sorry for the late reply but this connection problem is just not letting me
function.  so in fear of my reply not being read i felt i should start a new
thread.  anyways, as for the question you asked me ato  zee, it doesn't
matter what time of day it is.  it's the same at all hours!  what's killing
me is, no matter which wireless program i use, d-link wireless monitor or
windows it always shows excellent signal strength & link quality.  this just
seemed to happen all of a sudden and i can't figure out why.  again, sorry
for my late reply.

There are a number of speed test sites.
Try them and see what they report, if you start a test
when things are slow the test result should reflect it.
Google for ADSL speed test.
Your ISP may have a speed test, but this will
only reflect your connection to them, not their
bandwidth to the world beyond.

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