Fortunately, there are a number of simple ways you can monitor the Interweather. Perhaps the most comprehensive of these is the web site maintained by Matrix Information and Directory Services (MIDS), a small Texas firm that turns a profit by predicting the Interweather. Every hour, Java applets on the MIDS site generate maps of the latest conditions for the U.S. and more specific regions worldwide. MORE >>
Checking the Interweather
If you unwrap your brand-new iMac DV on
Christmas Day, and your first experience with the
Net is less than satisfactory, don't take it out on
your monitor. It might not be your PC's fault. Check
the weather the weather in cyberspace, that is.
Like the earth's atmosphere, the Internet is a vast,
complex system, one that has its own patterns and
disturbances, and those disturbances can affect
your own access to the Web.