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

[Jason Polzer (jason]

If it is not a problem with your comptuter or speed tests see

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/

Perhaps it is a problem in your city or a route along in a city to the 
cites your are trying to look at.

Jason

ken rentiers 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
>
> ï
> 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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