G3 iMac 700 se Internet slow!!

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Hi
Currently running 10.411 on an old iMac 700 se with 768mhz.
I am on braodband and until recently the mac has been quite zippy on response speeds when doing internet browsing HOWEVER all of a sudden its like watching paint dry!! I have tried powering down the Telewest Broadband modem and no improvement. Is it that I have a corrupt preference somewhere that needs binning and rebooting to restore the original preference? I thought it may have been Sarari 3.1.1 so I tried both Netscape and Firefox...both still slow....tried logging into different messengers and they also are slow to load up..so perhaps its not a preference alter all. Tried Network system preference diagnostics and it says...working fine!!
Any suggestions would be welcome...thanks
Geoff Coulson
 
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Have contacted the ISP nd their initial tests show as ok but they have a few more to do from their end :(
 

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Have contacted the ISP nd their initial tests show as ok but they have a few more to do from their end :(

Try creating a new user account for testing purposes. Log into that account and see if the problem persists.
 
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Tried a test user account and it was still slow :(
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Tried a test user account and it was still slow :(
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Geoff

Do you have another machine or a laptop you can test the connection with?
 
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Strangley CWA, I was just going to try my wifes laptop, when an hour after my call to Telewest/Virgin, the internet suddenly reverted back to its zippy self..... I guess that even tho their test showed initially that it was ok....they had found a fault and rectified it.
Thanks to all that responded.
Geoff
 

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