Dropped images with new web host

[bmwbiker]

Recently I moved my website to a new ISP host, Verizon.net. I find that when I access my site with an empty cache (emulating a new viewer) about 50% of the time various images are dropped when a page finishes loading. I can correct this with the refresh/reload button. Sometimes it requires several clicks. The problem is with different images upon repeated clear cache loads. I can't detect a pattern. This never happened with my previous ISP host. I have pared down the file sizes, but it ocassionally happens with tiny little gif spacer images. I don't think it's a browser problem as is occurs with 3 different browsers. Could it have something to do with the new Unix host server?

My question: What is causing this? And is there anything I can do on my end to eliminate the problem?

I would appreciate any ideas you might have. ---Ed

PS: I am aware of the Unix server's fussiness about case. This caused me some grief until I got consistent about naming things.

[MstrBob]

Yes, Unix is a stickler about case-sensitivity, but it ultimately works to your advantage. I generally use lowercase alpha-numeric filenames only for this reason.

Without actually being able to visit your website, I can only take a guess as to what the problem is. From what you describe, I'm inclined to believe that it could simply be a server problem. What may be happening is that the server is too busy and so some of the browser requests for the image files are getting dropped. If that were the case, then you would want to contact your web host, in this case Verizon I presume.

[bmwbiker]

Should you want to take a look, my site is at http://mysite.verizon.net/bmw.biker Please overlook the crude use of tables for formatting; I'm still learning css.

If it is a busy server problem, then I guess there's little I can do aside from moving to a new host. ---Ed

[MstrBob]

I'm inclined to think it's your host, since all the images are loading correctly for me. (Firefox 1.5 Windows XP and Firefox 1.0 OpenSuse 10)