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07-04-2002, 09:22 PM
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10th Level Vice President
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Location: Knoxville, TN
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It's been a long time coming, but I finally have it.
"What is it?," you may ask. It is CABLE INTERNET ACCESS. Woohoo. Is this a brand new world or what?
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athlon 64 3000+ MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R MB, 1gig kingston hyperx cas2 pc3200 ddr, radeon 9800 pro, audigy 2 platinum, tdk 4xdvd+r, LG 52x cdrw, siig133ultra ata card, maxtor 133 ultra ata card, 160 gig WD HD converted into USB 2.0 drive, 80gig WD SE HD, 160 maxtor HD w/ 8 mb cache, 120 gig maxtor hd w/8 mb cache, 250gig wd w/8mb cache, 250gig Maxtor w/8mb cache, 8x samsung dvd-rw 2x KDS 19" monitors. 2nd Computer: 2.4 gig p4, Asus p3g8x motherobard, 512 samsung 2100 ddr, geforce 3 ti200, creative labs sound blaster 5.1live, 80gig IBM Hard drive. 52x CD-ROM,antec case, 15" generic monitor---thanks for alienwaredude. 3rd computer: AMD 2500+ XP FIC AN19C motherboard, 512 kbyte 2700ddr,geforce2ti200,4xdvd+-rw, antec case |
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07-04-2002, 09:26 PM
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Member (13 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Fullerton, CA
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Congrats!
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07-04-2002, 09:43 PM
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Retired
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Modesto,Calif
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WWD,
What did you have before? Carl |
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07-04-2002, 09:58 PM
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Red-eyed Moderator
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Opens up a whole new world. I remember my first internet experience at 14,400kbps. If I wanted to download Netscape, it was a matter of beginning the download, watching an entire movie, making something to eat, watching a second entire movie, going back to the computer to sit and wait the remaining 20 minutes.
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07-04-2002, 10:04 PM
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Computing Professor
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Speed is all !
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07-04-2002, 10:12 PM
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HOT ROD
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: On the Edge
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Congrats! WWD
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07-04-2002, 10:14 PM
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Sibak
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
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Welcome!
BROADBAND, BABY, it's the ONLY way to fly!! Speed on
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07-04-2002, 10:55 PM
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Professional Cow Tipper
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Enid, OK, U.S.A.
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Wish we had it available around here.
 We've gotta use regular old dial up and it's crappy at that. 28,800 is as good as it gets, usually 26,400.
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07-04-2002, 10:59 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: IL, USA
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Woooooohoooooooo! I'd die with out my DSL.
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07-04-2002, 11:00 PM
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Premium Member
Join Date: Jun 1999
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Yayy! Another node to use for DDoS attacks
Now more than ever protect your computer. Oh yeah and .. Welcome to the 90s!
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07-04-2002, 11:20 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Brooklyn Park,Minn.
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12 hour downloads down to minutes!!!!!!!
cable is great!!!! |
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07-04-2002, 11:23 PM
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Retired
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Modesto,Calif
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WWD,
I've heard people say over and over "I'll never go back". Now you know why. I'm happy for ya and sad for juppy. Carl |
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07-04-2002, 11:23 PM
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10th Level Vice President
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Knoxville, TN
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yep, aint the 90's grand.
I installed norton 2002 the day before i got the new connection. DDOS is just another stupid, idiot, childish way for some 13 year old to get his jollies while everyone else has to run out and spend hard earned money for protection that may or may not work. I am happy for the added bandwidth, though. I languished in 28.8 hell for a very long time. Now, i am in heaven. La, La, La |
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07-04-2002, 11:24 PM
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The Gavel
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Upland, CA
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Welcome to the high-speed world.
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07-04-2002, 11:25 PM
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10th Level Vice President
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Location: Knoxville, TN
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I'll never go back. You can have my broadband when you take it from my cold, dead PC. |
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07-05-2002, 12:31 AM
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Member (12 bit)
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Secret City (Oak Ridge, TN)
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I have a choice where i live, cable or DSL. I took cable, threw out my land phone and went Cell. I am very happy. I dont' have slow downs during peak hours, guess not many ppl in my part of the cable line use it.
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07-05-2002, 02:30 AM
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digitally confused
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Las Vegas
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cable modem changed my life. I started reading my emails again.
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07-05-2002, 08:13 AM
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Member (8 bit)
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: the gulf and the beach
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I remember d'ldng for the first time with cable and thought something had gone amiss. Nothing could happen that quick, course my before was something like 28k dialup. Was I red.
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07-05-2002, 09:52 AM
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PC Tinkerer
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Long Beach, Mississippi
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Congrats WWD. Welcome to the real world of ripped off MP3's and DivX movies, :P .
So far my cable has been great. It's only taken a dump twice, once for about 2 minutes and once for about 10, and I've had it for 2 months. |
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07-05-2002, 12:15 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: in harms way
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Grrrrrrrrr
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07-05-2002, 12:19 PM
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Professional gadfly
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Location: Minneapolis, MN
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07-05-2002, 12:35 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: in harms way
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I know this feeling. I just turn off the lights and head out the door.
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07-05-2002, 12:45 PM
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10th Level Vice President
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Knoxville, TN
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That's the way I lived before.
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07-05-2002, 12:56 PM
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Member (11 bit)
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Location: Brooklyn Park,Minn.
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07-05-2002, 01:02 PM
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HOT ROD
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: On the Edge
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 = before broadband=after broadband
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07-05-2002, 01:48 PM
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Professional Cow Tipper
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Enid, OK, U.S.A.
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Quote:
 Maybe someday we'll all be able to have access to the high speed lines (I hope).
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07-05-2002, 03:19 PM
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Member (9 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Michigan, USA
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Wolf, don't know what kind of PC set up you have going but wait till you connect your cable modem to a cable router and have you whole network surfing independently at lightning speeds!!
Life is good when you can download at one station, the old lady surf ebay on another while the young'uns jamming online games on yet another PC!! |
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07-05-2002, 04:09 PM
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The Gavel
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Upland, CA
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"Life is good when you can download at one station, the old lady surf ebay on another while the young'uns jamming online games on yet another PC!!"
And the Lawman said "Amen". |
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07-05-2002, 04:28 PM
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Kickin' it
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Location: USA
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Cable internet is amazing. The greatest thing about it, being able to laugh at my friends 56k. Ok, I dont actually make fun of him but I do love it.
Before Episode 2 came out, we were chatting and he said he had started dling of the trailers on starwars.com. With his 56k it took him over an hour to get one of the trailers. With my cable I had watched all 4 of them twice after 15minutes. Congrate WWD!!
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07-05-2002, 05:24 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Ahhh, fond memories of my dial-up and its natural pairing with GoZilla. I could download anything, just needed a few days of 0:00 to 7:00 scheduling. Thought I would never use a download manager after I got cable, but alas I can max my connection at about 1MB/s with 10 downloads with 10 streams each.
Good for you Werewolfdaddy. |
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