Test 12/23/11
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 818.62Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 8.77kb/s

There were 29 packets retransmitted, 7 duplicate acks received, and 12 SACK blocks received
The connection stalled 6 times due to packet loss
The connection was idle 1.73 seconds (11.53%) of the time
This connection is network limited 99.97% of the time.

Test 12/24/11
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 819.76Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 9.88kb/s

There were 8 packets retransmitted, 8 duplicate acks received, and 8 SACK blocks received
The connection stalled 2 times due to packet loss
The connection was idle 2.64 seconds (12.57%) of the time
This connection is network limited 99.98% of the time.
Excessive packet loss is impacting your performance, check the auto-negotiate function on your local PC and network switch

So far I’ve spent four hours on the phone with Verizon Tech support. The problem has been escalated again to main office engineers but it has not yet been fixed.

Progress = advance or development toward a better, more complete, or more modern condition.

Think Progress is a News Blog that I read. Perhaps you may like it too. Here are some of the current headlines:

POLITICS
• BREAKING: House Republicans Again Delay Payroll Tax Cut Vote, May Resort To Procedural Gimmicks

JUSTICE

• Gingrich PAC Took $7.6 Million From One Donor, Used Money To Fly Across The Country For Public Events

ECONOMY

• Under Romney, Bain Capital Made Millions From South Carolina Business That Shut Down, Laid Off 150 Workers

POLITICS

• New Hampshire GOP Lawmakers Propose ‘Warning: You Are About To Enter Massachusetts’ Border Signs

ECONOMY

• 70 Percent Of The Cuts In GOP Sen. DeMint’s Deficit Reduction Plan Target Low-Income People

HEALTH

• In 2010, Romney Said He Wouldn’t Repeal The Individual Health Mandate In Obamacare

ECONOMY

• What Happens To The Economy If The Payroll Tax Cut Expires

ECONOMY

• Study: Wealth Inequality In America May Be Worse Than It Was In Ancient Rome

JUSTICE

• Video: 1994 Mitt Romney Explains How 2011 Mitt Romney’s Wall Street Donors Will Corrupt Mitt Romney

SECURITY

• Last Flight Out Of Iraq: ‘It’s Great Being A Part Of History. It’s An Even Better Feeling To Be Going Home’

NEWS FLASH

• PRO-ADULTERY WEBSITE ENDORSES GINGRICH

It appears the third Westell 7500 modem from Verizon has a life span of 11 months. Maybe the next one will get 6 months of use. What another waste of time.

I am NOT happy.

In our hurry up, fast food, 24 hour news, what’s your point, modern world, it’s realistic to ask “What do they really want?” But, unfortunately, that’s the wrong question. The #occupy movement is not them or they or those, it is us. We are the 99%. Therefor it’s up to each of us to ask the question correctly, “What do I want?”

For example when I do that some of my questions are:

What do I want for the planet Earth?
What do I want for my county’s government?
What do I want for the economic markets?
What do I want for my food?
What do I want for my shelter?
What do I want of myself?

My answers show me that I have a significant agreement with the #occupy movement. I support them and will stand with them.

One of the better recent attempts to frame the #occupy movement is by Alexis Madrigal writing in the November 2011 issue of The Atlantic. The story is available online

It’s a little geeky with the API metaphor but when you get past that it’s good.

Here is a Google search that may also help you.

Remember to wash your hands.

Wild, Exciting, New, WOW!

Rest well Steve

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