Who's your ISP and what plan are you on?

[derty]

Re my earlier question and following about ten days of minimal connection success, problem was finally diagnosed as unstable modem. New one now in, and all is well, thank heaven.

To paraphrase Mr Rumsfeld, 'we don't know what we don't know'.

Good to hear they finally problem solved your issue Julia.

99.9% of the time all is fine. However, when issues arise we are usually at the mercy of the ISP and good and courteous tech support are worth their weight in gold.

 

[pixel]

At the risk of seeming a complete innocent,
how do you do that impressive speed test, is it as simple as browsing to speedtest.net and following the instructions? Have just gone to ADSL2+ (Telstra) and would like to test the speed.

That's exactly how I did it, Logique

I also have a few others I'll run from time to time, bookmarked for easy access:

the frog: http://internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/
MacAfee: http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer.asp?cid=9438
Time Warner: http://speedtest.nyc.rr.com/
and the one below: http://www.speedtest.net/

And for all things Technical, I'm subscribed to the Whirlpool Forums. It's free:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/

 

[Logique]

Awesome, many thanks Pixel.