Got DSL

[Epgs]

I finally got dsl. Boy what a difference. Once you get it you can never go back to 56k.

[coolguy23]

i'm surprised you have that many posts.....i would die if i had to wait that long for posts

[Coolin]

I just got cable a week ago. And I love the difference! After one day with cable, I couldn't go back. I downloaded Linux Mandrake 7.2 in half an hour with FlashGet! Compare that with 3 days on my old 56k modem!

[LeX]

So coolguy23 should be even more surprised Coolin managed to get 1600+ posts with a 56K...

[gyrbo]

I never got slower that cable :D. Well ok, at school we are all on a 56k :(

[Giancarlo]

DSL makes a big difference, and it is much more stable then Cable. 56K Modems seems like such ancient technology...

[Epgs]

yeah it does. i have had my connection on since i got it last friday

[jw]

i never notice my cable to be unstable...you should really find some friends with cable and test the water a bit...you will be surprised how much better cable is than dsl.

[Coolin]

Originally posted by LeX
So coolguy23 should be even more surprised Coolin managed to get 1600+ posts with a 56K...
Uh...
umm...

Well, you see, a 56k isn't that slow at loading sites that are full of text. And these forums are almost all text. So it's all fine. The funny thing is, I don't see much difference between page loading times on these forums on a 56k and on a cable modem. Perhaps it's because I live in a neighbourhood where people ask: "What the heck is dial up!?"

[Gayowulf]

I live in a neighbourhood where people wonder what a modem, let alone a computer is. These forums arent too bad on my "56k" connection. its less than nice when it comes to downloading. As soon as 2way cable is available im getting it. well maybe not right away. its expensive the 1st year, costly the second, and obsolete the 3rd.

[Giancarlo]

I used to have Cable, DSL is better...

[patrickw]

Lucky dog!

I've still got the old, ancient, 56k here at my house! Our local cableco has digital cable now, and will be starting cable modems pretty soon. Right now they're waiting for the telco to get the T3 lines hooked up at the head end.

I'm (luckily) on the beta test list. Six years of dialup internet has given me high blood pressure and gray hairs!

I can't wait to get broadband internet - my wife will then have an even harder time prying me out of my office!

[Coolin]

Originally posted by Gayowulf
I live in a neighbourhood where people wonder what a modem, let alone a computer is. These forums arent too bad on my "56k" connection.
Lucky!

No one in my area knows what dial up is. I ask them how they go on the net, they say: "Of course cable modem, there's no other way!"

Therefore, my internet is slow. But oh well, it's much better than dial up.

[LeX]

Hehe... here's it's kinda different. When I ask people how they connect, most reply: "With my 56K modem of course." A few others say: "ADSL". The rest go: "I dunno." When I ask them if they have cable, they say: "Cable? What's that?"

[Coolin]

Gee... You must download at 1mb/sec at peak times! ;)

[d99janh]

Am I the only one here using a 33,6 kbit modem?

[Koolguy]

Hell I can download at 5mbit's (notice the bits...)

[Coolin]

I can download at 5mbit/s too. At about 2:00AM, I downloaded Linux Mandrake in about 20-30 mins that way.

[Epgs]

wow thats pretty good. I have hit 1.2 mbits

[Coolin]

Originally posted by d99janh
Am I the only one here using a 33,6 kbit modem?I had that... Six months ago before I upgraded to the speedy 56k, which was just as slow.