I have been unable to connect to the Amtrak website for the past two days. I am using Firefox as my browser. Does anyone know if anything on that site has changed that would disable a connection?
Here is what comes up:What happens when you try to access Amtrak.com? Usually there is some sort of error message and/or an advanced/details option with more information. There are probably a hundred different ways a web connection can fail.
I've been able to reach Amtrak.com via Firefox on W7 and macOS through multiple ISP's with no issues. Whatever the issue might be, it doesn't appear to be possible for anyone else to duplicate it.Here is what comes up: Secure Connection Failed The connection to www.amtrak.com was interrupted while the page was loading. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. Putting in www.amtrak.com in the address bar doesn't work either. Strange??? May be a problem with an outdated Transport Security Layer or encryption problem on the webpagesWhat happens when you try to access Amtrak.com? Usually there is some sort of error message and/or an advanced/details option with more information. There are probably a hundred different ways a web connection can fail.
It seems to work fine on my CenturyLink DSL connection, although mine's been pretty rock solid overall. (I live in the city and the node is across the street, which probably helps.)You aren't by any chance on Centurylink DSL?? That's what kind of error messages I get when my crappy DSL connection is interrupted too many times while trying to load a web page.
I had the EXACT SAME PROBLEM starting about 2 weeks ago with Firefox. Thinking it may be the 58.0.2 update to Firefox, I tried with Internet Explorer and got the same result. Therefore, it was NOT Firefox. I had the same results on my laptop, too. Both computers are Win 7 64 bit, as is Firefox.Here is what comes up:Secure Connection FailedWhat happens when you try to access Amtrak.com? Usually there is some sort of error message and/or an advanced/details option with more information. There are probably a hundred different ways a web connection can fail.
The connection to www.amtrak.com was interrupted while the page was loading.
The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.
Putting in www.amtrak.com in the address bar doesn't work either. Strange???
Heard the same thing from another source. Don't trust it.
Regarding DSL, the closer to the node, the better. Also, the signals degrade with distance, and DSL lines cant use repeaters. Surprised that some people still use DSL.It seems to work fine on my CenturyLink DSL connection, although mine's been pretty rock solid overall. (I live in the city and the node is across the street, which probably helps.)You aren't by any chance on Centurylink DSL?? That's what kind of error messages I get when my crappy DSL connection is interrupted too many times while trying to load a web page.
False, at least from a practical perspective. Loop extenders are available to telephone companies that essentially repeat or boost the DSL signal on the copper pair to enable DSL signal to travel further than it would otherwise. It's not a great solution, but sometimes it's the only solution to deliver DSL to a customer.DSL lines cant use repeaters.
There's still areas that only have DSL for wired internet. LTE is often but not always available, and DSL often has much higher caps (or no caps) than LTE. DSL also can cost less than cable or fiber, especially if your bandwidth needs are minimal and/or you don't want to bundle with other services. (DSL can and is sold without dial tone service, so phone is not technically required for DSL to work.) There's also areas where the cable company has a hard data cap or charges for exceeding your data cap where the DSL company doesn't have a cap or doesn't strictly enforce it. Finally, the newest iterations of DSL can offer higher upload speeds than cable modem can, and most areas don't have fiber.Surprised that some people still use DSL.
DSL isn't even close to being the slowest physical network link out there. T1 landlines came from the era and minds of 300 baud analog modems. They run at (a once blistering) 1.544Mb and are all but useless for real time applications and graphical browsing on their own. They can be grouped and bonded with other T-carrier lines to make a useful connection but for the most part they're generally limited to low bandwidth commercial applications. You'd think they'd be long gone by now but the original build out lasted a half-century and was so vast in size and scope that they were deployed almost anywhere an in-service telephone pole existed. You still can't say that about more modern technologies like DSL, DOCSIS, Fixed Wireless, and 3G/4G/5G cellular networks. So far as I'm aware only satellite transceivers and 2G cellular towers have managed to exceed the reach of the lowly T1 circuit. Today remote T-carriers are finally being replaced by fiber based Ethernet but we're still many years away from the end of the T1 era.Surprised that some people still use DSL.
Actually, I'm quite happy with Kaspersky. As I don't have any classified information or even access to classified info, 'they' have no reason to spy on me. Given that 'smart TVs' spy on us, various voice-activated 'home assistant' hardware spies on us, and on and on, even if Kaspersky logged my credit card and bank info, I keep close enough watch on all of them and would quickly notice if something was amiss.
Perhaps your Firefox isn't up to date. On my Win 7 64-bit version, it shows as version 58.0.2, which was released about 2 weeks ago. To check your version, click the 'three bars' at the top right of your screen, then 'help' and then 'about'. On the screen that pops up, it will show either your current version or a window 'update now' (or whatever). Do the update then try Amtrak.com again. It should work.It wasn't Kaspersky . Can access www.amtrak.com with IE but not Firefox. Something in the Firefox browser is terminating the connection, Tried disabling the add ons but still no connection.
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