Gigabit Internet Speed

[jeremyjlee]

I recently got Gigabit internet service but internet browsing is not as snappy as I was expecting. Is it my system or will I never have nearly instant load times?

IE11
AMD FX-6300
AMD Radeon HD 6700
Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+
Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)
Patriot Signature 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

 

[firo40]

It's not your system most likely its the websites you are trying to access that are slow. Even though you have gigabit internet you can only load a website as fast as they send it to you. Do a test at www.speedtest.com to see what your actuall download speed is

 

[USAFRet]

Assuming everything between your PC and the router/edge device is gigabit capable....after that it matters on whatever you are connecting to.

Overall 'speed' depends on the slowest device in the chain. If what you are connecting to cannot deliver things at the speed you desire, oh well.
Or any device in the chain between you and them.

 

[kanewolf]

Browsing speed is a mixture of your system speed, the DNS lookup speed, the upload speed of the site you are browsing. There are tools you can profile your browser behavior to see where the slowness is coming from.

If you are using a wireless connection (WIFI) , you won't have the BEST experience because WIFI is half-duplex (send OR receive but not both simultaneously).

 

[USAFRet]

If you have signed up for, and are paying for 'gigabit' internet service...where it really helps is when you have 20 devices, all connecting and downloading at the same time.
12 people = 20 connected devices.

For a single PC, or 2 or 3.....not really much difference. All depends on what you are connecting to can provide.

 

[jeremyjlee]

Thanks for the responses everyone! My download/upload speeds are around 940/900mb/s, it must be the sites on the other end... I can't wait for the day when pages load instantly! Until then I will just continue to bitch about 2 second load times 😉