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[StrikerObi]

Does anybody else do this. You think the Internet is down but maybe a few sites are just slow or something. So you go to the one website that you use to "test" the Internet. You would never go to this website for any other reason, so it can't possibly be loading from your cache. Therefore, the Internet must be down.

So GAF, what website have you deemed otherwise so useless that you use it to "test" the Internet?

Mine is Yahoo.

 

[Zeth]

cnn.com

I never use it regularly. Only to "test" my browser.

 

[vaelic]

google

 

[Claude]

AOL

 

[Aeana]

I usually just ping google.com from the command line. Or if it's some other device, I just visit google.com. I refresh just to make sure it isn't cached.

 

[narcosis219]

google, then gaf

 

[lastplayed]

http://istheinternetdown.com/

 

[Onemic]

google

 

[ColtraineGF]

Any time I do that, I automatically type out Google's address.

At this point, it's pretty much muscle memory.

 

[akira28]

pinging yahoo.com...old reflex from the 90s.
used to be tucows.

 

[verdures]

Tiny Cartridge, which is far from useless. I read it via Google Reader usually, and I've gotten into the habit of using it to test the internet. I find that it's a lot cooler feeling when it comes up than something like Yahoo or CNN.

 

[Tashi]

Google.com

I can know pretty much instantly.

 

[Ribbon]

http://isitchristmas.com/

 

[Bay Maximus]

Any time I do that, I automatically type out Google's address.

At this point, it's pretty much muscle memory.

.

Google - God of the interwebs

 

[Gattsu25]

ppiinngg.bat

ping /t google.com
ppiinngg.bat

 

[abusori]

If I need to check a site, I use downforeveryoneorjustme.com
For the internet, I'd just ping google with the command line.

Edit:

http://isitchristmas.com/

This site will be depressing 364/365 days a year.

 

[BlackGhost]

Yahoo & google

 

[ColtraineGF]

Also, for general 'is this site down or not', I use http://www.isup.me/ (down for everyone or just me).

 

[Escape Goat]

If Google is down the world is pretty much on its way to armageddon.

 

[jambo]

google.com of course.

 

[GK86]

I always turn to my savoir, Google.

 

[Pollux]

espn.com

 

[laaame]

Google is my home page so I use that.

 

[zoku88]

I usually ping google from the terminal.

If that doesn't work, I ping 8.8.8.8 just to see if it's just DNS (which is dumb, I realize, because that's the DNS server I use...)

 

[First Name]

Google. It loads quick and I'll usually use it at some point during my browsing session.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Start > Run > cmd > ping google.com -t

 

[CliqWriter]

google, or when I'm on campus my school website.

 

[tino]

Yahoo.com

I don't use yahoo, that way my browsers won't store any cache.

 

[crimzonflame]

google

 

[darkiguana]

I use yahoo, its my homepage.

 

[Cipherr]

I still ping yahoo via command. I have never even thought about it, but damn. Probably time to change that a bit.

 

[cheststrongwell]

drudgereport

 

[Gattsu25]

ping bing.com


Oh God, the internet is down!

 

[Ultima_5]

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

If i can't even get there, I assume that it's my internet.

 

[HeySeuss]

espn.com

My man. I was starting to think I was weird.

 

[Ultimadrago]

If Google is down the world is pretty much on its way to armageddon.

Pretty much.

 

[Ramma2]

Google, then News on Google to make sure nothing is cached.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

bbc.co.uk forever and always

 

[DominoKid]

Google.

 

[Franklinator]

Gmail

I go there all the time though

 

[Slavik81]

ping google.ca

 

[_Isaac]

bing.com

 

[Giard]

microsoft.com

When I wanna check for a particular website, downforeveryoneorjustme.com

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

Google. It has a very simple front page so I can easily tell if the internet is totally down or if it's just a little slow for some reason.

 

[KillGore]

I use my god: Google

 

[weekend_warrior]

Google > pound keyboard > search

 

[Hilbert]

When internet is down my homepages never load, so if I am wondering I just hit the home button on my browser.

are pages still cached to that extent?

 

[SpacLock]

Google.

If that doesn't work then I'll ping yahoo.com in the cmd prompt. Old school, son.

 

[Izick]

Google

 

[Drkirby]

To check if I have a connect, Google, loads up fast, has a low ping.

For suspected DNS issues, I'll connect to mumble (Followed by changing back to the Google DNS)

For checking my ping and packet loss, I'll ping google.com 100 times to see if the issues are my connection, or just the server I'm connected too. For bandwidth, I use speedtest.com.