What factors can affect the speed of an Internet connection?
A big issue in overall performance of an Internet connection is how many different hubs or routing points data must travel through before getting to the Internet backbone, MaeEast. The delays in these hubs, routers, and switches can significantly impact performance. Each additional point data must travel through causes measurable data delays between you, the service provider and the Internet. Another big performance factor is the amount of activity on the Web site you’re attaching to. Access tends to be slower when you’re connecting to a Web site that is being accessed heavily. The biggest controllable performance issue of all, however, is the modem connection between you and your service provider. All of the Telpage dial-up lines use 56 Kbps digital modems which support v.34, v.FC, and v.42bis data compression for the fastest possible data transfer available.
