As Ava are supplying an increasing number of web site to our customers, the following free links may be helpful in assessing performance or checking if a web site is functioning correctly independently of you local ISP.
This site allows you to put in your site URL and it will then check to see if it can contact the site.
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
you can also add your url and store it in favourites:
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.ava.co.uk
The following site provides a similar function with more detailed information giving the return times to you site from servers around the world:
http://just-ping.com/
Similarly, you can also add your url and store it in favourites:
http://just-ping.com/index.php?vh=ava.co.uk
The site
http://www.downornot.com/
provides a similar service. It also tells you how it checks by following a link and there is a link to a paid for monitoring server with a free 30 day trial
Similarly, you can also add your url and store it in favourites:
http://www.downornot.com/ava.co.uk
Probably the best of all (certainly the most complex) is:
http://mon.itor.us/