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What Internet Connection Do You Have?
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Baninated
Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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Hi, everyone.
Title says it all...
kick52
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Moderator  Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Polwaristan
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
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Is 2Mb broadband considered high speed or low speed???
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Where the streets have no names...
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: midwest
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I remember when I got my first Mac. A 233Mhz tangerine iMac. I downloaded a Star Wars movie trailer using dial-up... I think at that time I was getting a blazing 32kbps using Earthlink. I started the download, then I think I took a trip to Guam, did my laundry, mowed the yard, walked the dog and when I came back down to the computer I only had like two minutes left to complete the download. Then, I got a job with one of the local telephone companies and I get a screaming good deal on HSI and I think the last test I ran got about 3200 bps. It costs me about $15.00/month. (mind you, if I didn't have that deal, I may very well have stayed on dialup, but I'm not sure) I'm thinking of upgrading to the premier tier for an additional $7.00/month and I should get up to 11000 bps. Unless I'm on MacNN. 
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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Baninated
Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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Originally Posted by ajprice
Is 2Mb broadband considered high speed or low speed???
i suppose high speed.
512 is low.
i have got my imac running at the "fastest ever" blazing speed of......... well.......... errr.............. 56k.......
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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DSL at 3Mbps downstream and about 500k upstream. Smooth sailing. I mean "smooth surfing!"
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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Baninated
Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Boston, MA
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I have low speed broadband at 1.5.
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"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." Winston Churchill
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Addicted to MacNN  Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cooperstown '09
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Hella-fast IntarWeb.®
Optimized!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Kyoto, Japan
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Gigabit fiber...is that high speed? 
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Baninated
Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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i have no idea what that is.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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Originally Posted by rickey939
Hella-fast IntarWeb.®
Optimized!
Pfft! That ain't nothing.
I pay an extra 2500 dollars a year for Super-Optimized.
Teh prOn is flyin on my Mac, Ha-Ha!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYC
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that's funny, my internet connection (comcast cable) stopped working while trying to vote on this poll.
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"I start fires!"
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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Comcast likes to go real fast and then come to a complete stop.
Like Florida drivers.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Antediluvia
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Originally Posted by rickey939
Hella-fast IntarWeb.®
Optimized!
What he said
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"In darkness there is strength, therefore strength is darkness."
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYC
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Originally Posted by sek929
Comcast likes to go real fast and then come to a complete stop.
Like Florida drivers.
except they're not particularly fast (at least, compared to the likes of Optimum Online)
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"I start fires!"
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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I dunno, DLing from Apple.com usually brings around 2300K/sec right off the bat, pretty damn impressive to me.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Nut Ranch
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Noteventin can and string; Painter IX update took almost 10 hours to
DL. Yep, a whopping 57MB file.
Shoulda gone to Starbucks.
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Arizona
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Addicted to MacNN Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cooperstown '09
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Originally Posted by sek929
Comcast likes to go real fast and then come to a complete stop.
Like Florida drivers.
Hahahaha!
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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Not to derail but: Florida Drivers sux big time.
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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Originally Posted by budster101
Those are real numbers folks. No photoshop here.
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Indy.
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Impressive Budster.
I currently have 1.5 Mb from Verizon DSL. I had Charter cable 3 Mb, but I decided to save a few bucks and drop down. Verizon has been much more consistent and I b a r e l y noticed the slow down. Only on VERY large files can I tell I down graded.
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Indy.
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Originally Posted by budster101
That was at McDonalds.
Seriously, I always wondered what kind of connection to expect at a public-type WiFi spot.
Our State Campgrounds offer WiFi access now. That's the reason I go camping, to get away from technology!
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Iowa State Univesity
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Your line speed:
185454.5 Kbps
22727.3 K bytes/sec
Raw numbers too. That's a state university. My roommates have gotten anywhere from 2-3 MB/sec
Another one:
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 14226 Kbps about 14.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1737 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sun Aug 21 2005 00:56:47 GMT-0500
Bottom Line:: 254X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.59 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 182.26 % faster than the average for host (iastate.edu)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-H2XA0UMG4
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Vallejo, Ca.
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3/512 DSL, switching to 6/384 cable for a little while, then who knows what exactly -- hopefully a 6/608 dsl line when we move, but whatever is available will be it.
One thing's for sure, I'm going to avoid cox like the plague, thank goodness here we only have comcast 
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In a realm beyond site, the sky shines gold, not blue, there the Triforce's might makes mortal dreams come true.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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Originally Posted by budster101
Not to derail but: Florida Drivers sux big time.
And they have possibly the best interstate system I've ever driven on. Go figure.
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Baninated
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois might be cold and flat, but at least it's ugly.
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True! They have some nice roads... just crazy drivers.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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Crazy? Maybe, not more so than us Massholes...
But brake-happy? You bet your right nut.
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Baninated
Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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hahaha
(I would love to post smilies but IE isnt doing it.)
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Yamanashi, Japan
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Argggg! The only problem I'm having with Japan right now is the fact that I'm having massive issues getting ADSL installed in my flat. Plus I don't have internet at work due to a massively paranoid computer tech (no one has net access). Luckily theres an internet cafe down the street from me that has wireless, and the guy who owns the place is cool. Nothing like a nice cold drink and a wi-fi connection after a hard and hot day at the Board of Education.
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