Some may find the information I acquired this past week in trying to get my internet connection functional interesting. A few sites to check your connection speed are: www.toast.net www.ba-hss.com At <toast.net> I found my 'high speed' DSL service would only get up to 25K (dial-up speed). DSL/Verizon were having so many problems that the other site was down. This week the <ba-hss.com> became accessible again. I switched back to cable and my connectivity speed took a quantum leap. I'm not saying that DSL is not good, it's just that the events of last month put a strain on their system since there were switching stations in the WTC and across the street. I hope they relocate in a place which does not have a high profile. (Don't build targets) Another test is a routing tracer utility. Since this proved that my problem with connectivity on DSL was beyond their gateway I decided to switch. Friends with cable were not experiencing delays. The routing test: At a Dos prompt type: tracert www.ptg.org (or some other website) This will display the route your signal travels enroute to its destination. My tracer showed that within the DSL router system the speed was low (good) but once it left their gateway the speed approached 100 and over for each hop, which they had no control over. To compound matters, MediaOne's e-mail server was down all week but came on-line today. I have requested that my former e-mail address be reassigned (following a service termination, they 'hold' the address for three months - I was disassociated for 2 mo). So until it is released, it is as in my sig file. Best Regards, Happy Computing... Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage2001@mediaone.net http://www.stanwoodpiano.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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