Dial Up or Broadband?
I have dial up, due to the url avatar size debate I got wondering how many people have broadband v how many have dial up. Myself I am stuck with dial up. Woo Hoo.
BTW if you have 56k please post what speed it runs at most of the time. Mine runs at 52k without fail.
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Re: Dial Up or Broadband?
broafband. specifically, adelphia cable modem.. my toast.net performance ranges between 2.5 and 3 mbps download, ~400-500 kbps upload.
Last edited by Big_John; 04-21-2005 at 04:57.
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Broadband. I can't imagine life on dial up. ISP is cox.net.
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broad band
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Broadband. Optimum online. I believe its the fastest cable connection in the world.
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i have Broadband.
i really hate when forums - not just this one but forums all over the net, in general - dumb-themselves-down and pander to the lowest common denominator (ie: 56k users)
in my view, just because some people have 56k, that is no reason to drag everyone else, the more fortunate, down to their level.
PS: i'm not entirely sure if the comments in this post are ok for Frontroom, if not then feel free to edit them out or whatnot.
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Broadband, and like most others I would hate to go back to dial up full time. I have however kept my old dial up account open, (lowest level package) for those times when I have lost my connesction (luckily that has only happened a couple of times), and because I just couldn't be bothered to change my e-mail address at the hundreds of different sites I have used.
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Broadband. Currently 576k, but as of next Wednesday it will be 2MB thanks to BT upgrading my connection free of charge and at no extra monthly fee thanks to a need to outdo the competiton.
:froggy ponders the possibilities of a 2MB connection
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If I had answered to this poll this morning, it would have been dial-up.
The bad sides of living slightly of the main city; I get all the fresh air, peace and quiet, and am in downtown within 15-20 minutes with the car, but I barely managed to get an ISDN 128 connection.
You wouldn’t believe the troubles I went through to get broadband, and how many strings I had to pull.
The fellows that installed the works just left, and I remembered this poll!
Damn, I already feel as if I could never go back to the ISDN! This speeeeeed!!! Woooohooooo!!!
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I have a 1mbit cinnectuin down, 128k up. Not too bad at all. I don't need a 4mb down 1 mb up connection
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I have lite speed bradband, which is slower then most bradband but still trumps down that frustrating and pathetic dial-up. Dial is not only slow to load and generally weak but also takes out the phneline which is dissabilitating.
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Originally Posted by frogbeastegg
:froggy ponders the possibilities of a 2MB connection
now you'll be able to peruse sasaki's babe thread without the long waiting!!
now i'm here, and history is vindicated.
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Broadband. It's cheaper.
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Broad band all the way ! dielers your living in the past !
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El banda broad over here
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Moi? Perusing a babe thread? Nah, generally I prefer men, specifically my own pet boyfriend.
now you'll be able to peruse sasaki's babe thread without the long waiting!!
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256k DSL here...
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How many here got 10 mbit or higher?
I'm guessing it's me and Gawain atleast
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A 2mb line is great. I have one now and cant imagine not having it.Broadband. Currently 576k, but as of next Wednesday it will be 2MB thanks to BT upgrading my connection free of charge and at no extra monthly fee thanks to a need to outdo the competiton.
:froggy ponders the possibilities of a 2MB connection
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Wow, but the majority is hardly surprising..
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That is the rated speed of the network taking into account protocol overhead, which on TCP/IP runs as high as 90%, so the typical usable data your connection delivers will be approximately 10% of the rated speed, in your case, about 5 or 6kbps.
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The last I checked I had...
2004-12-14 15:40:54 EST: 4434 / 349
Your download speed : 4541286 bps, or 4434 kbps.
A 554.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 358394 bps, or 349 kbps.
Thank you NYC Timewarner Roadrunner!
Go here to check your bandwidth...
http://www.broadbandreports.com/stest
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My cable modem isn't quite giving me the love it used to:
Your download speed : 1021361 bps, or 997 kbps.
A 124.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 262458 bps, or 256 kbps.
Perhaps there's some kid on my local subnet hosting a pr0n site. Sigh. And to think I used to be the bandwidth hog.
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How many here got 10 mbit or higher?
I'm guessing it's me and Gawain atleast
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