On Oct 12, 2008, at 12:18 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 5:22 PM -0400 10/11/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: >> eMac, using OS 10.5.5. >> Verizon DHL > > Is this ADSL -- you can use the internet while you talk on the > telephone, or some other versions? > What speed service, downstream and up? > Thanks for all suggestios about my problem. I have had sickness lately and haven;t been answering my emails. I will try to answer the specific questione you have asked. Yes, this is ADSL I can use the internet and talk on the telephome at the same time.
>> things have slowed way down. > > We're going to need specifics. "things" covers a lot. Does the > problem occur with other applications, or just Safari? What about > with Firefox? > The problem seems to occur with with anything I try to do. It does it with both Safari and Firefos. By the way, I seem to have done something I should't have because all the words I am now typing appear with a red line under them. >> When I open Safari I have to wait 20 or more seconds for the home >> page to open. When I try to open any other page, the blue ribbon at >> the top of the page takes 20 to 60 seconds to cross from left to >> right to reach a point that activates any movement. > > Have you tried clearing Safari's cache and website icons? > I have cleared the cache. I'm not sure about how to clear the website icons. > Does this delay seem to be while the browser is trying to find the > site, or while it's obtaining data from it? Look at the bottom of > the window - is it "stuck" saying contacting or connecting or ...? > I would say mostly both, trying to find the site and while obtaining data from it. For example, if I click on Bookmarks, the window opens immediately but trying to open "Banking" takes time. > Run a speed test here and tell us the results: > <http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/> > This speed test says 731/128. I called Verizon and had them check my spees. They said it was 864/160. I will send some more answere as soon as possible. > Launch Terminal.app and issue these two commands, then copy the full > results and paste 'em into a reply here: > > dig www.google.com > > traceroute www.google.com > > > HTH, > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > > > Wilton Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---