my_realtor wrote:
Quote:
> We have evacuated so I'm not in my own area with my own provider. I am on
> a military base in Bossier City. LA on Barksdale AFB in their family
> campground, which does have Wi-Fi, or as they have on their paper work
> YiFi. Their provider I'm using for my connection is QOLNET. I've been
> having major problems connecting and sometimes are unable to connect at
> all. It has taken me over 2 hours to get to this page. I've had to go to
> Microsoft's main page then click on support and wait, wait, wait to the
> point of giving up and trying again. I finally shut-down and rebooted to
> be able to get this far.
>
> I'm using Windows Vista but don't know what other information you may need
> to have some idea of what the problem could be. Most of the pages I try to
> go to such as weather. com, my banking page, New Orleans local news TV
> stations pages result in the inability to load.
>
> My laptop is a Toshiba which was purchased just a year ago, August '07. If
> anyone can help me I'd appreciate any help I can get. Thanks in advance.
>
It could be anything, such as the routers being used are older and not
really compatible with Vista. It could also be a bandwidth issue - too many
people trying to use a finite pipe. It could also be physical issues with
the provider's network; after all, you evacuated because you're in the
middle of some terrible weather. Check with other people - if they are
having similar problems, it's the broadband provider.
Malke
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