"Paul" <paul.marsREMOVE@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:uI471DJEGHA.3148@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> "Alan Illeman" <illemann@surfbest.net> wrote in message
> news:11ri8ko437jr41d@news.supernews.com...
> > "Paul" <paul.marsREMOVE@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:uPDrPt0DGHA.740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >> While downloading, surfing often times out. I have dialup and I accept
> >> the
> >> slower-ness when downloading and surfing. Why are some sites just slower
> >> but
> >> others keep timing out? I hate time out. These time outs are quicker then
> >> the slow loading of other sites, so I think it is not my end. Although, I
> >> hope it is my end, so maybe I can adjust something. Repeat, I accept the
> >> slowness / delays when going to sites, but I do not like the time outs
> >> that
> >> some sites sometimes give me. What can I do? I know that I can get a
> >> faster
> >> connection or stop the download, but lets not go there ok?
> >
> > Links?
> >
> Different days it is different sites. Google search often times out while
> simultaneously downloading. Another is
> http://www.fire.or.cr/sept05/audios-austin/audios.htm
>
> I just remember those two because I was trying them last night and I only
> seceded when I stopped the download. There are other sites though.
>
> I do most of my surfing between 9p and 6a. Tonight I will report more sites
> to you that fail and I will also report sites that do load.

(please don't top-post)

I have dial-up too, but sites that are too slow to load are very few.

The url above took 15 seconds to completely load, mainly because of the header.

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