DSL

Vampyr · 01-17-2005, 02:04 PM

I finally got DSL today. I've had a computer for about 7 years, and I've been using dial up the whole time, connecting at about 26.4 kilobits per second.

Now I'm connected at 100.0 Mbps

It's kind of like Heaven. It really is.

KillerGremlin · 01-17-2005, 02:18 PM

Not to brag, but 256megabits per second here.

It's so awesome when your ping in CS is 9 and everyone else is like 70.

GameMaster · 01-17-2005, 02:21 PM

Congratulations!

Let the downloading fun begin!

dropCGCF · 01-17-2005, 02:23 PM

I remember the first time I got cable I was downloading a Queens of the Stone Age video at 350 kbs/sec. I almost died. Now I feel cable is too slow.

RagedHybrid · 01-17-2005, 02:40 PM

i love my Cable internet. Runs faster than anything around here. When i play my games my ping has gone as low as 4 and i'm looking at everyone saying...Booya!

Null · 01-17-2005, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Not to brag, but 256megabits per second here.

It's so awesome when your ping in CS is 9 and everyone is is like 70.

honestly that doesnt make a whole heck of a lot of difference.

and 256Mb/s ? sooo when your downloading a file, it says your downloading at like umm. 33,000 KB / s ?

My knowledge / calculations of bits may be off... But arent you guys talking about KBps?

Vampyr · 01-17-2005, 02:58 PM

When I move my cursor over my connection icon, it says:

"100 Mbps"

It used to say:

"26.4 Kbps"

Null · 01-17-2005, 03:06 PM

Connection icon?? you have some weird like ameritech DSL or something where they kinda make you sign in to use it?

shouldnt really need an icon, should just be always connected. ANYWHO....

thats odd, cuz from what i remember, and OC-1 line only has something like a 50 Mbps connection. (50,000 Kbps) usually DSL is around 728 kbps which would make it like 0.72 Mbps

whats it say if you goto www.bandwidthplace.com and click on speed test in the upper right?

Jonbo298 · 01-17-2005, 03:20 PM

Ethernet is 100mbs a second. Thats probably windows telling you speed of the Ethernet "cord". The actual speed of your internet connection is much slower then what Ethernet can handle.

Null · 01-17-2005, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Ethernet is 100mbs a second. Thats probably windows telling you speed of the Ethernet "cord". The actual speed of your internet connection is much slower then what Ethernet can handle.

pffft. i was just editing my post to add that it might be reading the network.

you suck

hehe

Happydude · 01-17-2005, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Null

Connection icon?? you have some weird like ameritech DSL or something where they kinda make you sign in to use it?

shouldnt really need an icon, should just be always connected. ANYWHO....

thats odd, cuz from what i remember, and OC-1 line only has something like a 50 Mbps connection. (50,000 Kbps) usually DSL is around 728 kbps which would make it like 0.72 Mbps

whats it say if you goto www.bandwidthplace.com and click on speed test in the upper right?

the speed test there isn't accurate at all becuase it doesn't allow for the full speed of the connection to be active (i was told this by a technical support person at my ISP)...if you wanna see your top speed, download a driver from ATI...ATI allows full speed downloads...i was downloading from them at 600+kb/s (i have a cable connection)

KillerGremlin · 01-17-2005, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Null

honestly that doesnt make a whole heck of a lot of difference.

and 256Mb/s ? sooo when your downloading a file, it says your downloading at like umm. 33,000 KB / s ?

My knowledge / calculations of bits may be off... But arent you guys talking about KBps?

Argggg..........dammit, yeah, lol, my bad.

I meant 2megabits at 256kbps.

That's what happens when I don't read over my post.

If I was clocking at 256megabits per second I could download porn in like 1milisecond. And that would just rock.

Null · 01-17-2005, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happydude

the speed test there isn't accurate at all becuase it doesn't allow for the full speed of the connection to be active (i was told this by a technical support person at my ISP)...if you wanna see your top speed, download a driver from ATI...ATI allows full speed downloads...i was downloading from them at 600+kb/s (i have a cable connection)

it only allows downloads the speeds of which it can upload. so if it can upload to one person on a such and such line at over 500k/sec, then it can sure as hell allow for for full download speeds of a DSL line.

however, it shouldnt be used to give yourself an exact number, it just gives you an idea of what you have and its good at that.

BTW, people at isp's will say things like that just to get themselves off the hook and end a coversation. person calls up and says he's only getting such and such speed. isp tech says its the website, it lies. your ok. person on phone, oh...well ok then.

Nothing can ever give you an exact number really, theres too many variables that get in the way, everything would have to be exactly perfect, exactly the same each time for it to work.

long story short (too late) if he goes there and it tells him he's getting 0.9Mb/s he sure as hell doesnt have a 100Mb connection

(he sure as hell doesnt anyway, lol. but that was just to show)

Vampyr · 01-17-2005, 06:48 PM

You're right, it's not 100Mbps. That site had it up around 200Kbps.

Which, to me, is awesome. I didn't know much of a difference in the first place, I just knew that what I have know is a lot faster than what I had before, and pages load up almost instantly.

I've been using my new found power to download high resolution wall papers and video game trailers.

...

At the same time!

Anybody have anything cool they can recommend me to download? I just want an excuse to use the speed.

RagedHybrid · 01-17-2005, 07:50 PM

Woo!

Just ran the test and it tells me:

2.5 megabits per second

heh. gotta love cable.