Bill, Also be aware that with cable the more people in your neighborhood that are online using the cable, the slower it will be. Cable connections are shared for an area, they go from house to house to house then to server, whereas DSL or dial-up have a straight connection from the house to the phone company. Thus, on cable at peak hours if enough people are on, the speed could be noticeably slower.
Tyson ~~~~~ On 9/10/03 10:11 PM, "Bill Rising" <brising at Louisville.edu> wrote: > Hey Folks! > > Anyone know of a reliable way to test the download speed of my cable > modem? I'm getting frustrated, because I forked over the Big Money ($14) > to watch baseball games over the internet from mlb.com, and the games get > more and more choppy every night as it get later. > > I'm trying to pin down the problem as being the servers from mlb or the > cable modem. Lee - do you have this same stuttering problem round about > 9pm? > > Bill > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
