What's Your Connection?

Glarryg · Post by **Glarryg** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:29 am

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

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:32 am

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...

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:37 am

University Network

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:37 am

...Dial-up...

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

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:39 am

Noise Monkey wrote:...Dial-up...

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:47 am

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.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:20 am

DSL, homie-g.

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:27 am

Fiber (ISP: BBB (Bredbandsbolaget)), 10/10 full duplex, recent upgrade.

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:53 am

internet cafes (broadband)
work (broadband)

Guildmaster Van · Post by **Guildmaster Van** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:14 am

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.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:49 am

CrappyDialup.com . . . specifically, their subsidary, Earthlink.

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:03 am

Cable internet yo.

but i think its slower than it should be.

Lei · Post by **Lei** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:04 am

Comcast internet cable broadband, routed through the house. My family is addicted to the internet.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:16 am

Cable!

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

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:17 am

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.

Shishio · Post by **Shishio** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:34 am

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.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:24 am

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.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:33 am

University network. Which is kind of slow, only about 256k p/s.

War · Post by **War** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:55 am

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.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:58 am

<whoring>
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.

</whoring>