Val is struggling with a defective internet connection...

[john tucker]

Val,

I am in Austin, Texas.  Yesterday it was totally gray, today it is sunny 
(normal for this time of year here) but we expect to get down to 25 tonight 
(not usual for here).  Ah, well! such is central Texas.

Glad to hear that much (if not all) the problem is due to modem.  Mac rules! 
  (even if my mac is dead and I have to work on on old Dell with Windows XP)

John


>From: "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: Re: [sw-l] Val is struggling with a defective internet 
>connection...
>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:04:50 -0800
>
>Hi Cherie and everyone!
>You are right that I am on a cable modem, but it is a business-line  modem 
>that has larger bandwidth than the average household modem, and  there is 
>only one person using it right now...me!
>
>Good news...They are sending out a technician to replace the modem  
>tomorrow morning...they have verified, by testing the modem, that it  has 
>packet loss..which means it is defective and will be replaced  tomorrow...
>
>So for today, I will not be posting any lessons on the  internet...tomorrow 
>mid-day, I should be up and running again full  speed...
>
>So hold on to your hats!
>
>And talking about hats....like Cat in the Hat...
>
>I am happy to tell you that the contract has been signed with Dr.  Suess 
>Enterprises and we have official permission to post Cat in the  Hat in 
>American Sign Language on the web, free for download for  anyone...That is 
>a real gift! We are not allowed to sell it  though...this is only for free 
>web downloads...but that is great  because teachers can download it and 
>then print it out for their  students...
>
>And Cherie, I bought the old original version of the published book  of Cat 
>In The Hat in the bookstore, so that we have the same page  numbers to 
>refer to, so whenever you are up to working on that  document, it will be 
>easier for me now to find where you are...smile...
>
>Have a wonderful day everyone!
>
>Val ;-)
>
>
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>On Feb 15, 2007, at 7:20 AM, CWren at doe.k12.ga.us wrote:
>
>>
>>If you are on a cable modem, it could be that to many folks are  accessing 
>>the same amound of bandwidth all at the same time.  We  had that problem 
>>at home for awhile, until the cable company  increased the bandwidth.
>>
>>---------------------------------
>>Cherie Wren
>>GSD Staff Interpreter
>>232 Perry Farm Rd
>>Cave Spring, GA 30124
>>706-777-2328
>>706-766-0766 Cell
>>
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>>
>>"Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
>>Sent by: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>02/15/2007 09:42 AM
>>Please respond to
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>>Subject
>>Re: [sw-l] Val is struggling with a defective internet connection...
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>>SignWriting List
>>February 15, 2007
>>
>>On Feb 15, 2007, at 6:12 AM, john tucker wrote:
>> > Sometimes the problem can be with your computer itself. If you are
>> > using Windows, one of the first things to try is to defragment the
>> > hard drive.  For most versions:
>> > Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk  Defragmenter
>> > Hope that helps.
>>
>>
>>Hello John and Everyone!
>>
>>THANK YOU, John, for this advice and I do appreciate it. And that
>>would make sense, if I were on Windows. Years ago I did that and I
>>remember it worked well for Windows...
>>
>>In this case, I am on a Local Network with four Macintoshes. The
>>computer I use daily is the new Mac Intel, and it is very fast. The
>>problem is with the Local Network I believe...because all four
>>computers cannot access the internet as fast as before, and there are
>>times when the connection to the internet gets hung or stuck, and
>>other times when it works fine...so it is sporadically working slower
>>and unevenly...
>>
>>So I replaced the router, and that did not change anything. Now I am
>>going to try to replace the modem, and possibly the gigabyte
>>switch...and if that does not help then it must be that some of the
>>connecting wires have gotten old. I have used them for over a decade
>>and never changed them...
>>
>>Today, Steve sent me a link to download a big file for testing
>>SignPuddle 1.5 locally on my computer, and normally huge downloads
>>took a matter of minutes, and now the internet connection gets hung
>>and I cannot download it...so something is wrong...that is for sure!
>>
>>But other than that, my life is good. I live in California and we do
>>not have any snow, but I understand the eastern half of the US has
>>huge snow storms right now, so if my modem is my only problem, then I
>>am the lucky one!!
>>
>>Where are you located, John? Is it snowing? or are you in sunny
>>California or sunny Brazil? ;-)
>>
>>Val ;-)
>>
>>
>>
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