# Is My Google Homepage Boggin' My Computer Down?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-google-homepage-boggin-my-computer-down/493400
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 17, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-google-homepage-boggin-my-computer-down/493400 "2009-04-17T11:26:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-google-homepage-boggin-my-computer-down/493400/1 "2009-04-17T11:26:14Z")
I bought this computer (4 GB IBUY POWER 64 x2 dual processor 6000) mainly to play Warcraft, and it does fine for that, but I use iGoogle as my homepage, and I am wondering if perhaps I shouldn’t do that?
I have very few files on this set and I have the fastest DSL that At&T offers, but I still feel like I’m dial up sometimes.
I just broke away from the post to do a Speakeasy test and I came up with 5888 as a score.
Okay. I’ve got 10 apps running, but even when there aren’t any running, I feel like I’m having to wait.
Broke away again from this post and ran SpeakEasy again and came up with even less of a score: 5775, and that’s with just me and y’all in the apps.
I run AVG’s Virus scan, and I’m okay there, but I really like my iGoogle homepage, so before I shut it down I just wanted to ask if Google might be the reason for the whacky speed results or do I need to look elsewhere?
Thanks
Q
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### Author:  [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-google-homepage-boggin-my-computer-down/493400/2 "2009-04-17T12:48:13Z")
The fastest DSL AT&T offers is up to 6 Mbps, or 6000 kbps. In reality, you never get 100% of what they tell you you get, so your scores are just fine. Google isn’t bogging your connection speed down.
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-google-homepage-boggin-my-computer-down/493400/3 "2009-04-17T12:49:50Z")
Thanks! Guess I’m just a “Type A” huh? 🙂
Q
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-google-homepage-boggin-my-computer-down/493400/4 "2009-04-17T14:28:40Z")
“Feel like you’re on dial-up”, huh?
I used to feel like that sometimes when pages would take a few seconds to load up. Then my mum got connected to the internet, on _actual_ dial-up. First time I tried checking my email at her house… oh, so _that’s_ what dial-up was like! ☹