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azsube
05-22-08, 10:34 PM
Maybe this is completely normal given the path that data takes around the net but it made me worry that I have some sort of spyware redirecting my connection.....

When I perform a speedtest with almost any of the available servers the "provider" is rarely listed as a qwest server. Since I have qwest dsl I would expect the provider to contain qwest. Instead the provider that is returned varies widely and when I click on the provider they are are all over the US and even europe and asia on occasion. Occassionally the provider is phx.qwest.net, which is what I would expect it to be.

Is this normal or something to be concerned about?

Thanks for any insight you can provide.

YARDofSTUF
05-22-08, 11:08 PM
Doubtful its spyware, just a glitch or something.

What does www.speedtest.net say?