Can you help me find out why my DOWNLOAD SPEED is VERY SLOW, but my upload speed is about normal ?

I'm using xp-SP2 with the slower version of a DSL phone connection, and browsing with ie.





It used to be adequate for my needs including downloading YouTube Vids with only occasional hickups. Now, most any web page I open takes much more time to load and I can just forget about watching Vids.





I ran SpyBot S/D, and AdAware, and PcTools Anti-Virus with their latest updates on a Full System Scan, but none of this improved performance. (no viruses found)





I took the SPEED TEST available at:





http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/





and it registered the following result:





DOWNLOAD SPEED = 0


UPLOAD SPEED = 127 kb/s





I recall much better results in the past, with both down and up speeds about the same. (In the 250 kb/s range.)





I have not visited any web sites out of my ordinary usage, nor have I opened any emails with attachments or forwards.





Do you have any suggestions on what I can do to correct this problem.





Your advice will be appreciated.|||it can be a few things -


internet traffic may be heavy on youtube or which ever site you use to download the vids...





did you try all of the "speed sites" listed in there? (dallas - san francisco - washington etc) and compare?


also - when did you notice your d/l's slowing? did you switch internet providers?


are you connected through a router ?


do you have a firewall? if so - try disabling the firewall and see how that works





other than that.. try update your network drivers


right click on my computer icon - click propertes - click hardware tab - click device manager - scroll through list til you see network adapters - click on + to open list - right click on your network card - click either


update drivers


or


scan hardware for changes





or you can try doing a system restore to an earlier date prior to when you noticed the downloads going slow


- click start - all programs - accessories - system tools - system restore


a window with a calender will open - click on a day or week (or which ever you want to click on) to set it back to


follow the prompts to the end


it will ask / or restart your computer


once it's back up to the desktop - a window should appear that says either of the following:


system restore was successful


or


system restore was not successful





good luck|||yes


http://www.speedguide.net test speed first


download the tcp/ip optimizer and select optimise.


reboot computer and test speed at same site.


2. Download Advanced Windows Care personal from


http://www.iobit.com


Keep programs at start up at the minimum.


Use memory cleaner ( under tools)|||Funny.





You mention that you've tried everything but the first 3 (!) things you should do, Disk Cleanup, Disk Defragmenter, and flushing your browser caches.|||Essbebe can answer your question|||I don't feel the test is very accurate myself.....I got different readings every time. They were in the 400 range on both upload and download, but never the same reading. Have you tried to defrag your computer?