Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Internet Slowbies - Queries for Gurus

[Dave Handa (dave]

Have you run a download speed test to confirm your suspicions?

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Try it to at least a couple destinations to confirm, as it seems to vary a bit. 
 I can get up to 24mbit in Seattle, down to 10mbit to Los Angeles.  I use 
Comcast cable.

Dave




-----Original Message-----
From: ken rentiers [mailto:rentiers [at] mac.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:37 AM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Internet Slowbies - Queries for Gurus

Dear F-List Computer Gurus:

I have a vexing dilemma for which I need some guidance: I live in a  
luxe apartment complex in the center of Houston ( see my garage below  
- taken from Blackberry as I rolled this AM - HA! Ferrari content! )  
I use a cable

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modem feed for the ISP. Used to be OK but the past three days the web  
is slo-o-o-w like an old 300 baud phone modem. It ain't my laptop  
'cause the DSL wifi at work is smokin' fast. It ain't the ISP 'cause  
the computers down in the business lounge in this apartment office  
complex are also muy rapido.

Am I a victim of too much signal dilution - same thing happened when  
I lived in the 'burbs as more and more houses plugged in to the cable  
TV trunk line, splitting the bandwidth to shreds. Can I fix this by  
going DSL with my own personal phone landline? Would replacing the  
coax in my apartment help?

The big red thing in my picture is the "clown nose" beneath the E39  
rearview mirror which contains the motion sensor alarm. The other big  
red thing is driven by one of my neighbors.

ken



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