Does Google's Toolbar Affect Connection Speed?

[rusho00]

I posted 2 days ago about connections problems to Google.com and more major websites. The reason was broken pipes from my country to the USA.

While this connection problem occurred I noticed that when I accessed other websites, that were easily accessible, the Google toolbar slowed down the connection speed. After disabling the toolbar all was ok and the speed was good again.

I thought the toolbar didn't affect the speed of accessing other websites except from checking the PR, but it actually caused a long delay for each page to appear. I don't how much of a problem this is but I got a feeling that the toolbar plays a bigger role in the surfing experience than I previously thought.

I know this may reveal my little knowlegde of the technology behind the Google Toolbar but that's ok, maybe you will teach me a little about this stuff.

[jamie.evans11]

I don't think so, that google tool bar is affect on net connection.

[sarah]

I believe google toolbar has nothing to do with connection.

[regmac]

I agree with Sarah.. google toolbar has long been installed in my browser and I am having no problem regarding it.

[Jenie0109]

Google toolbar doesn't affect your internet connection... Your internet connection maybe the problem.. the provider doesn't give the right connection speed to your computer..

[weblover50]

yes Google tool bar effect connection speed it decrease the speed.

[Jeperry]

Hi,

No, google toolbar does not effect net speed.

I am using it for long time but working properly for me without any problem.

I dont how are you saying that it effect your net speed.

Thanks

[shalimar]

It'll never affect your speed, try checking your speed using http://www.ip-details.com/ and see if your getting normal browsing speed

[zenodoo]

Google toolbar will not effect the internet speed.