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Glider Flyboy
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Re: Can't connect to www.google.com
"Glider Flyboy" wrote:
> I still have the same Compaq Presario laptop. Still cannot connect to google
> unless I go to a hotspot. This condition has now lasted 16 months. I gave up
> quite a while ago after an exhaustive struggle. So many contradictory
> symptoms have occurred that it's impossible for me to deduce the cause. But
> two factors cause me to lean toward the problem being the bluetooth to GPRS
> connection. 1- I can connect when on WI-FI, and 2- a T-Mobile technical
> support person told me that there are a number of other T-Mobile customers
> with the same problem.
>
> I am on the verge of signing up for cable high speed. If I do sign up, then
> my budget will force me to drop T-Mobile; then the only means of connecting
> on the road will be any free or open wi-fi that I can find.
>
> I'm sorry that I can't be of any help to others with the same problem. I do
> have some questions to ask each of those others: Are you a T-Mobile customer?
> Do you have a bluetooth cellphone that can also perform as a modem, and do
> you connect to your computer via bluetooth instead of a cable? Have you ever
> visited the googlewatch website? My answer to all of these questions is
> "yes". Could the problem be somewhere in these factors?
>
> "Peakock" wrote:
>
> > I seem to have a similar problem. I have a gprs connection to the internet
> > (Panasonic P341i). Most websites work fine. Except when I try to load
> > www.google.com the browser wants to download 'wml' from www.google.com
> > instead of opening the page. Same thing happens when I want to open my emails
> > from hotmail (download hmhome).
> > ???
> >
> > "Lightwave" wrote:
> >
> > > Can you still connect to Google? I have T-Mobile GPRS with a Sierra 750
> > > PCMCIA card and have been having the exact same issues you are stating
> > > with www.google.com. Every other web site I try loads but Google just
> > > hangs. My wi-fi can load Google with no problem. I have run ad-aware
> > > and cleaned my system (only tracking cookies were found) and the
> > > problem still persists. I am running XP Home on a Fujitsu P5020D laptop.
> > >
> > > Here it is September 23, 2007, almost two years later, and reading back over all these messages, I have an angry feeling. So much struggle is due to the enormous indifference of providers of technology hardware and services. At least a year ago, probably more, I began to assemble in my mind all the comments that I read and heard, about how connections are made to websites. After so much time, I don't remember what specifically caused me to arrive at this conclusion: Some websites, especially very busy ones, will not wait for slow connections to function; instead, they will "bump" the request to "the end of the line". This will be repeated endlessly. The fact that I had no trouble when I used a much higher speed wi-fi connection should have indicated that the problem was the slow speed of the connection. If, in fact, this is the case, then the user of a slow speed connection is left with an inability to connect. Again, if this is the reason for my trouble, then I cannot excuse
the disgraceful indifference of all the leaders of all the businesses that sell hardware and services to millions of consumers. They certainly are in a better position to know what's going on than the consumer. If I had been informed of the characteristics of connecting, I would not have expended so very much time struggling to solve an unknown problem. I would not have had to prevail upon the generous help from several more experienced individuals. When T-Mobile and Google "technical support" were contacted, no mention was made of the "bumping" of slow connections. There is too much indifference in this world to the sensibilities of others.
"Glider Flyboy" wrote:
> I still have the same Compaq Presario laptop. Still cannot connect to google
> unless I go to a hotspot. This condition has now lasted 16 months. I gave up
> quite a while ago after an exhaustive struggle. So many contradictory
> symptoms have occurred that it's impossible for me to deduce the cause. But
> two factors cause me to lean toward the problem being the bluetooth to GPRS
> connection. 1- I can connect when on WI-FI, and 2- a T-Mobile technical
> support person told me that there are a number of other T-Mobile customers
> with the same problem.
>
> I am on the verge of signing up for cable high speed. If I do sign up, then
> my budget will force me to drop T-Mobile; then the only means of connecting
> on the road will be any free or open wi-fi that I can find.
>
> I'm sorry that I can't be of any help to others with the same problem. I do
> have some questions to ask each of those others: Are you a T-Mobile customer?
> Do you have a bluetooth cellphone that can also perform as a modem, and do
> you connect to your computer via bluetooth instead of a cable? Have you ever
> visited the googlewatch website? My answer to all of these questions is
> "yes". Could the problem be somewhere in these factors?
>
> "Peakock" wrote:
>
> > I seem to have a similar problem. I have a gprs connection to the internet
> > (Panasonic P341i). Most websites work fine. Except when I try to load
> > www.google.com the browser wants to download 'wml' from www.google.com
> > instead of opening the page. Same thing happens when I want to open my emails
> > from hotmail (download hmhome).
> > ???
> >
> > "Lightwave" wrote:
> >
> > > Can you still connect to Google? I have T-Mobile GPRS with a Sierra 750
> > > PCMCIA card and have been having the exact same issues you are stating
> > > with www.google.com. Every other web site I try loads but Google just
> > > hangs. My wi-fi can load Google with no problem. I have run ad-aware
> > > and cleaned my system (only tracking cookies were found) and the
> > > problem still persists. I am running XP Home on a Fujitsu P5020D laptop.
> > >
> > > Here it is September 23, 2007, almost two years later, and reading back over all these messages, I have an angry feeling. So much struggle is due to the enormous indifference of providers of technology hardware and services. At least a year ago, probably more, I began to assemble in my mind all the comments that I read and heard, about how connections are made to websites. After so much time, I don't remember what specifically caused me to arrive at this conclusion: Some websites, especially very busy ones, will not wait for slow connections to function; instead, they will "bump" the request to "the end of the line". This will be repeated endlessly. The fact that I had no trouble when I used a much higher speed wi-fi connection should have indicated that the problem was the slow speed of the connection. If, in fact, this is the case, then the user of a slow speed connection is left with an inability to connect. Again, if this is the reason for my trouble, then I cannot excuse
the disgraceful indifference of all the leaders of all the businesses that sell hardware and services to millions of consumers. They certainly are in a better position to know what's going on than the consumer. If I had been informed of the characteristics of connecting, I would not have expended so very much time struggling to solve an unknown problem. I would not have had to prevail upon the generous help from several more experienced individuals. When T-Mobile and Google "technical support" were contacted, no mention was made of the "bumping" of slow connections. There is too much indifference in this world to the sensibilities of others.