Re: OT: Little help, please

On Thu, 22 May 2008 01:31:03 -0400, tony cooper
<tony_cooper213@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I use 'em, but I don't know what makes them tick. Computers, that is.

My son has cable internet through the same provider that I do. When
he clicks a web page to open it, it's extremely slow. When I click,
the pages zip open. When he opens an installed program - Photoshop,
for example - or an image on his computer, the computer responds
instantly.

This leads me to believe that it's the internet connection, not the
computer, that is the problem.

Isn't there a way to meter the speed of the connection? Or the
download, or whatever you call it? Is installing a utility to do this
required?

He's had a Brighthouse/Earthlink techie check it, but the techie says
all is well. What my son would like to do is be able to say that "My
system works at...., and my Dad's system - connected to you - works
at...., and please correct whatever makes mine slower." Rather than
say "Mine is slow", he'd like a numerical comparative.

Suggestions, in simple language, appreciated.


There are several places you can use to test your connection
speed. One that I don't see mentioned is this one:
http://www.speedtest.net/

You just check on one of the pyramids in the picture (one that is
closest to you would be best) and the test does an upload speed test,
then a download speed test, and gives you the results. It takes about
30 seconds or less to do.

Talker
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