DSL - Page 2

Typhoid · 01-17-2005, 07:07 PM

Zatchy-Boy.

Its music time.

(So did you eat the baby or what?)

Bube · 01-18-2005, 12:27 PM

I used to have a 256 Kbit ADSL. But they gave me the option of having a 512Kbit connection with a 5 GB d/load limit for the same price, which I accepted. According to my calculations, I d/load about 4 GB every month. So it's all good.

Null · 01-18-2005, 12:41 PM

i hated it when i had DSL. they gave me 384k down / 256k up and wouldnt let me upgrade it when i shoulda had 728k down for the same price.

so after the year contract was up i switched to comcast. god love em

5 Mb/s down and no real set limit of downloading.

of course that was just my crappy earthlink DSL. theres some very good DSL speeds and companies that people have. that just wasnt one of em. lol gotta go with whats best in the area you have.

Vampyr · 01-18-2005, 04:47 PM

DSL kind of sucks for me as well. I'm not nearly as fast as I should be. My speed should be at least double, for the package that I'm paying for.

But for some idiotic reason, out where I live, my connection speed is always half what everyone elses should be. I feel like calling and yelling at them, but I don't think it would do any good.

It just pisses me off that I'm paying full price for half speed.

And it's over priced any way. My ISP is a local provider, and the only one in the area. If I were to use another company, I would have to pay long distance charges due to my location, and because they aren't close enough. So my ISP jacks up the price, because they are the only place to get it from.

Damn monopolies.

Null · 01-18-2005, 05:07 PM

you a further distance from the 'box' or isp?

Vampyr · 01-18-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

you a further distance from the 'box' or isp?

What exactly do you mean by "box"?

And Typh, the baby was quite tasty.

Null · 01-18-2005, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

What exactly do you mean by "box"?

And Typh, the baby was quite tasty.

dont remember what exactly it is. but your line first goes to some box. i suppose its the big green phone boxes you see somewhere on your block or street where all the lines goto. but anywho. they say the closer you are to thoes the better speeds you get for DSL

The Germanator · 01-18-2005, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

so after the year contract was up i switched to comcast. god love em

5 Mb/s down and no real set limit of downloading.

I'm with ya Null... Comcast is the way to go. They are the kings when it comes to cable internet and cable TV around this town.

Jonbo298 · 01-18-2005, 11:52 PM

Comcast can still kiss my ass. They ruined TechTV

GameMaster · 01-19-2005, 12:03 AM

We just a got letter thing from Comcast informing us that all the lines have been replaced with fiber optic lines in our area providing us with a faster internet experience.

I'd like to get Comcast digital cable for our TV.

My Mac is hooked directly to the cable in my room and it's fast and great. But the last couple of days, our PC in the neighboring room that's connected wirelessly has been quite slow and that's annoying. I only moved the router a couple feet from it's original position so that must not be the problem. Maybe the metal floor lamp next to the router is causing interference?

I keep lagging out on WC3.

jeepnut · 01-19-2005, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

But the last couple of days, our PC in the neighboring room that's connected wirelessly has been quite slow and that's annoying. I only moved the router a couple feet from it's original position so that must not be the problem. Maybe the metal floor lamp next to the router is causing interference?

I keep lagging out on WC3.

Virus or spyware maybe?

Vampyr · 01-19-2005, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Null

dont remember what exactly it is. but your line first goes to some box. i suppose its the big green phone boxes you see somewhere on your block or street where all the lines goto. but anywho. they say the closer you are to thoes the better speeds you get for DSL

Ah, I know what you are talking about. I'm not sure where that box is, because I just got DSL and I don't know where they installed it. I'm probably not extremely close, but my county is too small for me to be extremely far away.

I'm pretty sure it's my distance from my ISP, because my dial up was half as fast as everyone else's too.

Although the reason might be that I still have above ground phone lines, and the constant shaking from the wind causes an unstable connection. The rest of my county has underground lines.

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Originally Posted by Jonbo

Comcast can still kiss my ass. They ruined TechTV

At first I was angry about them buying TechTV, but I can very safely say I love it much much more now. The only show I lost that I liked was Call for Help, and in replace of it I got my new favorite shows, such as Electric Playground, Judgement Day, Pulse, Arena, and my favorite...G4TechTV.com: the show. Laura and Tina are very nice to look at.

I like it because there are more video game shows on besides Xplay.

Stonecutter · 01-19-2005, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

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

Are you a sports guy? I don't remember.

If you are, go find a file on some file sharing network called

ESPN Images of our century.

Should be between 50 and 60 megs.

it's awesome.