firewire wrote:
> I'm currently using an Actiontec GT704WG for about the last 7-8 months and
> have had this problem of buffering at CBS news for the last couple of months.
> I don't have this problem on any other website (Meet the Press for eg). The
> commercials come off fine and it does not happen all the time with the news.
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> firewire wrote:
>>> Hello
>>> Has anbody experienced the continuous video buffering and general poor
>>> quality of videos on the CBS Nightly news?
>> Trade your 2400 baud modem in on a 33.6 and you'll really see the
>> difference!
A tracert would tell you whether there's a bottleneck somewhere between
you and the CBS site. That would explain a large amount of buffering,
but, unless the slowdown is very close to you, there's nothing that can
be done about it. Run a tracert any time it's slow to see if there's a
reason for the delays.
Compare to these DSL speeds. Of course, that was at 5:00, not in the
evening when many people are downloading this and other programs.
To run a tracert, click Start, Run, type:
CMD (Press Enter)
type:
TRACERT CBS.COM
tracert Tracing route to cbs.com [170.20.0.24]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 22 ms 23 ms 23 ms loudsl01.lou.02.gateway.iglou.com
[64.253.100.1]
2 24 ms 23 ms 23 ms lou1-fe4-1-0.lou.iglou.com [204.252.74.6]
3 26 ms 23 ms 23 ms 500.Serial3-6.GW1.IND6.ALTER.NET
[157.130.99.21]
4 28 ms 35 ms 23 ms 0.so-1-0-1.XL2.IND6.ALTER.NET
[152.63.68.166]
5 57 ms 59 ms 59 ms 0.ge-4-1-0.XL4.NYC4.ALTER.NET
[152.63.3.102]
6 58 ms 47 ms 59 ms POS7-0.GW2.NYC4.ALTER.NET [152.63.19.225]
7 62 ms 71 ms 59 ms cbs-gw.customer.alter.net [157.130.63.158]
8 55 ms 59 ms 71 ms si2000.bc.cbsig.net [170.20.0.5]
9 63 ms 71 ms 71 ms cbs.com [170.20.0.24]
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Joe =o)