I'm in the UK for a short while and have just subscribed to '3' broadband 
internet over the mobile phone network. I get very high speeds when 
downloading, eg, program files, podcasts or anti-virus updates, but very 
slow (similar to old dial-up) speeds when surfing the net: this happens 
whether I use Opera, Maxthon or IE7. Emails seem also to be slow. Is this 
normal? Is there a way to speed up surfing? TIA


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"Hank Scorpio"  wrote in message 
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> I'm in the UK for a short while and have just subscribed to '3' broadband 
> internet over the mobile phone network. I get very high speeds when 
> downloading, eg, program files, podcasts or anti-virus updates, but very 
> slow (similar to old dial-up) speeds when surfing the net: this happens 
> whether I use Opera, Maxthon or IE7. Emails seem also to be slow. Is this 
> normal? Is there a way to speed up surfing? TIA

UK uses ADSL and download is always faster than upload by design.
Typically, an 8Mbps ADSL line will limit upload speed to about 250
to 500kbps, so faster than dialup, but not by as much as some of us
would like..
HTH,
-- 
Rob

"Rob"  wrote in message 
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>
> "Hank Scorpio"  wrote in message 
> news:beebd$485f5ece$19887@news.teranews.com...
>> I'm in the UK for a short while and have just subscribed to '3' broadband 
>> internet over the mobile phone network. I get very high speeds when 
>> downloading, eg, program files, podcasts or anti-virus updates, but very 
>> slow (similar to old dial-up) speeds when surfing the net: this happens 
>> whether I use Opera, Maxthon or IE7. Emails seem also to be slow. Is this 
>> normal? Is there a way to speed up surfing? TIA
>
> UK uses ADSL and download is always faster than upload by design.
> Typically, an 8Mbps ADSL line will limit upload speed to about 250
> to 500kbps, so faster than dialup, but not by as much as some of us
> would like..

But he's using 3 mobile broadband, not ADSL...

;-)

Mike P