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A. The
connection between your computer and the computer where
the web pages are stored has many different physical elements.
All of these elements contribute to the overall speed
you see pages on your browser, some are listed below.
 Your
computer processor speed
Your
computer modem or network connection speed
Your
telephone line type and distance from an exchange
The
browser you are using, e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape
etc
The
speed the pages are delivered
Other factors that affect the speed
are more traffic related and can cause parts, or the entire
web to be slow e.g.
Time
of day, once America is awake the web speed can slow.
Popularity
of the site, the recent release of the UK 1901 census
has resulted in unprecedented demands on the delivering
site, and the web.
As you can see many factors can affect
the speed you see pages. We have designed the site to
be as fast as possible and have tested the site on different
computers with different browsers to try and identify
any problems and maximize speed.
If you find our web site pages slow
to load we can try and help, but need a few vital pieces
of information.
Key Information
Your computer and processor speed?
eg Dell, Pentium II 400Mhz This can usually be found on
the first screen your computer produces when started.
Your connection speed, from a modem
or network connection?
eg network 512K or modem 45,000bps This can be found from
your network administrator or by clicking on the internet
connection icon  in
the task bar ( bottom right of the screen).
Your browser and version ? eg
Internet Explorer version 6.00 This can be found
under Help and then About xxx on your browser toolbar.
Time that the fisher.co.uk page takes
to load fully, in seconds? Eg 10secs The page is fully
loaded when the word ‘Done’ appears in the bottom left
corner of the browser window.
The time of day you performed the
test?
e.g. 12:00 Thursday 12 Jan 2002
For registered users with contract pricing,
the contract price is displayed right on the screen. At
times when the Fisher ordering system is off-line, list
price only will appear on the screen—your contract price
still applies. For all others, the price displayed is
the current list price.
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