How FAST is your Internet?
I am VERY happy to say (er, type) that my Internet is super fast now — well, it’s fast for a DSL connection.
Since we cut our land-line a few weeks ago, I am now enjoying (and I mean ENJOYING) a download speed of 9-10 mb/s and an approximate upload speed of 1 mp/s. Now, I can upload/download/blog/schedule appointments/make VOIP calls/surf/research 
like never before. My speed prior to cutting the landline was turtle slow compared to this. It also helps that my 5-month-old Toshiba laptop has the Intel® Core™ i7-720QM processor.
Read more about how the processor speed affects surfing here:
“How Does Processor Speed Affect Surfing the Internet?”
Below is a screen shot of a recent speed test.
I believe the 13.62 MB was a fluke as I haven’t come close to that since but I have been maintaining an average of 9-10MB.
You can check your Internet speed at www.speedtest.net.
What were your results?





Blog Comment Management
If you have a blog, are people able to comment on your blog instantly or is your blog set up so that you can approve or reject a comment before it’s posted?
I can’t tell you how glad I am that I can read a comment and determine whether or not it’s posted. Lately, I received a couple of emails requesting that I approve or reject comments that were in no way related to my blog topic. Fortunately, I can immediately mark those comments as spam and delete them. Bub bye spammer!
If your blog isn’t set up for comment management, ask your blog guru to change that setting. You can also have comments emailed to someone else to manage them for you. It sounds like a good job for your assistant, eh?
To your blog success!
Holly
P.S. – To change the setting in your WordPress blog:
Go to Settings, then Discussion, and check the box next to “an administrator must always approve comments”