rhoads56 Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Well?? Interested in seeing what the verdict is, considering all the rule changes are to benefit dialup user, just what percentage of people are we affecting??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 i am fortunet enough to have broadband internet, but i'm still against large banners and such in sig's, anything that takes up space and adds to scrolling time isn't good when you're on an info forum. even though both computers in my house are on the same shared broadband, the computer upstairs being much older took quit a bit longer to load the pages because of all the large graphics.... so they still play a role even if you have HSI but have a slow computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 46.6 dial up on a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragyn Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I have broadband at home, but still need to use Dial up when I connect to work! Dragyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 5 Megabit cable to the house, then 802.11b (11 Megabit) inside the house to the PowerBook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Darren I thought that 3 megs was the highest now... that's what I got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I just couldn't deal with dial-up anymore - we've had cable modem access for a year or a little more than that now. I hope I never have to go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Darren I thought that 3 megs was the highest now... that's what I got. http://www.shoprogers.com/Store/Cable/Inte...ent/extreme.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Darren I thought that 3 megs was the highest now...  that's what I got. http://www.shoprogers.com/Store/Cable/Inte...ent/extreme.asp Coooooolllllll!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 When i'm plugged in to the wired network, i get pretty close to that. I think i clocked it at about 4.8 Megabit. Wireless slows things down a bit, so i think i'm seeing about 3.6 Mbit or so after all the encryption, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 I have Cable at Home and a dedicated T1 at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Dial up = the old black rotary phone with party line....some of you may not remember those days Some of us do I've had DSL for a year now and would never go back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 I got DSL, is that broadband?? if anyone's interested, my computer is Microsoft Windows XP pentium 4 with 2.00GHZ 224 MB of Ram I aint a computer freak, so is that good? Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 i have dial up here and am on Marthas Vineyard for th summer and believe me when i say the connection is BAD! ( ) but i use the high speed computers at the library as much as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 For those who care, I have a PIII 500 MHz with 512MB SDRAM.... it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 The question is if you have broadband, not what kind of computer you have. And Curtis, yes, DSL is broadband. If you aren't using an analog phone line and 56k (or lower) modem, you've got a broadband connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 sorry... DSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Im not totally clued in with these new rule changes, but I am still on dialup, however Im not really fussed about people giving lots of good pictures that take a bit to download... thats someone you just get used to over time. HOWEVER, what really, REALLY turns me off even looking at a thread is fools (im sorry, but we live in the computer age, and regardless, most of it is just common sense) that post like 5 pictures that are like 2000x1500px big and like 800k-2Mb in size. It can get so frustrating. Thank got it doesnt happen so often anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisky182 Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 (edited) i've only got dial up, 115.2kbps Edited August 31, 2004 by whisky182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanglewood15dlx Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 i hav a broadband i'm verry lucky to have one... i dont dont wanna waiste my time waiting for a site to load.(specially this forum...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki swordsman Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 i've only got dial up, 115.2kbps that's twice as fast as normal dialup though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 56k dialup The slowest connection known to man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki swordsman Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 actually you can get 25k or something can't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiefletcher Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Had broadband for the last 12 months. Just gone back to Dial up cos Telstra are a bunch of robbing sods!!! Ended up costing me $1800,00 AU for 1 year!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki swordsman Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 jeeeezus dude change company, telstra are awful anyway, theres a few really top quality broadband companys round though whereabouts are you? sydney? melb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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