Have you ever had slow Internet?

United States
February 21, 2010 11:09am CST
I have had slow internet and it makes me so mad. I got cable Internet and sometimes it is fast other times it is slow and very annoying. I get so fustrated with it because the connection is suppose to be fast. I am paying sixty dollars a month for a service that works half the time. Sometime I don't know why I even bother. It's such a pain. I am happy I can get online but I am not happy that it is slow sometimes. I know everything is not perfect but if I am paying for something I want good service.
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@phoenix8606 (4942)
21 Feb 10
hi! yes, i have slow internet connection many times, even now it is a little bit slow. It depends on my internet provider, but in my area there are no good providers at all. But i am pleased with it, because I pa only $6 per month for it and it really worths for that money :0
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@illfavors (590)
• United States
21 Feb 10
I think we have all had that issue. It happens and there really isn't much we can do about it except for just wait it out. Technology isn't fool proof and there is always going to be hiccups every once in a while.
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• Pakistan
21 Feb 10
i dont think we should wait for that.... because every error has a reason... so u should sort it out... try to find out whats the problem...
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@apples99 (6556)
• United States
21 Feb 10
Yes I have had slow internet in the past, and your right it really is annoying especially if your doing something important, and it dosent load or it just freezes. but now that I switched to another company my computer is much faster, but they only thing wrong now, is it cost me an arm and a leg to keep the service.
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@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
21 Feb 10
Yes, I have had slow Internet service too. It was back a long time ago when they were giving away free service but it was really slow like 28K connection. So I just wind up paying for a more faster speed with DSL internet. The problem is I have to share my connection so that slows me down too.
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• China
22 Feb 10
Often,especially in school.It is very frustrating,sometimes I even want throw my computer.
@kooltiger (848)
• Pakistan
21 Feb 10
ya my dsl connection sometimes gets slow but it does not get slow like yours... you should chek your line... chek that is any other using your net? i mean from out side... or usually we have wire less Internet.. and any body can use your internet in the range of 108 feets... in todays world every new mobile has wifi... so make sure is ur net is shared with some one or not?
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
21 Feb 10
Yes, I have had slow Internet connection many of times before.. When I had dial up or when something was just wrong with my Internet connection. Having a wireless laptop can do this as well. If you are having problems with your Internet connection, it is best that you contact your ISP. Tell them your problem. Do you have Highspeed or DSL?? Your connection level makes a difference too. I hope that they can either fix it for you or upgrade you to an connection that is much faster.
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@gmkk1986 (471)
• India
22 Feb 10
Some time I too have same kind of situation like you. I always get minimum of 250 kbps and it sufficient for my home usage. But its panic some times due to loss of connectivity and noises happens due to bad connection. Even our internet connection is depends on the system performance too. If we have virus and bad system levels, it would surely effect the performance of the internet.
@zoey7879 (3092)
• United States
21 Feb 10
Yes.. I had internet back in the days of the 14.4kb modem and 28.8 was just becoming affordable.. lol I've also had cable internet connections so slow that in comparison, my dial up connection was a hundred times better! To have cable internet go so slow consistently at certain times of the day was very frustrating, as the cable company always denied it being their service and it was costing me $80/mo and I was rarely getting to use it from 10am through 10pm.
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@megamatt (14292)
• United States
21 Feb 10
The very first Internet that I had for about six months was really slow and a pain to use. I still am at a loss to explain how I lasted six months without dropping it. However, the pages would take forever to load and that was if they loaded properly at all. Plus the Internet kept disconnecting on my constantly. That was not necessarily a good thing for me. Thankfully, I decided to wise up and change Internet services. For the most part, it has been a good thing, as the Internet has run smoothly and everything has gone as fast as can be expected. Quite frankly, there are few things that annoy me more than a slow Internet connection. I have enough to do in my day, that fighting with an Internet connection that will just not work is at the bottom of the list of things that I feel like I should do.
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@tangurama (204)
• Canada
21 Feb 10
Yes, back in the day I had dial up and it was the most annoying thing ever. You couldn't get anything done and it was constantly losing connection. You just felt like smashing your screen with a hammer. Of course, you wouldn't actually do that cause computers were really expensive back then. Now, you can get a decent computer with fast internet at a very reasonable price.
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• Jamaica
22 Feb 10
that has happened to me many times especially when i am doing an assignment and searching for the information of the web it can be quite exhausting to watch the page loading slowly especially when i am tired and want to sleep.
• Slovak Republic
22 Feb 10
I used to have the same problem, the internet used to work sometimes and sometimes it used not work at all. Then I got myself a WIFI connection and it is been working perfectly since then. The service is good till now, but don't know about the future. We should get the service that we pay for.
• Turkey
22 Feb 10
i had slow internet 5 years ago it was so bad. now i use adsl grateful now
@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
I use to have slow internet connection before and I agree that it's very dis-appointing...very irritating and annoying indeed. Then I can't take it no more and I scout for another high speed broad band connection. I ask some of my neighbors and thankfully i was able to choose the right one...so as of now I'm quite satisfied with my internet connection.
@benifix (173)
• Indonesia
22 Feb 10
yeah same with you, i will get mad when i have slow internet connection, just like now, i have very slow internet connection, many times the connection is lost, and i just scream loudly.
@sublime03 (2339)
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
Just yesterday it was so slow. It was like it was but it kinda wasn't. I could not open most of the application games I usually play and also myLot could not be opened. Good thing it is not slow today because I cannot afford not to play my games.
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
i dont know if its my internet provider or just my computer that is very slow. coz sometimes my connection is fast. i used to buy a USB broadband as i was thinking that its very handy but it took me an hour before the site will open. looks like im just wasting money from it, for the fact that i pay 2 months advance and the cost of the USB but i dont even use it for a week. i cant take back my money coz its not returnable. my internet connection is quite fine now and im using smart broad band.
@Cutie18f (9551)
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
Yes, that happens sometimes and when it does, especially when you're at the internet cafe, you're just wasting your time and money waiting for sites to load. It can be very frustrating, you know.
@akijoaru (32)
22 Feb 10
Not only that I have had that problem but I still am suffering from it every once in a while. Having bad internet connection also makes me feel so frustrated, sad and mad often times. I guess even if we report it to the authorities, we still will not get the satisfaction on the service we deserve. This is why sometimes I opt to just stay in a wi-fi zone just to go online. Atleast if ever I sign-out there will still be people for me to talk to so I don't end up getting mad nor frustrated because I tend to forget my problem whenever I talk to somebody... Cheer up bro!