ebay speed (lack of)

I'm getting really fed up with how slow ebay is these days. If I press
reaload it takes over 20 secs to refresh an item (without the pics!).
Used to be around 10. My mate's machines is taking the same time to the
second. We both only have ISDN (can't get ADSL).

Anyone had any luck getting things to move a bit faster? My mate was
told by ebay to try MSIE 6 (he's on 5 and Win 2000) but I can't see that
helping.

What's performance like on ADSL?

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John Burns wrote:
> I'm getting really fed up with how slow ebay is these days. If I press
> reaload it takes over 20 secs to refresh an item (without the pics!).
> Used to be around 10. My mate's machines is taking the same time to
> the second. We both only have ISDN (can't get ADSL).
>
> Anyone had any luck getting things to move a bit faster? My mate was
> told by ebay to try MSIE 6 (he's on 5 and Win 2000) but I can't see
> that helping.
>
> What's performance like on ADSL?

I'm on 56k, using IE6 and have the same refresh time as you and your mate.
Your mate should, however, upgrade to IE6 anyway (if he's happy using IE - I
am) because the security is a lot better.

Jaqy

John Burns wrote:
> What's performance like on ADSL?

8"

Depending on time of day and the size of the page, my refresh
rate varies between 3 and 8 seconds, including pictures.

Mike

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:10:52 +0100, John Burns
<john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
>What's performance like on ADSL?

"Puck" <Puck@PLEASEuseREPLYtoADDRESS.com> wrote in message
news:8f5hhvknv57o9tigh3mb9jgeq4b2io2gn2@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:56:37 +0100, "MC_Emily" <nomore@mail.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
> >I'm on 56k, using IE6 and have the same refresh time as you and your
mate.
> >Your mate should, however, upgrade to IE6 anyway (if he's happy using
IE - I
> >am) because the security is a lot better.
> >
> >Jaqy
> >
>
> my ie6 crashes too much really and that even with win xp

turn off active scripting - tools/internet options/security - it's near the
bottom

worked for me when I was at the point of hurling my pc through the window
and hitting the road to live as a tramp last night.

Feathers