DSL connection is SLOW

Connecting to the internet or sites there in - has become EXTREMELY slow in the past 7-10 days. My ISP says their equipment is fine. Q-West checked my lines and speed etc. & all is fine. The Q-West Tech knows little about the Mac. He thinks I've built up too many cookies. How do I get rid of them? I actually had better connection speed before I got DSL and DSL was working fine for 6 months - now this SLOW connection.

Hello again Farrell,
Don't worry - Its only easy if you know the answer!
When you have launched Safari...
Click on where it says Safari in the top menu bar. A drop down menu will appear. Scroll down that menu until you see - Preferences, click on the word and another box will ( should ) appear on the screen. There will be a padlock shaped icon at the top of that box.... Click on the padlock. In the new box that appears there will be a window that says " Show Cookies " ( Without the quotes )
That is where you can clear cookies from.
NOTE - You will need to remember or write down before you delete them all. your passwords and log in names to all the web sites you visit.
Hope that helps some.
Post back if you need more.
Regards
Ian

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