What's your internet speed?

[DarthOcellaris]

Originally Posted by Junkzoo

I got yer back Doug
"Not enuf people/households inna sq mile" is what they tol' me when i asked about Mo faster internet. It's just discrimination against those who have land larger than some subdivisions .I got 10 acres, my neighbor has 5, the others have 5/10/200 acres, hence not too many neighbors in my area (which is fine w/ me)
Only had 3 Trick or Treaters in the 14 yrs i've been here (1st yr) since those w/ kids take them to "town" where the pickins are easier, instead of a cluster of homes 200yds apart,and 4 of them inna sq 1/2 mile area.(We still buy candy around Halloween time, but we end up eating it ourselves haha)

Unless i get a 10x forwarded mpeg from someone, or desire to check out a video online, most times my dial up speed is still bearable for what i need.For the larger stuff, i can always check it out at work.(and get paid for it LOL)

I worked for Comcast for a few years. You'd be surprised what it costs to have a line run to your house. Sorta sucks for the ones in your situation.

[DarthOcellaris]

Originally Posted by Doug1

You think I am kidding??????????????????????????? I am not

I remember my first computer...a TI99/4A Wish I still had that Commodore 64 and the 128

[Doug1]

Originally Posted by DarthOcellaris

I worked for Comcast for a few years. You'd be surprised what it costs to have a line run to your house. Sorta sucks for the ones in your situation.

What really frosts me is that when the new local phone company upgraded years ago we got fiber optic lines at least to the poles, but the Town phone company won't up grade an old analog switching station at the end of their line heading out this way

[DarthOcellaris]

Originally Posted by Doug1

What really frosts me is that when the new local phone company upgraded years ago we got fiber optic lines at least to the poles, but the Town phone company won't up grade an old analog switching station at the end of their line heading out this way

Dang...that stinks. I worked for a local phone company too just recently ( I'm a contracting computer programmer in case you wonder why I have so many jobs LOL ) and they spent tons of money on fiber. The phone companies were very eager to get people on DSL...or so i though :S

[Loverotties]

Dail up ? is that like webtv?Does that mean you have to get up and change the channles on your tv too?

[Doug1]

Originally Posted by Loverotties

Dail up ? is that like webtv?Does that mean you have to get up and change the channles on your tv too?

Hehhehe, no I have remotes, their are 4 in this room alone, and its the spare room

[Loverotties]

Lol J/k!

[toastdude]

Verizon Fiber Optic right to my house. Over 5 Mbps downstream

[Sndwave80]

I have cable w/ 3megs

[DarthOcellaris]

I was the first customer in my node to have the cable internet back when it was opened up here and I had unlimited speed both ways....man...THOSE were the good 'ol days...LOL

[Twitterbait]

home is Comcast cable, never have any probelms...
work is back to back with 3 x t3 lines.
i like speed.

[wharyat]

8Mb cable, cant wait til we get fiber here

[Doug1]

here in Washington I am on 6 meg cable

[wharyat]

Great little bandwidth test:
http://www.speedtest.net/

Mine:

[tdwyatt]

Originally Posted by Doug1

Come On People, i CANT be the only one on dialup

I was until about 4 monhs ago when I (finally) got two-way satellite, now after a few months of hassling with getting it to work, it's the bomb! (but I cussed for 4 months and changed operating systems)

BTW, I didn't see a choice for one-way or two-way satellite...



Dang, I thought it woas going faster than that though...