Thanks for the responses! I've learned things. I note that Netflix has an interesting automatic quality finder that deems my video quality to be "high"; I can see it fiddling in the first moments of the video until it gets a sharp picture. On my end, extending the helpful tests suggested here, I've tried connecting a faster computer (2.46Gh Cord 2 duo) to the cable modem directly by ethernet, but still no enlightenment. The upgrade service from the provider costs another $15/mo, which gives me pause. I think at this point I will stop my investigation. Maybe an update of the Netflix player will reduce the jumps. Thanks again.
On Jan 10, 12:33 pm, "./aal" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 7:35 AM, rs_poetic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok, I ran the tests (with wireless, and the new larger memory which is > > great incidentally). The speedtest result: > > > 21520 kbps download > > 2717 kbps upload > > ok you got bandwidth > lets check quality os service > go to :http://myspeed.visualware.com/voip/ > > click on Start Test in the middle of the screen > this test will run for a couple minutes and check many different > attributes of your connection > > run it over an over (you are allowed 5 test per day) > > hopefully you will have 5 green lights every test > > It will show lower raw speed than the speakeasy test, but it is > measuring the clean stream bandwidth, not simply the total amount of > data in/out > this will show if your isp is unstable in your area > > run the test from different computers, and run it from a computer > directly coonnected to the modem(if your router and modem are > separate) > > compare results > > -- > I'm a PC > AND I RUN LINUX!!! > > Benjamin Disraeli - "The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of > ages, may be preserved by quotation." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
