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| There can be many reasons for this. Data from sites that
are thousands of miles away will pass through many machines, some of which may not be
functioning optimally; some sites are very busy and may limit the number of simultaneous
connections; some machines may be down for maintenance. Check that your own connection is functioning properly by trying a page from a local server, such as http://www.demon.net/ Try using Demon's proxy server [see section 4.4]. Conversely, if you already have it set, try accessing the site without it - if the server is not functioning properly it may slow you down. You can speed up downloading WWW pages by using your browser's option to switch off the downloading of graphics. If you are accessing a slow overseas site, try a different time of day: for example, US Pacific Time is 8 hours behind GMT - so most Californians will be asleep when it is mid-morning in the UK. If you have trouble downloading files, try using ftp software instead of your browser or try Demon's batch ftp service [see section 10]. Another solution is to look for a local (mirror) site for the file you want. Once you know the file's name you can search for locations at http://www.ftpsearchengines.com/ Also, check if the file is available from ftp.demon.net [see section 3.4]. |
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