It's HOW MUCH?!?!?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-16-2006, 05:09 PM

I've been using Internet Explorer 7, beta 3, for a little while. I'm pretty happy with it except when I first fire it up it can take as long as 15 seconds for the homepage to come up and I'm using the blank homepage. That said I'm not sure it's an IE-7 problem as I've been having cable (comcast) issues since that big storm outage awhile back.

dar512 · 10-17-2006, 12:16 PM

Bruce, if you want to see how your connection is performing, you can run one of the many speed tests on the net such as this one: Speakeasy's speedtest.

However, to be really meaningful, you need a baseline.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2006, 07:27 PM

I always do well on them, hooked to Seattle, 4685 down and 352 up right now.
My problem is getting into the stream. One of the techs that came out when I first got Comcast, a few years ago, explained there is an acceptable bandwidth or range that my signal must fall somewhere in.
Previous techs had put the meter on and said it's ok because it was in that range, but this guy told me if it's not near the center, when it hits the merging/switching points along the cable, it'll hit the abutments on the side and stop.
He might have been bullshitting me, but when he was done fooling with it, I'd click on a website and shazzam, I'm there.
After that big outage, I can't shazzam any more. I get the, can't display the site message, frequently and when I hit refresh I usually shazzam.
I've got to call them and get a tech out here but I think I better see my doctor for some blood pressure medication, first. Even though I don't take any normally.

Yes, dealing with Comcast will do that.

10-16-2006, 05:09 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I've been using Internet Explorer 7, beta 3, for a little while. I'm pretty happy with it except when I first fire it up it can take as long as 15 seconds for the homepage to come up and I'm using the blank homepage. That said I'm not sure it's an IE-7 problem as I've been having cable (comcast) issues since that big storm outage awhile back. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-17-2006, 12:16 PM	#2
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Bruce, if you want to see how your connection is performing, you can run one of the many speed tests on the net such as this one: Speakeasy's speedtest. However, to be really meaningful, you need a baseline. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-17-2006, 07:27 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I always do well on them, hooked to Seattle, 4685 down and 352 up right now. My problem is getting into the stream. One of the techs that came out when I first got Comcast, a few years ago, explained there is an acceptable bandwidth or range that my signal must fall somewhere in. Previous techs had put the meter on and said it's ok because it was in that range, but this guy told me if it's not near the center, when it hits the merging/switching points along the cable, it'll hit the abutments on the side and stop. He might have been bullshitting me, but when he was done fooling with it, I'd click on a website and shazzam, I'm there. After that big outage, I can't shazzam any more. I get the, can't display the site message, frequently and when I hit refresh I usually shazzam. I've got to call them and get a tech out here but I think I better see my doctor for some blood pressure medication, first. Even though I don't take any normally. Yes, dealing with Comcast will do that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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