Speed of your Internet connection
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Topic: Speed of your Internet connection
Posted By: M@X
Subject: Speed of your Internet connection
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 14:05
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This will help us knowing a little bit more about you guys !
If you don't know ... - If you must connect to the phone line each time , chances are you are on a Modem 28-33.6 or 56k - If you are always connected ... chances are you are on High Speed connection
TEST YOUR SPEED HERE: http://reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_meter/7004-7254_7-0.html - http://reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_meter/7004-7254_7-0.html ------------- Prog On ! |
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 14:12
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I haven't got the slightest idea. I'm so not interested in how it works or why it works, I'm just glad It works. I believe it is a broadband modem, my guess would be it's quit fast. Is there somewher you can see these kinds of information on the computer. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 14:14
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I have a 1 1/2 Meg broadband routed from my NTL Satellite Box. My daughter shares the connection on her PC upstairs so no doubt that reduces my bandwidth greatly. It would be nice to have a "techy" area to discuss getting more out of our connections, or using "feeds" and other quite esoteric PC stuff. Obviously Max, you would be a help and the "person who doesnt like to be named " C***1F**D (maybe we could call him Yarweh much like the Jews who dont like to use God's name( Others here will be expert relative to us amateurs. Some of what seems obvious to you, PC-wise, will be unfamiliar with many of us.
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))seems to know his stuff when it comes to Computer Tech, and he is Ok with a Computer!
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 16:22
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OK with a Computer... That's nearly funny, R**d...
My setup is an ADSL router/hardware firewall/NATed DHCP server connected to a 512K service. I don't really need any more speed here, as I can get all my big downloads at work, where we have an 8Mb pipe - and a fatter, direct one to our partner companies. I've been working with computers since 1991, and still don't understand the things... but I am OK with them, as R**d so kindly points out...
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 16:31
49 KiloBits/PicoSecond, that's fast  ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
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Dial-up 28.8k 
49 kbpsPosted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 17:05
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Not always accurate though:
 I dont think so!-------------
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Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 19:43
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That does not sound like a CABLE MODEM speed to me ;-) more like a 56k/modem phone line connected ------------- Prog On ! |
tuxon wrote:Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 01 2005 at 21:30
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I have a modest 56k modem, can't afford to pay two cables (one for the office and one for my house). The only advantage is that I live far from downtown so the connection (even with the test machine) always gives me more than 50K and Peruvian normal cable is giving an average of 35k in my office. Iván |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 00:45
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I´m on Speed
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 03:27
You poor swine - you're with NTL too, eh?  
I've got their 600k broadband package (in with the TV, Cable, Telephone, VHF Radio etc etc), but I'm mostly on line via the company's 8mb pipe connection ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 08:50
I thought it was a broadbandphone line modum, with phase shift modulation adjustment. I had it calibrated through the main deflector to increase the subspace distortion feedback. It's fast enough for me
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 08:53
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Yeah-their customer support team is the most patronising and inefficient i have ever come across. They upgraded my set-top box because the old box couldnt handle 1meg+ broadband and Tv pictures. The new box, a Samsung, has no audio out feeds to connect to my surround sound system! 2005 and they give me a box which has no flexibility at all!
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Also I am only allowed 3mb of file on an Email! 
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 09:48
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you need a computer to use this site?
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 11:16
| My brother and I do our schoolwork on the Internet. We are both homeschooled. We needed this fast Internet to be able to work online. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 13:45
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Homeschooled why ( he said noseyly) -------------
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 14:20
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 15:08
| We homeschool because we move around a lot because my dad is in the Air Force. Instead of switching schools every three years, it is easier just to mail our work in from where ever we are. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 15:17
my test speed. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 15:45
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If you don't like the test result, can you apply for a new test? ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 16:39
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I'm still using a ZX81.
Took me 3 months to download 'Pigs On The Wing 1'. Well worth the wait though. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 16:46
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I better study for this... I want to get high speed! ------------- Sun Tsu said: To fight and conquer in your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tsu: The art of War |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 16:47
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I was very nervous, I guess I blew the test because of that. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 17:07
56k 
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 17:33
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 03:05
And your set top box 'freezes' how many times an evening? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 03:10
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 05:06
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AND I HAVE TO GET BY WITH A LOUSY 56K CONNECTION......... ITS A GOOD PLAN THOUGH $25 A MONTH, UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS, UNLIMITED HOURS..... THATS BECAUSE YOU NEED UNLIMITED TIME TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING!!!! |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 05:52
Yeah, right!  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 09:36
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Now i've got the samsung the box "slows down" but hasnt acutally frozen. When I had the previos (pace?) box it froze virtually everyday.Customer Service said that this was unusual and not a common occurence! (where is the smiley with a Pinocchio Nose when you need it!) Lying buggers! -------------
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 09:40
I had exactly the same problems with NTL when I was with them. I sympathise with you guys totally.------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 04 2005 at 05:00
If you tickle Sigod in THE RIGHT PLACE  He will work at twice the speed we´re used to
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Posted By: K00l Prog Guruz
Date Posted: February 13 2005 at 00:56
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I HAVBE A REEWALLY GFAST INTERNET LOL ------------- "The world is in your hands, now use it." Good'ol Phil |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 16 2005 at 01:44
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That's the man, Hey KPG with your knowledge ask Bill Gates for a job Iván |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: February 16 2005 at 07:01
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Who needs windows and Gates in a world without borders or walls. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: February 21 2005 at 19:46
| I have no idea what kind of connection I have |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 23 2005 at 16:19
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@ Home = 56k @ "Work" = T1 line  |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: March 11 2005 at 10:55
No, no stoppit!!!...ahhh.....stoppit....hahahahahaha!!!!! ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: arkitek
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 02:11
that never happened to me i have always been on NTL must be your computer! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 12:02
Nothing to do with the computer.never had a problem with my PC-it is the box that freezes!! -------------
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: March 14 2005 at 15:51
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Spoken like a true Penguin! |
Posted By: Quacky
Date Posted: March 19 2005 at 15:04
| Hey all. I just read a flyer, which advertises: "reliable, affordable,high-speed internet access through the wires you already have in your home. No modems, extra wires, or software to install. All you have to do is plug your computer into a wall outlet and and surf away." I haven't checked out the website yet. telkonet.com |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 19 2005 at 16:00
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Hiya Quacky...long time.. I think the system creates a network via your electricity supply around the house.You plug into it,I think..... -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: March 19 2005 at 18:21
| This thread has long ago spent it's usefulness. Please get rid of it. it is annoying. |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: March 20 2005 at 04:45
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Or at least remove the pinning so it can die a natural death. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 19:30
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high speed ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |