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Is there a way to clean up my computer like on a pc. On a pc you can defragment and then clean up the disk, what can I do on my imac g5 osX? My dsl started out really fast and now it's like dial up. Any help would be great.
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Without running a speed test, how do you know it is definately not the service provider? Disk Utility tells you nothing about the speed of your internet connection.
Sometimes ISPs do suffer from outages and such, but assuming that is not the case, there are other things to check.
While Speakeasy is a speed test, it relies on Javascript and that can make the test seem slower than it actually is. I prefer PC Pitstop instead. Run it several times and tell us what you get.
Check your activity monitor and tell us what your CPU and memory usage is. You might have a CPU/memory hogging program running in the background.
Quit all apps and relaunch just your broswer. Run the tests again.
Are you using Safari for your browser? While Safari looks nice and has some helpful features, it can be one of those programs where the memory and CPU usage creeps up and up until it chokes your system. That is the main reason that I do not use Safari anymore and use Camino instead.
Reboot. If that fixes the problem, then it is possible that one of those progams was ended and solved the slowness.
Try resetting your modem and roouter (if you have one). Run the test.
Check in your network settings and see if your connection - ethernet or Airport - is listed first. If it is not, drag it to the top of the list.
Click on "configure" on the conenction and see if you have any DNS servers listed. Sometimes providers switch DNS and if you have a server specified that has been retired, that can cause a slowdown. Write those numbers down and reboot. Then try the connection again.
Back in that some panel, check to see if IPv6 is enabled. Some providers do not like having that enabled. Disable it, reboot, and run the test again.
It is entirely possible that your connection is fine and up to speed, but something in your Mac is making it seem slower than it should be. It is also entirely possible that your ISP is having an issue as well.
EDIT: Bob, we were posting at the same time. At least we had some of the same ideas. I just take a long time to say it sometimes - just like this edit - LOL!

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