Home internet connection - Broadband or Dialup?

[yoda313]

Hello,

I'm sure this has been done before but let's update it!

I do dialup with SBC Yahoo Dial. (56k modem - 44k average connect speed).

Kevin

[VCDHunter]

Where's the option for none ?

[bazooka]

I had cable internet at one time, but now I have dsl.

I am waiting on fibreoptic internet.

It will have speeds of 5 megabits per second for the same amount of money I am spending now.

[yoda313]

Where's the option for none ?

Hello,

Just added!

Kevin

[tgpo]

I'm still waiting to get a computer

[Capmaster]

Cable modem - 128K upload, 1.5 Mbps download. It's no T1 like at work, but it's adequate I can get my videohelp fix and download livestock pron at the same time

[pacmania_2001]

512Kbps DSL. Used to be 1.5Mbps Cable before I moved.

I do most of my browsing at uni on a T3 connection and a microwave link.

[Rookie64]

Dial Up - 56k


Don't spend as much time online these days...so no biggie.

They've only just started offering cable connections in my area...which I'll consider but don't think I'll get that much use out of.

[Faustus]

Dialup at home because of lack of options that do not cost a million dollars.

Average connect between 50 and 53k. (Bless those actual hardware modems)

[bazooka]

Dialup at home because of lack of options that do not cost a million dollars.

Average connect between 50 and 53k. (Bless those actual hardware modems)

Like said before......Friends do not let friends use dialup.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Average connect between 50 and 53k. (Bless those actual hardware modems)

DAMN! That's great for dial up!! The highest I ever get is 45.2k!!!!

Kevin

[indolikaa]

Multiple DSL lines.

[yoda313]

Hello,

Multiple DSL lines.

MULTIPLE?????

Why??? Wouldn't you just use a router to split the one line??

Kevin

[indolikaa]

Hello,

Multiple DSL lines.

MULTIPLE?????

Why??? Wouldn't you just use a router to split the one line??

Kevin

You haven't read many of my previous posts here, have you?

[tgpo]

Hello,

Multiple DSL lines.

MULTIPLE?????

Why??? Wouldn't you just use a router to split the one line??

Kevin

You haven't read many of my previous posts here, have you?

No, but of course no one has

[Cobra]

1Mbps ADSL coming into a 100Base-T home Ethernet network, and five computers sharing the connection.

[indolikaa]

2 DSL lines, 2 dial-up lines and four routers. And there's more coming by the end of the year...

[flaninacupboard]

750kbps cable, shared through the house. 6 machines in total, but only two of us really use the web.

[Heywould3]

3.5mbs/256k cable.. i was the beta tester for my area for cable.. and i had 3.5/1.5 then.. they since capped me.. those pos arse holes. but for 53 usd and that includes cable tv its alright.. and i get 125 megs of web space now. up from 25 megs not too long ago

P.S. on a linksys wireless router sharing with 4 computers. but im the hog. i have the router, heheh.. like those filters

[sacajaweeda]

384/3000 cable - USD $29.99 monthly

[SLICK RICK]

DSL here.

SLICK RICK....

[Hardcoreruss]

1mb DSL soon to be 2mb

Going into Draytek wireless 2600g (the best adsl router on earth) serving three pc's, 1 dvd player and five squeeze boxes.

[thayne]

At home I have 3mbps down / 256kbps up cable

At work we have a full DS3 45mbps both ways I downloaded 2 freebsd iso's (CD 1 & 2) in less than 10 minutes the other day.

[Faustus]

Hello,

Average connect between 50 and 53k. (Bless those actual hardware modems)

DAMN! That's great for dial up!! The highest I ever get is 45.2k!!!!

Kevin

Go get a 3com/US Robotics OEM modem thats actually a true hardware modem. That and a clean house line helps alot when it comes to dial up.

Like I said I have no real options where I live except ISDN and that would run me about $100 and be limited to a specific number of hours, so its a big no go.

There is a wireless place near me that has a good rep but they ar to far away and keep saying they are gonna put an antenna up in town in "3 to 6 months" and every 3 to 6 months they say the same thing.... I've stopped holding my breath.

[offline]

Cable. Around 1.2 megabytes (not megabits) a second download
and approx 16 kilobytes (not kilobits) per second upload.

-edit-

Sorry. This equates to just over 10mbit down / 128 kbit up.
I pay $60 AUS per month, $500 setup/modem fee and
and use around 20 gig on average per month.

[Baldrick]

DSL, 8 mbit down and 800kbit up. But sooon 10mbit up and down for only $35/month!!!!!

[Capmaster]

DSL, 8 mbit down and 800kbit up. But sooon 10mbit up and down for only $35/month!!!!!

Figures. We're behind the rest of the world in this here. My 128K up/1.5 Mbps down costs $60/month with Comcast :P

[redwudz]

Cox cable, presently at 3489/445 kbps.(436KB/sec) Varies by the minute, one of the drawbacks of cable.

I use a dialup at my office, really hard to endure the waiting. I was thinking of setting up a phone link to my house and using the cable connection remotely. Tried this one time before with good results.

Only problems I ran into was temporarily disabling my answering machine. I use netzero at my office, so $9.95US a month, can't really complain about the speed.

[stiltman]

I'm still waiting to get a computer

That's how we all we about the MAC

[zzyzzx]

Dialup at home because of lack of options that do not cost a million dollars.

Average connect between 50 and 53k. (Bless those actual hardware modems)

Where can I get one of these Hardware Modems that does 56K V92 with V44 compression in a PCI bus?

I haven't found one yet (although I just started looking). I'm still using my ISA Bus modem, but if I build another computer I'll have to replace the modem. Seems to me that modems have gone the way of CD-R's whereby the cheap crap is everywhere but if you want something good it's really hard to find!

And I also have dialup. For $5/month there is no way I'd upgrade to something expensive. I use All2ez.net and recommend it!