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

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Scottie

On Aug 2, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Steve Jenkins wrote:

> Ewwww.. Speakeasy Speed test? That's so 2004 :)
>
> http://www.speedtest.net/ - that's where the cool kids are hanging  
> out, now.
> :)
>
> SJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Handa [mailto:dave [at] davehanda.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:50 AM
> To: Steve Jenkins
> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Internet Slowbies - Queries for Gurus
>
> 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
>
>
> 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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