{"id":2010,"date":"2013-08-04T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=15956"},"modified":"2019-02-05T10:45:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T00:45:32","slug":"how-slow-can-you-go-my-internet-connection-is-slowly-driving-me-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/how-slow-can-you-go-my-internet-connection-is-slowly-driving-me-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"How SLOW can you go? My internet connection is driving me CRAZY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15967\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"Crazy\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Crazy.jpg\" alt=\"crazy\" width=\"153\" height=\"142\" \/>I&#8217;m really <strong>battling with my internet connection lately &#8211; it&#8217;s so slow<\/strong> it takes forever to open&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by the time it does, I could&#8217;ve made a cup of coffee, cut out my fabric pieces and be ready to start sewing my softie!!! This is <strong>no good for trying to upload photo tutorials<\/strong> for my soft toy patterns \ud83d\ude41 <br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GRRR#@*%&amp;#!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It&#8217;s driving me NUTS!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m paying for the FASTEST connection I can get, but it&#8217;s just going slower and slower? I&#8217;ve been using this <a title=\"speedtest.net\" href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>global broadband speedtest<\/strong><\/a> to check my internet speed&#8230; I am lucky if I get<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>3.4 Mbs<\/strong> Download speed<\/li>\n<li><strong>0.76 Mbs <\/strong>Upload speed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15962\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"interenetspeedtestresult\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/interenetspeedtestresult.jpg\" alt=\"internetspeedtestresult\" width=\"520\" height=\"369\" \/> I&#8217;ve been wondering what speeds other people get, and I suddenly had a bright idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;ll show you MINE &#8211;<br \/>\nif you show me yours? <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\ud83d\ude42 haha! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/><br \/>\n<br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Please can you check and let me know what YOUR download speed is?<\/h1>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to do &#8211; just go to the <a title=\"speedtest.net\" href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>global broadband speedtest website<\/strong><\/a> and<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>* Don&#8217;t click on any ads\u00a0 &#8211; wait till you see this green button &#8211; BEGIN TEST!<\/strong><\/span> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15958\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;\" title=\"interenetspeedtestpic\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/interenetspeedtestpic.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/\" width=\"520\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><strong>I&#8217;d love it if you could post your Download and Upload speed for me below<\/strong>, and maybe what town\/country you are in!) If I know most people have a faster connection than me, I can get  the telco to acknowledge things aren&#8217;t right and <strong>do something about it?<\/strong> Who knows, maybe it&#8217;s  something as simple as upgrading the phone lines&#8230;. <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Maybe I should stop complaining?<\/strong> Things are a whole lot better than they used to be &#8211; the phone lines used to be strung up between the gum trees and used to come down EVERY time we had a storm!!!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Oh well, wish me luck,<\/h2>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/strong> Till next time&#8230; <strong>Happy Sewing, <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong> Pauline<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>xxx<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/> <strong> <\/strong> <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m battling with my internet connection. 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