Finding Server... Finding Host.... enough already!!!

I have PeoplePC as my dial-up ISP and as of late there have been
problems that have been happening more and more frequently that have
made my surfing experience very unfriendly.

Half the time I go to send an email using my Outlook Express there will
be a delay of anywhere from 15 to 30 or more seconds while it says
something about CONNECTING or FINDING host. Eventually... It will send
the email.

Same thing when surfing. Sometimes I will click on a link and NOTHING
will happen. No hourglass... absolutely nothing and then finally, the
page will start to load in.

Now... It's not a case where the page is slow to load after it is
found. It seems like my PC has all this damn searching to do to find
the damn site. I am very frustrated over this.

Some would suggest that this is part of the reality of having a dial-up
connection but I have had dial-up for over 7 years and have had nothing
like this occur nor as often.

Does this sound like it's an ISP issue? Or my PC? especially the
email issue where it waits for sometimes up to 45 seconds while it
looks for the host.

Just wondering if changing my ISP will fix this?

Thanks in advance

Leesa (I)

 

maybe you could try wsitching to an inexpensive broadband service.A basic
package probably wouldnt cost too much more than you pay for dial up.

 

It could be that your ISP has a slow DNS server. You could try installing
Treewalk from http://ntcanuck.com/ .