Internet connection 'ping' utility with logging

IE8
WinXP Pro SP3 and WinVista Ultimate

I'd like to have a utility that 'pings' the Internet each nn seconds or nn
minutes with a log. My ISP seems to be dropping off more than normal recently
so I'd like to be able to provide a log of connectivity. Uniquely, we have
both DSL and cable with a direct hard-wired connection. It would be nice
(!!) to know who/which one provides better 'service' for a given 168 hour
timeframe (1 week). Most of the outages that we are experiencing come
off-work hours but they are still outages. They want "us" to call them
everytime there is an outage which we're not wanting to do.
Preferrably, I'd like a free utility or very reasonably priced one to say
the least.
TIA!

Hi Tom.

Vista and Win7 have Performance Monitor included. You can dynamically create
reports with this tool.

Regards.

"Tom" <Tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> IE8
> WinXP Pro SP3 and WinVista Ultimate
>
> I'd like to have a utility that 'pings' the Internet each nn seconds or nn
> minutes with a log. My ISP seems to be dropping off more than normal
> recently
> so I'd like to be able to provide a log of connectivity. Uniquely, we
> have
> both DSL and cable with a direct hard-wired connection. It would be nice
> (!!) to know who/which one provides better 'service' for a given 168 hour
> timeframe (1 week). Most of the outages that we are experiencing come
> off-work hours but they are still outages. They want "us" to call them
> everytime there is an outage which we're not wanting to do.
> Preferrably, I'd like a free utility or very reasonably priced one to say
> the least.
> TIA!
>