a pack rat on the internet, so if I had a slow internet connection i'd be annoyed as hell because slow connection speeds eat up almost all of my time that I wanted and needed. Maybe I should appreciate these faster connection speeds that i'm enjoying already because my younger self didn't have this digital pleasure OR big, fat hard drives back then.
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
8 Oct 09
I would first of all shout at the computer then at the modem, then consider throwing the modem out the window and call it all the names under the sun.
A call to the isp provider, I think not most customer support is useless lol. Most of the customer support know less then I do and that is one mean feat indeed.
At the end of the day, I would just get up of my but and do something else
A call to the isp provider, I think not most customer support is useless lol. Most of the customer support know less then I do and that is one mean feat indeed.
At the end of the day, I would just get up of my but and do something else 
@arvintot (401)
• Philippines
9 Oct 09
Welll what do I feel, sometimes I feel that I am in trouble specially when I badly need it because I cannot finish fast what I am doing and I dont want just to rush things. Often I feel irritated because the speed is slow I can't do what I want because I have to wait, I don't know why it is slow but at least now it is slow... ^^
@cutepink_13 (691)
•
9 Oct 09
whenever my internet get slow i get irritated because i cant harvest my farm
@ample03 (403)
• India
8 Oct 09
I face lot of speed related issues mostly in day times.I know that in peak hours it is possible, and I can not blame the ISP because in the night especially after 12 AM,the connection becomes very fast due to low traffic. Thus my problem gets resolved everyday when I surf at night.
@pakr4allster (75)
• India
9 Oct 09
hi i use internet daily for doing my work and for making my mind relaxible. if my internet connection is slow i really gets irritated when the connection goes down when i am doing some important work and just inform to the customer care for check up of the connection.....
