Alex, I have used these: http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ http://www.dslreports.com/stest Cheers, John > From: Alex Hurst <corkflor at iol.ie> > Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." > <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 19:10:27 +0100 > To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." > <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: Re: [G4] Cable Modem and Seeing Activity Thereof > > Anne wrote: > >> I got some fast internet service thru my local cable company. It's >> pretty good, but now and then there's a stalling effect, where web >> pages don't load on any browser. Only thing that gets things going >> again seems to be a restart of the computer. With the dialup, I >> could check the connection status, speed, etc. >> >> How do I check things with the cable modem? I'm thinking the trouble >> is if one page stalls, somehow the cable modem doesn't realize it >> shouldn't keep trying forever. I'd like to manually >> disconnect/reconnect but don't know how. >> > > The simplest way to do this is to Google one of the many sites that > will check modem speeds for free. > > 'test modem speed free' should get you quite a few. > > Then carefully follow the instructions. > > As to page hang-ups, this happens occasionally however fast your > modem. Just click the 'stop loading' button in your browser bar and > try again. > > Best > > Alex > -- > Alex & Carmel Hurst > Waterfall > Near Cork > Ireland > > Tel: +353 21 454 3328 > Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 > Work: +353 21 427 0907 > email: corkflor at iol.ie > Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >