What Kind of Connection Do You Have

[T Paul]

Out of curiosity what kind of computer connection do you have? I'm trying to get a good understanding what the Art Tag players are going through when they have to download and upload files.


THANKS

[Cheryl H]

My reason for not participating in this challenge is that I'm not sure I can transfer the files back out. My router has caused me problems on transferring image files with other applications and I wouldn't want to drop the ball on something like this over technical difficulties on my end. This may or many not apply to others--just offering one possibility.

I probably should post this elsewhere, but I still can't navigate the gallery for the other challenges--I see screen after screen of thumbnails, sometimes I manage to get a full size image (rarely), and I've never been able to find the original challenge photos (except for the photoart mini-challenges).

[T Paul]

A lot of this site's problems are caused by various firewall settings. For instance, I was fine until I added Zone Alarm. Once I adjusted the settings everything went back to normal. So if you are running a firewall program such as Zone Alarm or Norton you may need to make a few adjustments in order to have this site load properly. My advice is to check out the FAQ section of your software's web site to find out what you may need to do to correct the problem.

If the web site doesn't help you out, or if the problem persists, don't be afraid to ask this web site as chances are that someone has the software or has had the same problem and may know the fix.

For more information be sure to check out this thread

~T

[T Paul]

Also if you run any Ad Blocking software or Pop-Up popping software you may run into a few problems. Again check the FAQ section of your software's web site as you may need to adjust the settings so that this site loads properly.

[d_kendal]

Still running ADSL, but I switched providers from the main phone company (Telus) to a local company (Interbaun) and so far it's working out well. much better service and support than I got from Telus and just as fast. I just found out my line does qualify, so I'm considering switching to the DSL 2.5 Mbps service (right now I'm on the 1.5)

- David

[gina]

I'm on broadbandcable so no difficulties on this side

gina

[Welles]

DSL here with a connection that's mostly optical cable so I regularly see 150+KB per second downloads depending on the server and traffic on the internet at the time. I'm generally using my Mac G4 running through a MacSense router and have no difficulties because of that.

I use Apple's browser, Safari, and occasionally it crashes on this site, particularly in PM windows. Sarari is still young although not beta anymore and has almost eliminated all the bugs but an occasional bug bites. However there is built in popup screening which may be the culprit with the occasional crash. It doesn't really matter, though because OS X effectively never crashes.

[LindaJ]

I got DSL a month ago - made a huge difference with this site. With dial-up and no inline photos I usually lost patience when trying to load examples.

[jrolinc]

I've got satellite here (just north of Dallas), as NOTHING else is available, except for dial-up.

I'm ready to go help dig the ditch to get cable or whatever else is needed to get me faster Internet!!

Oh well, the pics up and download ok though!

[Jeff L]

I have cable here and it is pretty reliable lately. Pretty darn quick too. I was just wondering if I put the file back so the next person knew that was the one to work on. I didn't think about that till I had ftp'd it back. Is there a certain file protocol?

[T Paul]

You can rename the file or save over the original file, wichever you are most comfortable with. Once I get notified that you have sent the file back, I review it, rename it (if necessary) and then alert the next player. I also keep a copy of each entry until the final posting (just in case something goes wrong), then I delete the files off my computer.

[DigitalDevo]

I have a business class xDSL line. I average about 350-425KB/sec downloads and around 60-80KB/sec uploads Gotsta love Sprint

[Chip Hildreth]

We are right across the street from our service provider and they have an omni-directional wireless antenna on the roof. We have a wireless ethernet bridge connecting that to our router.
Throughput varies from 100-150Mbps during business hours to 450Mbs at night.

[Chip Hildreth]

Uhh.. Make that Kbps. that's 150 - 450 ...Kbps.

[suchyy]

I've got a very very fast cable connection - 115kbps.... = 11 kB/s - yeah !! I just love it...

[gholmes1936]

I also have a business class xDSL line. Just got it about two months ago. What a difference from my trusty old sp[eedy(?) modem. The first modem I had was a 500kb one back in the days of buletin boards---b-4 Browsers. -George from BAT central-Austin, Texas

[Peter S]

Just got Broadband, thanks to my company.
Had a few problems at first, like someone else in this thread. But found out it was down to me keeping my mobile phone close to my landline phone. Now I keep them apart no problems.

[raniday]

I went from dial-up to cable about 4 years ago and thought I'd died and gone to heaven!

[byRo]

After going to DSL, I couldn't even thnk about going back to dial-up.

We moved house (again) about a month ago, but it was only this weekend that the DSL got installed - withdrawal symptons were setting in .

I was saving images to diskette (yes! ), working at home and then diskette back to work - good thing that's over!

Rô

[Cassidy]

Well I am in the IT business and having found DSL, trully realise that time is money, spending so much time now on the net and updates, is not funny, upgraded my connection from 512 to 1.5k and heck, I do use it Most machines I deliver now are net/network ready, so much easier for updating, diagnosis, trully a tool of trade for me - no network card, hey, it's a freebie from me, makes my life much easier in most cases, for backup as well

[chrishoggy]

I'm on Cable Broadband at 1.5Mb, but this goes up to 10Mb at the end of this month Can't wait for the upgrade

[Cassidy]

I have the same promise, but not holding my breath, as I am in the outer regions (not so popular, not so commercially viable). Cable is not an option for us due to us being in the 'nether' regions. With huge download limits, I could be "eye/eye Jim lad", but no, neither the interest nor the time, lol

[Kraellin]

i have 3 Mb dsl (that's 3 mega-bit). and that's the download side. the upload is quite a bit slower, but acceptable.

i used to have wireless, but that was too slow here. and i used to have satellite. the downlink on that was incredible, reaching 5 Mb sometimes, but the upload was just slightly better than dial-up. satellite also has a built in lag of about 700 ms. so, if you're doing anything interactive, like an online game, forget it.

so, when congress finally made it feasible for the broadband companies to move into rural areas, i jumped on DSL and have been mostly happy with it ever since.

Craig

[dkcoats]

Got DSL yesterday, finally. Talk about life-changing. Yowza.

dc

[Kraellin]

hehehe, welcome to high speed, dk and yes, everything changes. i've found myself, in the last couple of years, contemplating moving to a new home. the first thing i look at is, 'can i get broadband there?'. i just cant go back to 56k!

craig

[dkcoats]

--and having dialup at home was made even more frustrating by the unavoidable comparison to the T1 we have at the office. If I needed to download anything over a meg or two I usually did the d'load at work and put it on a flash drive or CD to take home. Pain in the you-know-what.

Those days are over. Yee-ha.

dc

[Littlecoo]

ADSL.... hmmm, to think back to what I used to blissfully endure with my first modem way back when... a 'blisteringly' fast 14.4kbs

[RokcetScientist]

If speed is not the issue, but moving really large files* is, consider yousendit.com: moves files up to 1GB!

* Got a bunch of hi-res photos to send? Zip 'm together (you can password protect if required) into one really big file/archive and send it.

Works great.

[creeduk]

DSL, used to have cable but really do not like the company so switched to DSL. Used that for a few years now.

When is the next Art Tag, I pop in the doodle area most times but to be honest this was my first click on the art tag section, sounds fun.