How can i increase my mbps?

Question

so i got AOL and boooy is it slow, i mean i cant even watch a single video on youtube without waiting 30-50 mins to load lol so is their a way i can increase it? oh and its 10mbps now =S

Answer 1

1) Your speed is only the speed between your computer and your provider.  From there out, your provider has no control over the speed of the internet.  If even a short part of the path between you and the server you connect to (youtube, in this case) is slow, you have a slow connection to that server.  And there's nothing anyone can do about it - the routers on the internet are controlled by programs, not by people, and routes change many times a second.

2) AOL isn't providing your connection, just your service.  You'll probably get a much faster connection if you used your telephone company or TV cable company as your internet provider.

3) AOL's browser is a modification of a browser that's a modification of ... - use Firefox.  (Internet Explorer is better than AOL's browser, but Firefox is better still.)

Answer 2

AOL?!? who uses that anymore? even the cheapest dsl from verizon is $15/month and it's far better than AOL.

Answer 3

Ditch AOL and use Firefox. AOL is for dialup users. You can access your aim/aol email via the aol website and the standalone AIM, and you don't have to use their crappy browser.  

Answer 4

It can not be 10 Mbps, this is probably the speed of your LAN connection.  you will need to subscribe to a higher bandwidth service. firefox is NOT a subscription service for broadband.

Answer 5

Yeah ditch the browser, but do you have AOl as an Internet Service Provider (ISP)? because if you do there really isnt anything you can do :) besides get cablespeed or if youre rich and power hugry get a T1 line :)

Gopod Luck!