My new computer is slow on the internet, why?

reefvilla wrote in post #17078857
From Ping-test.net

OLD COMPUTER With Hard wired Ethernet cable
Download speed: 14.86 mb/s
Upload speed: 1.72 mb/s
Latency: 55.5 ms

NEW COMPUTER which is wireless
Download speed: 12.75 mb/s
Upload speed: 1.77 mb/s
Latency: 58.5 ms

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What kind of internet connection are you paying for? If you have DSL in an old neighborhood or a lower speed cable connection those speeds are decent. On the other hand if you have something like a 50 Mbps cable connection they're pretty slow.

I can only get about 30-35 Mbps for my 50 Mbps cable connection on a wired computer (Cat 5e) and around 24 Mbps wireless (using a wireless N modem). I'd also never expect to get the same speed wireless as wired.

Also:

1. I'd get rid of McAfee (completely). To me it's more of a virus that an AV application. I stick with Windows Defender that comes with Win 8.1 ... but I'm also pretty careful.
2. As suggested by Tim I'd use Chrome for browsing if you need speed.
3. If you have a Linksys router, log onto it and go into (I believe) the Administration tab and renew your IP address to see if it speeds things up.
4. If you have a wireless G router and Cat 4 cable for ethernet, upgrade to wireless N or AC and Cat 6 cable.
5. I use StartIsBack+ to give me an exact copy of the Win 7 start menu. It works perfectly and is well worth the $3.
6. Get rid of all bloatware. I'd also check config.sys (Services) and Task Manager (Startup) to confirm that you don't have any unexpected junk.

If your old PC is fine, its not your ISP problem at all (Assuming you are using wireless or same settings for wire connection).
You need to remove some of the background active programs that you don't need and a lot of time after few days of surfing on line, your computer gets a lot faster (Having installed the plug ins and updates needed that are not already installed on your new pc).

I'd kill for those speeds.. but not with caps. My 5Mb/s connection *wired* (with no caps ) costs me ~$67/month..tx in, CAD. I usually get 5.85Mb/s down and a paltry .61 Mb/s up. Pings are always around 20ms or faster.

Edit: I always use Firefox

reefvilla wrote in post #17077218
YES, I need a Start Menu!!! Any suggestions on what to use for that?

ALSO, I totally forgot that my old computer is connected with an Ethernet wire and the new computer is connected wirelessly so that could be part of it maybe!?

I use classic shell. It is free, available from Sourceforge.

reefvilla wrote in post #17078857
From Ping-test.net

OLD COMPUTER With Hard wired Ethernet cable
Download speed: 14.86 mb/s
Upload speed: 1.72 mb/s
Latency: 55.5 ms

NEW COMPUTER which is wireless
Download speed: 12.75 mb/s
Upload speed: 1.77 mb/s
Latency: 58.5 ms

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Some may disagree with this but IMHO always go wired if possible.

reefvilla wrote in post #17078857
From Ping-test.net

OLD COMPUTER With Hard wired Ethernet cable
Download speed: 14.86 mb/s
Upload speed: 1.72 mb/s
Latency: 55.5 ms

NEW COMPUTER which is wireless
Download speed: 12.75 mb/s
Upload speed: 1.77 mb/s
Latency: 58.5 ms

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from those speeds, there's not a whole heap of difference between wired & Wifi attached. Generally so long as the Internet connection is less than 20Mb/s or so you'll find a Wifi connection perfectly adequate (so long as it's working correctly) A lot of networks I see, the Internet connection speed itself is the main bottleneck.
I'd be interested to see if results change much when you connect the new machine via Ethernet cable rather than Wifi.

joeseph wrote in post #17081514
I'd be interested to see if results change much when you connect the new machine via Ethernet cable rather than Wifi.

I just went wired last night so I'll check the speed again tonight.

Sometimes wireless may look fine when testing speed. But may suffer from slow connection because when someone else happens to use same frequency then you either lose packets or just have most of the bandwidth lost.

reefvilla wrote in post #17082444
I just went wired last night so I'll check the speed again tonight.

For the speed test I think you should see the same values as when you tested your old computer connected via ethernet (I get essentially the same values for my iPhone, iPad, Surface 2 Pro and PC). Also, you don't need much computer horsepower to browse the internet so if both your old and new computer are working fine you shouldn't see much, if any, difference between the two. My iPad 1 renders web pages essentially as fast as my overclocked i7 4770K system with 32GB RAM. CPU usage for my desktop when just browsing rarely goes over 2%.

Hopefully using a wired connection will get you the same (speedier) web browsing experience you had with your old system.

pwm2 wrote in post #17082471
Sometimes wireless may look fine when testing speed. But may suffer from slow connection because when someone else happens to use same frequency then you either lose packets or just have most of the bandwidth lost.

With my old wireless G router I used to ask my family not to use the microwave oven whenever I was in the middle of a big upload or download. When the microwave was used all traffic on my wireless network stopped completely.

Do you have any bho's (browser helper objects) running. Toolbars can really slow down your internet experience. There is a reason why they are free. I had a friend who's internet was running slow. Especially facebook. I disabled his bho's and like magic it was normal again.