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What kind of internet connection do you use?

Dial-up
6
9%
DSL
31
44%
Cable
28
40%
Other?
5
7%
 
Total votes : 70

Postby George Kraus » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:22 am

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(E) None of the above.

I have a wireless connection, generally get about 600 to 750 Kbps out of it.


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Postby 48Rob » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:43 am

High sped cable, and love it!...though it could always be a little faster... :lol:

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Postby bledsoe3 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:51 am

I use cable cause it's fast. But... $>
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Postby NutmegJoe » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:06 am

I use wireless as well...Sprint Broadband.
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Postby Arne » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:34 am

Since I'm a market timer, I need access when ever I want it available... so in the bad old days, I had a 2nd dedicated phone line ($$) and MSN ($$) years ago.

Then cable became available for less than the 2nd phone line & MSN as my ISP.... Now I can keep 3 computers running at the same time... The computers are pretty weighted down with software, so it could be faster, but it works very well most times.

ONce in a while I go to my brothers house and use his dial-up (doggy) and AOL (another Woof).. what a pain... If I still smoked, I could go out and have a cigarette while some of it loads.
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Postby Joseph » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:45 am

Cable. One of these days I'm going to go wireless, but not yet.

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Postby SkipperSue » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:13 am

Nasty dial up connection, not by choice though. :x
The rumour is that DSL might be coming this year, man I hope so. :worship:
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Postby Nitetimes » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:16 am

High speed cable, gotta have the speed!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Once you get used to it (takes all of 5 minutes) there is no going back to dial up!
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Postby dwgriff1 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:32 am

None of the above.

Wireless. ClearWire.

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Postby elmo » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:35 am

I still am on dial up! I guess I can't justify spending the money on the other stuff. I pay $120 a year for unlimited.(I spend it on other goofy toys) I really don't have anything all that exciting I need to be quick for. The only time I would like it is for the video aspect.

My dad is retired and was thinking about going high speed and decided against it because he wouldn't anything to do during the day. Right now he is kind of snowed in on a mountain in Montana.

I maybe going wireless for a laptop soon. The campground I got a seasonal site at has free wireless. If anyone has a good suggestion on what computer to buy PM me. Good price point and does everything and loud enough speakers you can hear it in a car.
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Postby Steve_Cox » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:12 pm

Bellsouth DSL connection

Just tested it: downloads at 1601 kbps, uploads at 250 kbsp today anyway.

We used to have Roadrunner cable service several years ago in South Florida and it would rarely top 640 kbps, usually much slower in the winter as the seasonal population increased.

So what's your download speed?
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Postby cam5e » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:12 pm

Cable, it's fast. Like a marsupial!
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Postby madjack » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:15 pm

...cable...5mb down, 1.5mb up...but it costs 40 bucks a month...now that AT&T has bought out SouthCentralBell and is offering no-frills DSL for half that, I MAY change over(maybe)
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Postby sdtripper2 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:50 pm

Cable:

Cox Cable
8879 kpbs dowN ...... 559 kpbs uP

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
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Postby Steve_Cox » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:54 pm

madjack wrote:...cable...5mb down, 1.5mb up...but it costs 40 bucks a month...now that AT&T has bought out SouthCentralBell and is offering no-frills DSL for half that, I MAY change over(maybe)
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MJ,

Does cable really download that fast, or is that the sales hype number?

1mb = 1024 kb, so your 5mbps would be a download speed of 5270 kbps?

(I think I've forgotten most of this stuff, seems the more trouble you have with your internet provider, the more you know)

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