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Old 10-29-2006, 02:52 PM   #545
I-Hate-Hulse
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Originally Posted by fotze View Post
How can one tell if their internet connection is ****ty or if it is your computer. Sometimes the internet blazes, other times, like now it takes forever and sometimes times out. I am on Shaw. The little wireless thing on my taskbar seems to say 2 Mbps on the bad times and 56 at the good times.

Is it possible someone is using my wireless, I have it security enabled. IS there a way to tell if someone is using it. I can see about 6 other wireless networks.

I have plugged directly into the shaw modem at the slow times and it seems to not make a difference.

Shaw has been out 5 times and whenever they come it is working well. I;m starting to get ****ed off at them.
This is a pretty good speed tester:
http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=97

Something about ~3300 kbps on the download is about average for a non shaw extreme connection.

We had a major problem here in Hillhurst 3 weeks ago - brutal line speeds, HD not working. I put in a call, but it turns out some of the networking equipment in the area was on the fritz, not anything on my end. Apparently they've fixed it - I now get HD but I'm no where near those speeds...hmm time for a service call perhaps....
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