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What's Your Connection?

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:29 am
by Glarryg
So I'm doing a little research, and I'm wondering what kind of Internet service folks here have (dial-up, DSL, cable, etc.). I'd poll this, but I want to hear your rationale for choosing your type and possible what you had before it. I, for example, am a dial-up man, mostly for the cost and because I spend relatively little time on the Internet, so another service isn't worth it for me. (My dad, on the other hand, has a cable modem because his office pays for it.)

All I'm looking for is a sentence of two. Thanks in advance.

Glarryg

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:32 am
by Rkolter
Cable broadband at home - I've got around 2mb download and 384k upload. Chosen because DSL only goes as far as across the street; I'm literally a dozen or so meters too far to be included. I hate my cable company, but it's either this or dialup...

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:37 am
by Ahaugen
University Network

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:37 am
by Noise Monkey
...Dial-up... :cry:


Except at work...then its the university network's T1...

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:39 am
by Dr Legostar
Noise Monkey wrote:...Dial-up... :cry:

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:47 am
by Cortland
We have Roadrunner cable at work from Time-Warner. At home, it's DSL from Alltel, which worked fine until my year probational period ended and they jacked up the price by around $40 a month. :evil:

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:20 am
by LibertyCabbage
DSL, homie-g.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:27 am
by Czar
Fiber (ISP: BBB (Bredbandsbolaget)), 10/10 full duplex, recent upgrade.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:53 am
by Blackaby
internet cafes (broadband)
work (broadband)

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:14 am
by Guildmaster Van
500 kb/s unlimited from Videotron (Although it can jump up to 700 kb/s).
Upload sucks ass, though. If my roommate runs uTorrent he lags the internet terribly when he gets leeched. Otherwise both of us can play FPS games with little to no ping at the same time.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:49 am
by Jim North
CrappyDialup.com . . . specifically, their subsidary, Earthlink. :P

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:03 am
by DJMayhem
Cable internet yo.

but i think its slower than it should be.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:04 am
by Lei
Comcast internet cable broadband, routed through the house. My family is addicted to the internet.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:16 am
by MixedMyth
Cable!

Never, ever, EVER going to dailup again! I have seen the light!

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:17 am
by Czar
Wait... There are still people out there who don't get to measure their up and down speed in Mb/s?

I'm so sorry.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:34 am
by Shishio
Cable.

I chose this because I cannot have Bell Sympatico DSL without paying for another phone line because my landlord has it. I tried using a wireless card, but the connection almost never worked.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:24 am
by Jackhass
I have cable.

I use it because uhhh, well it was the first broadband available in my smallish town. There have been thoughts of possibly changing over to DSL offered by the phone company as the local cable company is garbage and run by arseholes.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:33 am
by Toxic
University network. Which is kind of slow, only about 256k p/s.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:55 am
by War
2Mbit/s adsl at home. Here in halls the speed is 1Mbit (the connection is capable of faster speeds but it's throttled, it does mean I get a constant 1Mbit though). Next year I'm on cable and get to choose from speeds up to 10Mbit.

Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:58 am
by Rock_dash
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For all you fine folks with dialup, perhaps you'd like to use the button in my sig? Or if that's not to your taste, McDuffies made a good one too. :)
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