Is the forum crawling along for anybody else? I can't get anywhere on here without waiting forever for the pages to load. Nothing else is moving slowly, just the board.
Is the forum crawling along for anybody else?
Yes. :/
Is the forum crawling along for anybody else? I can't get anywhere on here without waiting forever for the pages to load. Nothing else is moving slowly, just the board.
(I have DSL, but shhh, don't let MB hear that. [sssh])
From what I hear, Verizon does have it's share of problems too!!
I actually want to sign up with another DSL service, but I still have to connect to them through Verizon's local hub because Verizon is my phone company. If I'd wanted Verizon DSL, they'd probably already have the ports installed, but I suppose they could care less about installing ones for the competition. [lghy]
But I'm not bitter that I tried to sign up for DSL 11 months ago only to find out that there were no open ports in Verizon's local hub - or that I've been waiting for all those months for a port to become open or for Verizon to get their act together and install more ports. No, not at all. And as proof of that, the letter bomb I'd laced with Anthrax is still sitting on my table, unmailed...
But tell me this, Ms. Smartypants - what good has your DSL connection been during the last 8 hours that I've spent restoring the forum from the backup I'd (thankfully) made about 30 minutes before the server went haywire yesterday, hmmm? [wink2]
I said I had DSL, not ESP.
[lghy]
No, I suppose that's my department. [winkb]
I really just wanted to make my 1000th post tonite. Yes, I'm fluffing. The forum administrators have gone to hell in a hand basket. ::)
...this is my first successful log on in a week. I thought it was a disaster when the pages froze and the posts disappeared, and certain threads refused to open no matter how I tried to get at them. But nothing compares to not being able to get on here at all....and no, it wasn't because the server had a nervous breakdown! Unfortunately, no one seems to have a clue WHAT the problem is.
So quit 'cher bellyachin'!! >:(
rainey
I'm using a dial-up connection, and as you can see, things are just breezing along for me at the moment...
MB, how do you get to those graph's? Is there a link that you have to go to to get that?
Cassandra asked:
>MB, how do you get to those graph's? Is there a link
>that you have to go to to get that?
Cassandra, that's from a program called Ping Plotter.
Cassandra, that's from a program called Ping Plotter. It provides a traceroute to IP of your choice and illustrates the hops using the graph. It's a $15 program, I believe, available from www.pingplotter.com. There's a freeware version, but I've never used it so I don't know what features it has (or doesn't have).
It's a nice little tool to have if you're interested in figuring out where your logjams are; if you don't do traceroutes from time to time now, though, it's probably not a real great investment for you.
It's a nice little tool to have if you're interested in figuring out where your logjams are...
Ya know, with the board crawling most of the time for me, I thought...well, why don't I try Netscape Navigator, 'cause MB has said it's much better than IE. Well I downloaded it and used it a little, then tried to get on here and I got a message saying it wouldn't work with this board.
Connie, you must have inadvertently downloaded the older version of Netscape, Netscape Communicator 4.x. But any version of Netscape 6.x will work fine. In fact, I'm using 6.2.3 to post this. ;)
MB...[wavey]
I downloaded Netscape 7.0
...but perhaps you missed them or simply forgot. (If you're anything like me, you've probably been doing a lot of forgetting lately.)
I'll go to any lengths to avoid learning HTML. Too complicated and time consuming.
-CLC [silly]
Mentally challenged
Verizon DSL is supposedly really bad. They ranked next to last in PC Magazine's reader's poll. (Beaten by AOL, who came in worst. No surprise there. [wink2])
I actually want to sign up with another DSL service, but I still have to connect to them through Verizon's local hub because Verizon is my phone company.
Right now, DirectTV sounds like the likely one, how did they rate?
Eww, do you think that will be a problem for me?
I didn't even know that DirectTV was in the DSL business. They're the satellite TV service people, aren't they??
Unfortunately, it turns out I am 4,400 feet past what they deem acceptable.
If I have a new address, will I be able to keep my wondrous posting glory? I wouldn't be locked at as a newbie (GASP!), would I?
I'm so glad I came into this discussion as I am going to be signing up for DSL quite soon. Right now, DirectTV sounds like the likely one, how did they rate?
I didn't even know that DirectTV was in the DSL business.