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| 14.4k Dial-Up Modem |
   
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1 | 1.79% |
| 28.8k Dial-Up Modem |
  
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1 | 1.79% |
| 56.6k Dial-Up Modem |
  
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14 | 25.00% |
| 128.8k Dial-Up Multilink |
  
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0 | 0% |
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15 | 26.79% |
| Cable |
  
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21 | 37.50% |
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4 | 7.14% |
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10-16-2002, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: The Netherlands
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What connection are you on
Details appreciated....
 I am on a DSL connection myself with about 40kb/s download speed and 12kb/s upload speed. Not super-fast, but at least I have a 24/7 connection
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10-16-2002, 11:05 AM
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Resident Slacker
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Suisun City, California (i know, where the hell is that?!?!?)
Posts: 2,620
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i'm on a 56k connection, but it connects around 37k... and my downloads are mind numbingly slow.
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10-16-2002, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Grapevine, TX
Posts: 330
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On DSL, 768/256 advertised, 922/128 is the average of what i actually get/
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10-16-2002, 12:08 PM
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Member (12 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Central Arkansas
Posts: 2,170
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DSL, my downloads average 54kb/s.
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10-16-2002, 01:14 PM
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Retired
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Modesto,Calif
Posts: 4,048
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DSL
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10-16-2002, 01:48 PM
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Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 64
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Cable
downloads 177kbs mostly, can get up in the 300-200 range though. pings hardly get above 65. |
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10-16-2002, 01:50 PM
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I am, in reality, a moose
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: RTP, NC
Posts: 2,441
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it depends:
At home I have dial up (will be moving to broadband after the 1st of the year) At work: Fractional T3 |
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10-16-2002, 02:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 1,965
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56K modem
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10-16-2002, 02:56 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 614
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DSL
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10-16-2002, 09:41 PM
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HOT ROD
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: On the Edge
Posts: 4,565
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Wireless-700 up and 700 down.
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10-16-2002, 11:53 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 830
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DSL and Satellite
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10-17-2002, 12:29 AM
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Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Posts: 101
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High Speed Fiber - 256K
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10-17-2002, 05:21 AM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Quebec, Canada
Posts: 1,239
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Cable
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10-17-2002, 11:09 AM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Belgium
Posts: 850
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cable connection, from belgium. recently downloaded mandrake 9
got 500kb/s. upload is heavily capped to 20 or so. (most pple have dsl around here, so i think thats why i get great speed (all alone on big cable line or so). fastest ive seen it go was around 650 (from german server) Last edited by grasshopperbe; 10-17-2002 at 12:05 PM. |
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10-17-2002, 11:28 AM
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Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Posts: 9,138
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Cable, advertised 1mbit down, 512kbit up, but it's at least 2x faster than that.
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10-17-2002, 12:20 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 1,766
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DSL both at home and office.
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10-17-2002, 12:27 PM
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Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Bordentown, NJ
Posts: 114
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Questions: Whoever has DSL, tell me what kind you have and why its better then the other one? I'm considering DirecTV DSL...
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10-17-2002, 01:16 PM
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Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 107
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56k at home
t3 at work I download what I need at work & take it home on CD |
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10-17-2002, 09:26 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Canada
Posts: 526
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Cable
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10-17-2002, 10:25 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Brooklyn Park,Minn.
Posts: 1,864
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cable at home, model t at work
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10-17-2002, 10:35 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 765
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56K Dial-up@45333K
Ping usually in the 200-400 range 
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10-17-2002, 10:37 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 765
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Ok! Who voted for the 14K modem? Fess up!
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10-17-2002, 11:48 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Skingrad
Posts: 8,781
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Dial-up. 33.6. Sometimes 28.8 or even 21600.
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10-22-2002, 10:09 PM
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Barefoot on the Moon!
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Northeastern USA
Posts: 13,382
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56k. Usually connects at 50667 bps. Never seems to exceed 5k for downloads and webpages.
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10-23-2002, 12:11 PM
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Member (9 bit)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 461
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It's called Digital Subscriber Line or something like that.
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10-23-2002, 04:05 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Marlette, Michigan
Posts: 523
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56k Modem connects at 24,000 sometimes I get lucky and get 26,400. I can't get dsl.
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10-23-2002, 04:16 PM
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Resident Slacker
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Suisun City, California (i know, where the hell is that?!?!?)
Posts: 2,620
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10-23-2002, 08:19 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: University of California, Santa Barbara
Posts: 800
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DSL, 768/128, downloads around 50-70k, the connection fluctuates quite a bit.
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10-23-2002, 09:30 PM
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Member (12 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,557
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56k Connects at 50.6 to 52
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10-24-2002, 01:18 AM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 921
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56K connects @ 46.6 average
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