Internet Speed Software

You know that you are an Internet speed freak if you are running Internet speed monitoring software and are looking in on the results religiously. You know exactly how fast your “upload” is and how slow all of the “downloads” are. Your feet are tapping impatiently against your computer cabinets as you are waiting for a page to load, and if it takes the computer to open up that site in more time than it takes you to type in the web address, you are not only disappointed but frustrated to such an extent that you might begin scouring the ‘Net for software that will make things run faster – software such as the Internet speed software that is available in pay versions as well as free versions for immediate download from any number of sites.

Yet before you look for software to speed Internet downloads, find out exactly what the free Internet speed software – when compared to the for pay high speed Internet software – promises to do for you. For example, in some cases all that you can expect from Internet speed software is an increase in the download speed of files and software. It will not speed up the page loading process. Sometimes you will actually be slowed down a bit, especially if you have to reconfigure the firewall and also virus software every time that you are using Internet speed software.

Additionally, even the best software to speed up Internet downloads and even uploads will do precious little if the problem of speed rests with your computer rather than the ‘Net speed. Thus, if your machine is slowing down, instead of downloading Internet speed test software and also Internet speed software, check first to see if you are running behind the scenes programs that are slowing things down. This could be adware, spyware, or even just programs that are open but that perhaps you do not really need. The former may be checked for with a good virus sweep and also adware sweeper. The latter you can easily check by taking a look at the bottom right of your screen – all the icons you see denote programs that are currently open. The more you have open, the slower your computer will be.

Do not be so fast to download Internet speed software if you have not emptied out your temporary file folder in a while, have not managed your cookies, and have not defragmented the hard drive in a long time, either. These are necessary computer maintenance tasks that need to be performed if you hope to have your machine running at peak speed. Last but not least, no accelerator program will be able to help you with a slow dial-up Internet service provider. Perhaps instead of another downloaded bit of software to make things run faster, you might want to look at upgrading your ISP to DSL!