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

[LarryT (l02turner]

I've also had trouble with routers dieing while pretty young - either slow 
connections or no connections.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Handa" <dave [at] davehanda.com>
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Internet Slowbies - Queries for Gurus


> Yes, I have had a faulty cable modem that gave me slow speeds....a new one
> fixed me up.  You might also try rebooting both the modem and router.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rentiers [at] mac.com [mailto:rentiers [at] mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:29 AM
> To: dave [at] davehanda.com
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Internet Slowbies - Queries for Gurus
>
> Thx Steve that confirms my suspicions re shared cable pipe.  DSL is slower
> but it would be my own personal line. I will run a series if tests and 
> yell
> at CrappyCable before I pull the plug and go DSL.
>
> Could the cable modem be at fault?  Ken
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Jenkins <steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
>
> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:17:01
> To:rentiers [at] mac.com
> Cc:The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Internet Slowbies - Queries for Gurus
>
>
> Ken:
>
> The best way to check for network saturation is to do speed tests at
> different times of the day. Are there general times are that consistently
> faster? Have you called the cable company to complain about it? What did
> they say?
>
> In general, I prefer cable over DSL. But cable's main drawback is the fact
> that you and your neighbors are sharing the same pipe.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans E. Hansen [mailto:FList [at] hanshansen.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 8:32 AM
> To: Steve Jenkins
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Internet Slowbies - Queries for Gurus
>
> OK, so whatever you are doing different now for
> your images makes them no longer visible on
> Gmail.
>
> And, Larry, if his computer works fine at work, how
> will cleaning the HD, etc. help him at home?  Does
> it get messed up on the way to work, and then magically
> fixes itself going home?  Not a guru here, so maybe
> you can clarify.
>
> Hans.
>
> On 8/2/07, ken rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com> wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
> > 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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