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August 17th, 2003, 10:26 PM
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man this is great. i just moved into college yesterday. at home on dsl i was getting around 800 KBPS and now im getting 6.7 MBPS!! this is great!
drew
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August 17th, 2003, 10:28 PM
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lol glad you made it safe, that number will drastically drop as soon as all the p2p lovers move in  |
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August 17th, 2003, 11:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: stockholm,sweden
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Megabit or megabyte ?
I've got 10mbits here at home , And i'm lovvin it !!  |
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August 17th, 2003, 11:16 PM
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that and you'll pretty much never see that in a real download. Most people you download from won't give you that much bandwidth to download with (from the remote side)
congrats 
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August 18th, 2003, 12:51 AM
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No, but it makes for a great overnight collection of download windows, plastering the entire monitor!
I hate you! No, no I really don't...but you're not comin' to my birthday party! Unless you bring me some of that bandwidth... 
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August 18th, 2003, 01:38 AM
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| | carpe noctum
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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I can't imagine the use of all that...I perfectly content with my cable modem...I mean really, what's the big deal if the download takes 10 seconds or 60 seconds to finish?  Have fun with it. |
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August 18th, 2003, 07:36 AM
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I've got cable. It's not that fast, but the main advantage to it is that I'm connected 24/7. That means I can have one computer sit and download something, while using another. Altho it would be nice to have bandwidth so you don't have to wait... |
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August 18th, 2003, 09:53 AM
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I've got cable. It's not that fast
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August 18th, 2003, 10:44 AM
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Well my cable is faster than 56k dial-up but it sucks compared to other cable providers. Too bad it's the only one in my area. ADSL is far more expensive here. |
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August 18th, 2003, 10:48 AM
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| | carpe noctum
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If you already have a telephone connection (which most people do, except me), ADSL is by far the cheapest route to take in my area. $35/month for Verizon DSL (with their phone service) vs. $47/month with Comcast cable TV service (w/o, $57/month). |
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