I'm getting broadband.

[Faustus]

At long last my tiny town as a broadband option, its a wireless provider, and its NOT the one in the area I was hopeing for. They are expensive for the speed they offer ($40 for 256k, or $75 for 512k) but hell after all this time I'm willing to go for it.

[sacajaweeda]

Dude that shit will take porn to an all new level.

[Conquest10]

Congrats. And ditto on that pr0n comment.

[Faustus]

Well I've had broadband before, just not since I moved about 4 years ago.

[northcat_8]

I'm getting broadband.

From:

All of us poor bastards still on dialup

[Dr. DOS]

I had an expensive regional phone plan from verizon... dropped a few things... went to a local plan and added dsl ... net new added to my bill will be about $15.00....

Total bill about $70.00 for phone / dsl.... dsl, by itself, about $29.95

Works nice -- now... regarding porn... ummm... where??

[Anonymous321]

Wow, I thought Internet in North America was very cheap?

I just changed my provider, who offered 768/128 for 47€ (60$), now I've got 1024/512 for 60€ (76$).

[Faustus]

Wow, I thought Internet in North America was very cheap?

I just changed my provider, who offered 768/128 for 47€ (60$), now I've got 1024/512 for 60€ (76$).

Its not that bad if you live inside a major city. If not... well good luck.

[tekkieman]

I feel for you. After being on cable for two years, I had to go to dialup for a year because of where we lived. Moved 12 miles from there, and now I was able to 3M DSL for $40/mo. I average around 19 Meg a minute for dowloads. A typical MP3 takes around 7 seconds. 8)

At those speeds, it's amazing how fast you can fill a drive with porn!

[makntraks]

At those speeds, it's amazing how fast you can fill a drive with porn!

mmmmmmmmmmm..........
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica........

Aren't newsgroups the shit!
makntraks

[ViRaL1]

Welcome to the club. Screw those poor bastards on dialup!!!

[northcat_8]

Welcome to the club. Screw those poor bastards on dialup!!!

hey Viral1 watch your ******* language :P

[ViRaL1]

We can't say dial-up?

[SLICK RICK]

Welcome to the club. Screw those poor bastards on dialup!!!

poor bastards

SLICK RICK....

[ViRaL1]

Is it bad that I had my phone service set up a month early just so DSL would be ready the day I moved in?

[northcat_8]

We can't say dial-up?

my comment is referenced from other thread about the use of foul language and "your" generation.

[tekkieman]

Imagine how many replies we could send Northie before he could submit one on that dialup. We could lose him in a heartbeat! :P

[ViRaL1]

We can't say dial-up?

my comment is referenced from other thread about the use of foul language and "your" generation.

I personally think dial-up is much more offensive that the f-word or bastards. But it could be just me.

[tekkieman]

I agree. I was pretty upset that during the time my DSL was supposed to get activated SBC went on strike. Their petty problems are not nearly as important as my internet connection.

[northcat_8]

Hey now, my 26.4 Kbps connection is a lot faster than you might think

[tekkieman]

You have T1 at the school though, right?

[northcat_8]

yep.

It's why I'm not on while at home very often, I doze off waiting on a page to load

[yoda313]

Hello,

Hey now, my 26.4 Kbps connection is a lot faster than you might think

Wow! My respect for you grows more and more as I learn more about you..... You actually go online at 26.4??????

I connect at an average of 44kbps at home... It's very decent for $10 a month with a package deal from SBC..

Someday I'll fork over the dough for broadband and then you'll see.... I'll hit 10,000 posts in under a month!!

Kevin

[ViRaL1]

Anyone here on Dial-Up on a second phone line?

[handyguy]

Web pages aren't much faster for me with DSL 756k, than dialup. But downloads are much faster. esp. with Newsbin, which gives me about 756k x 8, as it opens 8 connections @ the same time.

[ViRaL1]

756 x 8??? Where are you getting that from? You sure you don't mean 756 / 8?

[resnullius]

26.4 where did you get that modem???? i remember 3.6, 14.4, 33.3 and then 56k ...
BTW up north 3mb dsl 25$(and those are cdn $)

[Capmaster]

26.4 where did you get that modem???? i remember 3.6, 14.4, 33.3 and then 56k ...
BTW up north 3mb dsl 25$(and those are cdn $)

Modem speeds: 300, 1200, 2400 4800, 9600, 14400, 28800, 33600, 56000.

[glockjs]

people still have home phone lines???

[Capmaster]

people still have home phone lines???

No kidding

I saw a kit on sale that was a cradle/base station for a cell phone. It plumbed the cell phone into the existing house phone wiring and allowed you to use the extension phones to place and receive calls. Prettty clever and allows you to sever your ties with the land line highway robbers