This brings up dozens of questions. (Here are a few.)

How are you measuring this? Downloads?,
Internal reports from your DSL modem?
Do you "ever" loose sync?

Do you have a site you can go to that is "always" fast?
I "used to get" Norton AV manual DEFS, and they
were in this catagory... (A place  you can check
while you "think" connection is running slow.)

Do you consider your phone line "clean" or dirty?

Is it weather related.
Time of day (or day of week) related?
Is there any "pattern" at all?

Some are actual questions, and some are asked as
areas to go and look into...

        Hope this helps...

       Rick Glazier, Verizon DSL user running 1/2 to 1/7th
       what  I "should", with their "best efforts" from my ISP.....


From: "Venkat Viswanathan" 
> are computer viruses known to affect internet bandwidth(i have adsl connection)
> or is my ISP pulling a
> fast one.?
> 
> I am supposed to get 51KB/sec but at times it drops down to 6/7 KB/sec(sometimes
> i do get 45/50 KB/sec)
> and my ISP'S response is virus infection.I have AVG free edition and regular
> scan is being done. no virus
> detected but of course it doesn't mean 100% clean since different anti virus
> programs show somewhat
> different results but I am reasonably confident with my AVG scan.
> 
> i also do not notice any slow down of system applications /programs.



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