[G4] Cable Modem and Seeing Activity Thereof

[David DelMonte]

I use Speakeasy. BUT, other thoughts:

1.  I don't know which provider you use, but there are reports (cant  
remember where I read this), that service providers are cutting each  
other's lines "by accident" when installing their own,

2. you should be able to see differences in utilities/Network Utility/ 
Trace Route. When it's fast, there should be less routing.

3. Sometimes, ISP routers go out and trace routes increase - this  
also happens with volume overloads.

4. You are at the mercy of the required site as well. If they are  
overloaded, your link will be slow, but I suppose Speed Tests should  
tell you if it's you or them,

5. Today- the links have been awful. (Comcast). Up and down, slow,  
fast and stop.

David



On Apr 5, 2006, at 2:54 PM, John McClernan wrote:

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
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