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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:03 PM
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Poll question: Out Of Curiosity, What Kind Of Internet(s) Connection Do You Have?
Edited on Thu May-26-05 02:05 PM by DistressedAmerican
Since the topic came up in another thread I was wondering what speeds folks here connect at.

So, What'cha Packin?
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:04 PM
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1. DSL, only because cable isn't available
but I will have it next year...
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DrDebug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:07 PM
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2. You Copy Cat!
Edited on Thu May-26-05 02:08 PM by DrDebug
:loveya:

Unlike Bush I can type with 10 fingers. So there!

Edit: But of course I make lots of typos and other strange errors ;)
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LibInternationalist Donating Member (861 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:07 PM
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3. Dial-up
and it makes me so sad
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Spike from MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:41 PM
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18. Dial-up here too.
I have high-speed at work but dial-up at home. The dial-up sucks but I don't want to shell out for DSL. Another advantage of the slow-speed connection is that I tend to stay off my computer at home and actually get things done around the house. DSL would probably change that so I stay with dial-up. ;)
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carnie_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:07 PM
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4. I like DSL
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HamstersFromHell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:08 PM
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5. Other
ISDN, because Comcast here is a total rip-off and DSL isn't avalable in my neighborhood (older homes, older residents = low useage, I suppose)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:08 PM
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6. DSL
Only because my dad is too cheap for cable. I did have cable at my apartment while I was away at school, and found it to be a lot better than DSL.
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jandrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:10 PM
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7. Still on dial-up
We usually get around 34.6, on average, but we also have the "turbo" feature for an extra $5.00 that helps with file compression and buffering. All in all, it's not overly slow, unless we're downloading files.

We're too rural to get cable, and I don't want to do the satellite connection.
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jim3775 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:13 PM
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8. My ISP just upgraded my DSL so now the internets are twice as fast. n/t
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:21 PM
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9. 1.5 Mbit DSL soon to have 3.0 Mbit :)
:)
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aeolian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:22 PM
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10. 3.0 MBit DSL
sizzlin'. B-)
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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:24 PM
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11. WOW That's Twice As Fast As wakeme2008!
You are winning the bandwidth race! There cannot be a bandwidth gap!
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aeolian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:25 PM
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12. Just upgraded from 768k about a month ago.
Edited on Thu May-26-05 02:25 PM by aeolian
World of difference. I've never seen so much porn!
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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:29 PM
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13. Beware Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!
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DrDebug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:32 PM
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15. 4 Mb down 768 Kb up
It can be even faster
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Boo Boo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 04:07 PM
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23. You ever test that to see what the actual dowload speed is? /nt
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:31 PM
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14. I have a $61/mo comcast broadband connection because
my local phone company can't deliver $29.50/mo (retiree rate) DSL.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:33 PM
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16. Cable
Thank goodness. We got it about a year or so ago. Before that we had dial up which really sucked. Never again.
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ken-in-seattle Donating Member (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:39 PM
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17. abandoned concast for DSL
since I get it from a former employee, and I have all the cell numbers of the techs. 1.5/1.5 is good enough for my 10 machines and feeding the neighbors via ethernet and wireless. An IP range I can route however I want it and my own servers at home to sync with my colo servers.
The only rule is never post the ip on slashdot. :)
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Boo Boo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 02:42 PM
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19. Cable @1.x Mbps, Wireless Ethernet
Life is good.
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Boo Boo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 04:16 PM
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24. Hmmm. I just test my connection at bandwidthplace.com
and it ran a 4mb download at 2.1xx Mbps! I think that's the fastest I've seen my line go. Pretty good for Cable. I'm a kinda surprised; suspicious even... Whatever.

I'll brag about it anyway! :7
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 03:01 PM
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20. Roadrunner cable at home
DSL at work.So I checked cable.


Keith’s Barbeque Central
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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 03:26 PM
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21. Wow! I Really Expected More Dial Up Folks Out There.
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Elwood P Dowd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 03:53 PM
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22. DSL - Hey, Bush can't type
Look at him hunting and pecking.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 04:18 PM
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25. cable @ home, T3 @ work and school
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yorkiemommie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 04:31 PM
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26. what's that story that if you get a million chimps typing
you eventually get something that makes sense?
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 04:37 PM
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27. Just moved from dial-up to cable
Life is goooood.... :)

My husband insisted that the dial-up connection was just fine. However, we now have cable and are wireless as well, and he has seen the error of his ways. There's nothing like sitting on the deck with the PC...
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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 06:53 PM
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28. kick...
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