I suggest http://www.netwhistle.com
It gives you a test from your customer's point of view and monitors from
several different Internet connections. You can configure an http get on
any URL at different intervals.
Monitoring once per hour is free.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:58 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: surveying the dead
>
>
> >From the naive:
> What is the most efficacious method of pinging a web server
> URL for its status
> regarding the viability of a specific page ?
>
> appreciatively,
> scott