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Thank you for the information. I was IM with a someone in Florida and posting pictures. Suddenly all the pics disappeared on two different servers in two different counties at exactly the same time. I immediately checked sites in four counties and no pictures or logos were displays, the text came up immediately.

The person in Florida did the same with the similar results. Up until that time the refresh rate was a couple of seconds. There was no gradual slowing down, which would indicate the build up of traffic, We went from almost instant response to zero, only on logos and pictures. Six or seven minutes later the web returned to normal.

What you all need to remember though, it that there can be at least 2 reasons you aren't seeing images- the data isn't being sent, or the data isn't being received.
The internet is also divided up into various 'trunks'. I'd guess some glitch happened that affected both your ISPs. BTW it doesn't matter, cable or DSL you both end up on another pipe- the cable and DSL are just how you get there.
If you want to see how it goes, you can do a 'tracert' (trace route) to a server. (type it in a dos window).
For instance, freerepublic.com.
This is a portion of the route:
gbr6-p80.attga.ip.att.net [12.123.21.78]
tbr1-p013601.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.12.25]
tbr2-p013801.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.10.69]
ggr1-p370.wswdc.ip.att.net[12.123.9.53]
p4-0.att.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [192.205.32.21]
p16-0-1-2.r21.asbnva01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250..62]
p16-5-0-0.r01.mclnva02.us.bb.verio.net [129.250..180]
p16-7-0-0.r02.mclnva02.us.bb.verio.net [129.250..10]
p16-0-1-2.r20.plalca01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250..192]
p16-0-1-1.r21.mlpsca01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250..1]
p16-3-0-0.r00.mlpsca01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250..240]
ge-1-1.a00.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net [129.250.30.1]
ge-1-1.a01.mlpsca01.us.da.verio.net [129.250.30.2]
128.242.105.82
www.freerepublic.com[209.157.64.200]