Are there times when your Internet experience seems a bit slow? Do you wonder if the problem is caused by a poor connection? Or maybe a balky computer?
One way to tell what's going on (or not going on!) is to visit
http://www.speedtest.com/ and find out just how good your connection is.
Speedtest will check both upload and download
bandwidth which are then displayed in both analog and digital formats. Download speeds at the
WPL often approach 10,000
kb/second, while uploads are usually somewhat less. During busy times of the day, speeds will decline somewhat.
The upshot? If your connection seems slow, run
speedtest. If you see more than 2,000
kb/s in bandwidth, maybe the site with which you're trying to connect is having problems.
c 2007 Waterloo Public Library
Area schools, including Hawkeye Community College, are closed today. The Waterloo Public Library, however, is open for business as usual. 
The Waterloo Public Library will be open today from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Thanks to the hard work of the City of Waterloo Streets Department!
What a mess. We've had freezing rain, sleet, and snow since Friday afternoon and as I write this (Saturday evening) NOAA has issued a Blizzard Warning through 6:00 p.m. Sunday. The WPL employees who made it to work this morning were told to go home after intermittent power outages made work impractical.
Are there times when your Internet experience seems a bit slow? Do you wonder if the problem is caused by a poor connection? Or maybe a balky computer?
Waterloo Public Library Youth librarian and ILL specialist Kay S. shows her support for the University of Northern Iowa Panthers!
A recent addition to the Waterloo Public Library blog collection is Lost in the Stacks. For several weeks now, library staff and patrons have been blogging reviews of items held by the library. This blog has become one of my favorites; I hope that you'll enjoy it too. 
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