Sorry about the late reply, had a virus prob to get rid of due to a LW co user.
Thank's for the links will keep them in mind,
Further investigation into my prob i found that if i physically disconected my phone line my computer says, connected, speed 10Mbps. but of cause it's not and no home page will be displayed just an error page.
when i am connected and use task manager (Ctrl Alt Del) click onto the networking tab it shows a whopping amount of 9%, thus making me think it could be a modem problem. any more ideas anybody