What type of Internet connection do you have?

[glc]

Earthlink DSL 768/128. It was the first available affordable broadband.

We do have an excellent wireless ISP here, but it's pricey.

www.dls.net

[mbossman2]

WISP are becoming more and more popular, especially with the advent of lower cost hight bandwidth data pipes.

I have seen this in place in condo/apartment complexes, where an ISP comes in and "wires" the whole complex with a mix of wired jacks (using long reach ethernet) and general wireless coverage (Cisco AP's are the most popular as they offer the widest range of management controls like bandwidth throttling etc), then roll it all back to a leased high speed cable or SDSL line out to the internet.

this set up gives the most bang for the buck with the least amount of capital outlay.

[not important]

Dialup. No other choices in my area.

[Iman74]

In "x" amount of years, something like that can be incorporated in the rent and having a network connection is just part of life.

Yes there are people still not connected, and I would like to keep it that way. My parents for one.

Originally posted by mbossman2 WISP are becoming more and more popular, especially with the advent of lower cost hight bandwidth data pipes. I have seen this in place in condo/apartment complexes, where an ISP comes in and "wires" the whole complex with a mix of wired jacks (using long reach ethernet) and general wireless coverage (Cisco AP's are the most popular as they offer the widest range of management controls like bandwidth throttling etc), then roll it all back to a leased high speed cable or SDSL line out to the internet. this set up gives the most bang for the buck with the least amount of capital outlay.

[DarkHorse]

Yeah, I bet virus writers and spammers would like nothing more than a bunch of semi-computer-illiterate people plugging into broadband connections around the world.

Come to think of it, ISP tech support would probably hate it even more! Those poor people deal with enough idiots (myself included), let's not make them suicidal.

[azscary]

Too late! I am not suicidal, but I did commit homicide on a box fan!!

Too many people that cannot find the "Any Key" on the keyboard that day!!!

[inflames988]

Wow, alot of cable. Do you think that so many people are going to get cable that it will be really slow? The folks at comcast (cable provider) here say that the more people on at once in an area the slower the connection is...ive had 4-5 people in my neighborhood (including me) taking huge amounts of bandwith for xbox online games, it doesns seem to cause any problem.

[Doobie]

Originally posted by azscary I see what you mean. There have been 104 views and only 23 votes . Do you suppose those other 81 are the dialups or the two cans and a string?

those 81 people voted too, but they are on dial up... there vote will get posted in about a week since its still uploading...

I had cable this month but had some problems as most people who vist #PCMECH on IRC already know

So I'm on dialup right now... It was very easy to get used to cable but having to go back to dialup really sucks... I dont even like connecting anymore... Everything seems to take ages to load.

[tigstah]

cable baby.
3+ years and still going strong.
its gotten a lil faster since i had it first installed. its up to 1.5 from 1.....

[Propain]

DSL baby lol 70$ canadian a month. Had cable but too many ppl were on my line and it was extrememly slow on weekends and didnt work well with Xbox .
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests...com/1064181627



try it out http://www.dslreports.com/stest