I've been trying to determine if my internet service issue of being intermittently slow and plain dead at times is to do with my computer or modem, or is it my provider or the internet websites I'm visiting. Doesn't matter if I use Firefox, Google Chrome or IE. It seems to be worse late at night, but that's just a perception without test data to back it up.
The best clue I can give, which makes me think it's something beyond my hardware, is that I can attach huge files to an email and see it uploading and I can then send that email to myself and receive it instantly.
But sometimes (not always, it seems intermittent) I will go to a website like bobistheoilguy or Yahoo or YouTube, etc and it will just sit there and churn and churn while it says in the bottom status bar: "Waiting for bobistheoilguy.com ..." or "Waiting for Yahoo.com ...", etc. In task manager when it does this there is zero network activity.
Is a symptom like this the provider, or some part of the network that's all honked up? I'm using CenturyLink.
I've tried rebooting my computer to see if it helps or I've rebooted the modem to see if it helps. Sometimes it seems like it does for a few minutes then goes into that "Waiting for whatever.com ..." mode again.
Any ideas?
The best clue I can give, which makes me think it's something beyond my hardware, is that I can attach huge files to an email and see it uploading and I can then send that email to myself and receive it instantly.
But sometimes (not always, it seems intermittent) I will go to a website like bobistheoilguy or Yahoo or YouTube, etc and it will just sit there and churn and churn while it says in the bottom status bar: "Waiting for bobistheoilguy.com ..." or "Waiting for Yahoo.com ...", etc. In task manager when it does this there is zero network activity.
Is a symptom like this the provider, or some part of the network that's all honked up? I'm using CenturyLink.
I've tried rebooting my computer to see if it helps or I've rebooted the modem to see if it helps. Sometimes it seems like it does for a few minutes then goes into that "Waiting for whatever.com ..." mode again.
Any ideas?