Your Internet Connection Poll
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Comcast Cable....dialup...I haven't done that in over 5 years...that was back in the stone age of computing. I can't imagine that people still do that. Even my father who did dial up when he travels no longer does it. He's got wifi service with T-Mobile. Whenever he's in an airport he goes to an airport lounge. If he's in NY or LA he just stops outside a starbucks and grabs his email on his G4 PB. Dial Up is a thing of the past! History!
Ripcord
Senior Lurker
A friend of mine at work is picking up cable AND DSL because he wants the added speed that a second link will give him. He's such a nerd.
Then I realized that the way the utilities are run here, I can actually get DSL from Verizon AND RCN, while at the same time get Cable modem from RCN and Comcast, for *4* lines.
...But I'm not that nerdy =)
(I actually have cable TV from Comcast and RCN right now - RCN has just never turned off the jacks from when the previous tenants lived here, even after I've called them twice about it. So instead I have a TV in the bedroom to take advantage of it - beats paying to have them set up a second jack, or running the cable myself...)
Then I realized that the way the utilities are run here, I can actually get DSL from Verizon AND RCN, while at the same time get Cable modem from RCN and Comcast, for *4* lines.
...But I'm not that nerdy =)
(I actually have cable TV from Comcast and RCN right now - RCN has just never turned off the jacks from when the previous tenants lived here, even after I've called them twice about it. So instead I have a TV in the bedroom to take advantage of it - beats paying to have them set up a second jack, or running the cable myself...)
steven_lufc
Registered
NTL:home is my ISP on cable modem
600down, 128 up. enough for what i do.
some companies do offer home users a 1mb service but its not heard of much - fryke, 2mb must scream
maybe the uk are behind everyone else in telecommunications, some regions don't even have broadband at all yet
600down, 128 up. enough for what i do.
some companies do offer home users a 1mb service but its not heard of much - fryke, 2mb must scream
maybe the uk are behind everyone else in telecommunications, some regions don't even have broadband at all yet
Darkshadow
wandering shadow
Oh, there's regions in the US that don't have broadband yet, too. UK's not the only one.
Comcast cable here, too. Though I've never cared to check the up/down speeds.
Comcast cable here, too. Though I've never cared to check the up/down speeds.
i ran a few tests, the CNET test returned 1024 kbps
Another from a different test returned 1064 kbps
Another site 1397 kbps
Mcafee (http://promos.mcafee.com/speedometer/test_3000.asp) 6.482 MBps
Still not all that fast when compared to my old college connection, because that thing could take 650mb in under 15 seconds, and I was shocked when it did.
Another from a different test returned 1064 kbps
Another site 1397 kbps
Mcafee (http://promos.mcafee.com/speedometer/test_3000.asp) 6.482 MBps
Still not all that fast when compared to my old college connection, because that thing could take 650mb in under 15 seconds, and I was shocked when it did.
ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
SBC Yahoo! DSL down here in Texas -- 1.5Mbit down, 128k up... and yeah, it sucks trying to upload big files. Downloading screams, though.
Addendum - At home I use IPNetMonitor Pro which includes a bandwidth monitor and gives you a very good idea of your download/upload speeds at all times, without having to rely on a utility like CNET's, which reports my office connection speed as 128Kb!
http://www.sustworks.com/site/prod_ipmx_overview.html
http://www.sustworks.com/site/prod_ipmx_overview.html
cybergoober
Neomaxizoomdweebie
Cable at home.
Not sure what we have at work, except it rawks.
Not sure what we have at work, except it rawks.
cybergoober
Neomaxizoomdweebie
Hmm. Tried that link that Urbansory posted.
Not sure how accurate that is though.
I'm at work BTW.
Not sure how accurate that is though.
I'm at work BTW.
fryke said:2048 kbps downstream, 400 kbps upstream. Cablecom Switzerland just upgraded my line (from 600/200) and reduced the price at the same time (~50 USD per month). Nice, nice, nice.
Net2000 is still on the "old" 600/200 and will go smoothly to 2000/400 by Jan 1st.