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In article <7okeve$a1n$1@neptunium.btinternet.com>, John <johnca@SPAMKIL
LERbtinternet.com> writes
[snip]
>The problem is that when connected to the Internet, the computer slows right
>down to a snail's pace; when typing a new URL in the address bar, each
>character takes seconds to appear - I hit the first w (of www.) and after
>about 3 seconds nothing had happened. I thought it wasn't working, so I hit
>it again. After about 20 or 25 seconds I ended up with 5 w's up there and I
>realised that each keystroke was taking about 4 or 5 seconds to appear and
[snip]
>He's got a PCtel 288I HSP internal modem, which is one of these "winmodem"
>things that utilises the computer's main processor rather than having one of
>it's own which I never did like. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer an
>external modem with lots of LED status lights and it's own innards - you
>know where you stand with them. According to PCtel's website, system
>requirements for this modem are Cyrix 6x86 @ 100MHz (he has a Cyrix 6x86
>running at 110MHz) and 8Mb RAM (he has 32Mb).

It can only be the modem causing this, I had a Cyrix 166 with a proper
modem a couple of years ago and that was fine and before that, a 486.

Get a proper modem, thay can't cost that much.

TB