Slow Broadband

If you are experiencing pop ups then you may have Adware on your Computer I would suggest downloading this http://www.lavasoft.com/ you won't need anything more than the free version also you can get this too it is really nice program and I don't use a Windows PC with out it being installed. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Now to your end question their is a big difference between Broadband and Satellite. I will start with Satellite is is very and I mean very dependent on the Weather Conditions while your normal Direct TV or other Satellite Services can compensate for the interference. Internet via Satellite is buggy and you often have to resend for packets that get lost in the transmission. Also the communication rates aren't all that high from the Satellite back down to earth. So their could be a whole list of issues if you are using Satellite for your internet connection. Also Satellite is a Shared Connection so you could be sharing you connection with the people that are also subscribing to the satellite internet provider. Now Broadband is Cable or DSL or Higher (T1,T2,T3,ADSL,Fiberoptic) These are wired connection all that have really good speed. They are also not Shared for the most part Cable is a shared/Dedicated connection. These for the most part deliver speeds of 1.5mbps and up. So I think it is more of your computer is junked up with some stuff but you can check here. http://www.speedtest.net/

If you cannot upgrade your computer right now, you should think about formatting it. You are absolutely right, over time we install lots of software and then forget about it. But often these programs are running in the background using computer resources and can slow the system down. You could try to uninstall them one by one, but its time consuming and a pain. I advise you backup documents, pictures, and other important files to external drive or DVD/CD and format the drive. Then reinstall windows, or whatever OS you are using. I do it at least once a year for that very reason.

hello 163Mandolingirl try to reformat your lap top so that you can update your broad band on your lap top , or try to ask to the operator of the broad band or the office where you but the broad band they can help you set up again.