"Craig S" wrote:

> Bellsouth DSL/XP Pro/NOD32 AV/Windows Firewall with Firefox .exe (2.0) as an
> Exception (allow): I Randomly But Consistently get the "Subject" error msgs
> that Then Clear Up By Themselves. ISP Home page generally slow-to-load when
> OK. Have been sent to several sites to read-up on DNS look-up issues
> (expertise issue/too "expert-ie") , DID the Negative Cache tweak, but wonder
> if ISP's like Bellsouth just have random Server issues. Hard as it is, please
> suggest ideas to a layman's expertise.  Also, is it typical for Control
> panel/Network Connections to Show DSL Speed 1.0 Mbps, and a Bellsouth "Test"
> to show the published 1.5 Mbps, a 33% difference? Many thanks!

"Craig S" <Cra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>A sentence got omitted that Bellsouth Tech Sppt did not find system
>problems
> with them or my set-up. (Wish these sites allowed Edits.)
>
> "Craig S" wrote:
>
>> Bellsouth DSL/XP Pro/NOD32 AV/Windows Firewall with Firefox .exe (2.0) as
>> an
>> Exception (allow): I Randomly But Consistently get the "Subject" error
>> msgs
>> that Then Clear Up By Themselves. ISP Home page generally slow-to-load
>> when
>> OK. Have been sent to several sites to read-up on DNS look-up issues
>> (expertise issue/too "expert-ie") , DID the Negative Cache tweak, but
>> wonder
>> if ISP's like Bellsouth just have random Server issues. Hard as it is,
>> please
>> suggest ideas to a layman's expertise.  Also, is it typical for Control
>> panel/Network Connections to Show DSL Speed 1.0 Mbps, and a Bellsouth
>> "Test"
>> to show the published 1.5 Mbps, a 33% difference? Many thanks!