Norton/Tiscali broadband - something is making surfing painfully slow. Any ideas?

[ChippyMinton]

Since I updated the Norton Security on my PC, it's taking ages to upload webpages. Anyone know if I can twiddle the settings to speed things up a bit?

Or is Tiscali just cr*p at the moment?

All suggestions welcome, otherwise my hair will be grey by the time i reach the end of active convos.

[dustystar]

I'm no techie but i have heard that tiscali have problems during peak surfing times - especially now they have taken over Pipex broadband too.

I've also heard that Norton is notorious for slowing dwon your computer. I use AVG free and find it much better than McAfee that i used to use (and pay for)

[opinionateddad]

you can see if the issue is ISP reated by using one of these sites.. they will show you the actual speed are you getting thru your connection

www.speedtest.net/
www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

It is also worth noting that if the issue suddenly starts and thse reading are very low then a failing line filter can also cause a loss of performance

[opinionateddad]

there is normally only one truth

[ChippyMinton]

Thanks all

I will 'borrow' a geeky BIL/nephew to investigate. Actually it's fine now - quiet Monday am rather than busy weekend, so guessing it's an ISP thing?
No wireless - just the one PC here.