I tried reaching eBay yesterday very soon after seeing Chris' post. No luck
at all. Don't know what the problem could have been, but no connection
could be made via either Android or Google chrome from here in New Mexico.
Perhaps there was some sort of routing glitch, or some kind of DOS going on?
On Sep 13, 2015 8:20 AM, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >I was thinking maybe he gets timeouts using a dial-up line. Timeouts in
> >that case might be understandable but I think they could come from
> >either server or browser or both. But he says he was at the bike shop.
> > Dunno what the communication link is there.
> >
>
> The coffee shop wifi is provided by 19CL, and so is the cable
> connection at the bike shop. The Earthlink dialup connection is 19CL
> twisted pair to optical fiber to the modem stack. The most serious
> disruption was with the two connections using 19CL as the internet provider.
>
> After evilBay cleared up their problems yesterday afternoon, the
> thoughput using the Earthlink dialup connection was faster than it has been
> in almost a year. The coffee shop wifi speed this morning is no different
> than it had been prior to yesterday.
>
> Given the problems with malicious evilBay content over the years
> (such as piggy-back trojans), I'm wondering if 19CL was blocking evilBay
> due to malware content. Or perhaps it was a faulty router somewhere
> between evilBay and my regional location. Either of these would explain
> the chronic problems I've experienced while others see no disruption.
>
> Also, given that this problem prevailed with two distinctly different
> laptops (Dell 6000 and MacBook Pro) and three operating systems (WinXP,
> Win7, and Macincrash) pretty much rules out my WinXP laptop being solely at
> fault.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
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