Online connection turtle-slow

[NoOp]

On 01/24/2009 07:52 AM, Jim Kvarnberg wrote:
> When I clicked "online banking" in my bank website or some other places 
> that require my login ID and password before I could open them, it took 
> 'forever' to open them.  I got tired of staring at a mouse point icon 
> wheel going round and round for a long time.  I fed up and went across a 
> room to my laptop computer with wireless connection (its OS is Windows 
> XP) to open the connection to the same places ... bingo they opened up 
> real fast, beating the Ubuntu 8.10 amd64 operated computer.  What was 
> wrong?  Any suggestion for solving the problem?  It will be 
> appreciated.  Thank you.  Jim
> PS I want to stick to using the Ubuntu system.
> 
> 

Perhaps if you told us what bank/bank-site someone may be able to
advise. Otherwise it's pretty futile trying to guess what the issue
might be.