@Jeroen Massar #78: You wrote "the problem lies in your DSL/cable modem, not in Ubuntu". I'd like to make a few points.
1) No IPv6 slowdowns in Jaunty or Mint 7 (which both have IPv6 enabled) anywhere I've tried. Which "features" of the internet am I not using in Jaunty but am using in Karmic?
2) Serious slowdowns with Karmic at a local coffeehouse, my place of business and the airport where I have no control over their modems.
3) OpenDNS, etc. remove some features of Firefox such as "automatically" determining which site I'd like to go to when I type key words into the address bar. If I enter "ubuntu forums", Firefox will take me to http://ubuntuforums.org/. OpenDNS will not do that.
4) Bottom line is that this needs to be fixed/patched/whatever so that most anybody trying Ubuntu for the first time will have a good experience. Currently, for many, Ubuntu cannot provide such an experience.
@Jeroen Massar #78: You wrote "the problem lies in your DSL/cable modem, not in Ubuntu". I'd like to make a few points.
1) No IPv6 slowdowns in Jaunty or Mint 7 (which both have IPv6 enabled) anywhere I've tried. Which "features" of the internet am I not using in Jaunty but am using in Karmic?
2) Serious slowdowns with Karmic at a local coffeehouse, my place of business and the airport where I have no control over their modems.
3) OpenDNS, etc. remove some features of Firefox such as "automatically" determining which site I'd like to go to when I type key words into the address bar. If I enter "ubuntu forums", Firefox will take me to http:// ubuntuforums. org/. OpenDNS will not do that.
4) Bottom line is that this needs to be fixed/patched/ whatever so that most anybody trying Ubuntu for the first time will have a good experience. Currently, for many, Ubuntu cannot provide such an experience.