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Broadband or dial-up? #270805
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This is a question I got reading the Download/Hard copy discussion.
It's just a little poll but I need many responses to get a clear picture! So, do you have a broadband or a dial-up connection and do you have data limits for downloading?

(If this post doesn't fit here, please kick me to the right place! smile)


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #270809
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Broadband, but not stable enough to download a full size game.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Jenny100] #270810
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Broadband here too. I haven't had any real troubles with downloads.

Ana wave


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: BrownEyedTigre] #270812
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I wouldnt like to try downloading a 1 gigabyte game or bigger on 56k dial up lol. Broadband is the way to go, actually im suprised 56k dial up is even sold to the public considering broadband can be as cheap as dialup used to be.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: SkeeterUK] #270826
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Hi smile

Broadband ....

But thinking of privacy issues and licensing agreements - what are you going to do with this information ??

rotfl rotfl rotfl

Cheers.

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Mad] #270833
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Hi Bernard...

Good topic... I have Broadband never had a problem with any downloads... thumbsup


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Darleen03] #270834
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Hey Bernard,
I use Broadband is the best.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Phoebe] #270844
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Broadband.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: MrLipid] #270848
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Well, I'll break the trend here: 56K dial-up connection for me. Maybe one day...


The answer is....chocolate! Who cares what the question is.....
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #270851
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Broadband, but, like Jenny100, not stable enough to download a full-size game.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Marian] #270877
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So far the broadband users are the majority, that's exactly what I suspected when I started this topic, not because I think there are a lot more broadband users but the people who have a broadband connection are more active! I wish all the dial-up members react also, because I want to get a clear picture on this subject.

Mad, don't worry! This is a topic that I put here just to cure my curiosity and not for any commercial reason! Sometimes I post in topics only to see what the reactions will be. devil


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #270879
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I use broadband. wave


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: TLC] #270883
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Our only choice for anything faster than dialup (out here in the sticks)
is Satellite internet. Not exactly Broadband, but faster than dialup.
And right now the dish is filling up with snow, so I might not even
be able to send this till later. :eeksnoman: happydance




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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: TLC] #270884
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Broadband on the desktop, dial-up on the laptop, but the laptop also has a WiFi card so it can be used in one of those free WiFi places that abound in the US (Barnes & Noble, Panera Bread, etc.) and this is convenient both on the road and for occasional large downloads for speed. wave


ray
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: RayBres] #270890
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BeaSong, you got here loud and clear! Just wish we get some snow here! sad

P.S. Keep on sweeping that dish! grin


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #270896
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Originally Posted By: Bernard
Just wish we get some snow here! sad
Bernard


You can have ours. It's snowing now in the Chicago area, where the temperature was 48F at 4:00 PM and is now (10:20 PM) down to 4F and is headed to -4F overnight. We're known as the climatic armpit of the world. :shiver:


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: RayBres] #270901
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Ray, if you can send me about 4 inches of snow I would be very grateful! My dog and I would really appreciate it. lol


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Marian] #270920
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I have a wireless conection .Guess thats broad band crazy


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: dragonuk44] #270939
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I had dialup till recently when HighSpeed Internet became available at a reasonable price. I like it so much better because now when I get emails with attachments - especially pictures it downloads them fast. With dialup it could take as long as half an hour to receive one email with pictures.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Kaki's Sister] #270945
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Broadband, no trouble downloading large games.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: connie] #270964
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SkeeterUK - interesting comment about "why is dial-up still sold to the public." I live 30 miles west of Washington D.C. in one of the richest Countys in the US (except for me) on a dirt road with no cable and no broadband internet available by wire. I get my "cable" by satellite (DirecTV) and my broadband from a line-of-sight tower. So in this huge country of ours, sometimes dial-up is the only available way. I must say, though, I've had my broadband for a year or less and, my gosh, I love it. Some day (sooner than we think) it will be universal and "there" just like the phone line. (When we can hook up our computer to our cellphone then wireless broadband will be universal.)

BeaSong - how is your satellite internet working? I considered Huges Net (now Skynet?) but my son pointed me to a forum of people who could only talk about how much they hated it.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Howard the Doc] #270967
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Broadband here. No limits.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Becky] #271005
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Dial up here, in the minority. Broadband is too expensive.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Marian] #271045
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Broadband here as well. I can download a 1GB or even 2GB demo in about 1½-2 hours - if the line's not too busy.

/Karsten



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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: MrLipid] #271065
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Broadband with no problems downloading and no capped limit wave

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: bermag45] #271081
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Broadband (dsl)

No limits.

Can and have downloaded large game files, but it takes longer than I think it should.

Would cut back on groceries and heat before I'd give up my broadband.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #271093
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Broadband (3mb/s DSL) which we use with our laptops (wifi). It's pretty stable and our wireless router is pretty good. Have not had any issues downloading games from developers or online stores (Adventure Game Shop, Kheops and Big Fish Games) as long as it's not raining hard outside. The phone lines in this area need repairing!

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: misa] #271097
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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: infernoj13usa] #271100
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DSL Broadband here also.

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: flutist] #271104
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Broadband. No limits as far as I know! smile

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: chrissie] #271106
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Broadband also.

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Chief] #271111
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Drums. I mean DSL-broadband.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: MaG] #271115
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Cable broadband, and I love it. I too will go without something else then go back to dial-up :LOL:


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: auntiegram] #271130
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cable broadband...no limitations, but i also think that big games take way too long to download. Guess I'm spoiled. It certainly beats drums!! rotfl


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: gaily] #271134
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Here in Denmark where I live smile the power companies (those who provide the electricity) have a plan to offer broadband with much higher download speed than normal. We're talking 10-30 - to maybe 100 MB download speed.

There are, in fact, some places where you already can get this.
However, I doubt if the power companies have been succesfull at this point?

I think that providing high power downloads via the electric cables is the way to go. Then broadban connections will be as availabe and normal as electricity is today - at least in some places of the world.

Oh, and I forgot to add that my broadband is cable of sorts, don't have a download cap and that(normally) game downloads etc. happens with a speed between 10-30 MB/minute (or sec?)

/Karsten


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Karsten] #271145
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Karsten, I've heard rumours about Internet by the power grid, even participated in a field experiment but as far as I know, it has not been a success anywhere. Reading the posts I realized I didn't mention my own connection. I have cable broadband >20MB, there's a price tag to it but I reduce it by providing a small WiFi network for my neighbours. They pay a a few Euro's to me every month so below the line my costs aren't too high!

Keep on posting people, I need at least between 100 and 200 reactions to get a good view.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: chrissie] #271180
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Dial-up -- out in the country, no other choice. And it's only running about 26k.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: nickie] #271205
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I know I know - also about the power grid and high speed broad band.

I think there's some small scale experimentation with this in two or three (big) towns here in Denmark. I depends whether or not they can get fiberlines in the ground I think.

The thing is this, though:

Today we don't think about how we get our power (electricity) in our houses. The meaning behind the power grid being used for the internet really is the same. You just plug in your computer - and then the power for it as well as the internet connections some from the same place.

The bad thing is that when there's a power shortage --- your computer won't work - at all.

/Karsten



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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #271211
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We had dial up for years and was hating it more and more. So we got a deal from AT & T last year and got broadband, and loved it cause it wasn't that much more and it meant that we could talk on the phone and use the internet at the same time without an extra line. Well, U-Verse came out here ( still AT & T), and they gave us a deal in December to upgrade to it which includes the tv and wireless. It was cheaper to change to U-Verse and have more channels, more tv's and wireless than stay with our cable and use the regular AT & T broadband, go figure (?). I think U-Verse is broadband, maybe someone can correct me. I know it isn't dial-up! I am totally and completely spoiled with the wireless and the broadband, and am still amazed with how much we can do compared to just 10 years or more ago! smile

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Koalanut] #271220
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It's been ADSL broadband with me for about four years now. About 2 years ago we got a free upgrade to 2MB (everyone on the island in range of the exchanges got the upgrade), and now they're talking about a similar upgrade to 8MB by the end of this year.

However, if you want real speed, you need to go to Japan and Taiwan where broadband can be as much as 100MB.

Regarding power line networks, I know that they can definitely work in a domestic situation - I installed one last weekend, though my blog has more details of the Netgear XE103 product recall that I'm now going through. (see my sig)

Finally, for those people with 'broadband but not stable enough for large downloads', you might like to investigate P2P networks like bittorrent (eg. uTorrent, or Azureus). Please note, I'm not advocating piracy. You will find that some of the larger downloads (OpenOffice.org and Ubuntu linux distributions, for example) can be obtained (completely legally) via bittorrent. These systems are designed to download even the largest of files in many, many chunks, and to be completely resilient in the face of an unreliable connection.

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: connie] #271225
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have dsl now..finally-find it a lot better than dial-up i used to have but this dsl is not the 'fast' dsl, which i think is like the bb you get from most tv cable companies. In 2009 i'm going to get THAT!

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: bermag45] #271245
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I have wireless connection. No problem with downloads. Live in the boonies , no cable, no phone high speed. Limit of 10GB per month but have never been charged for extra. bravo

Could not live with dial up again. hardwall

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: orchid girl] #271271
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Broadband here, no limits.


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Mr 2 u] #271285
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Dial-up here unfortunately. No limit on downloads. For any large dl's I go to my son's house for his DSL.

What a pleasure to download lots and lots of files for my scrapbooking. Takes minutes to load on my flashdrive.

Sometimes I need to update my system and it would take hours to download so his DSL really comes in handy.

I would get broadband in a minute if it were available here.

Maritje


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: connie] #271304
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Sun City, AZ
Verizon high end Fios Broadband. Not a problem in the least with game downloads, particularly with a download accellerator I use to make connections practically warp speed.

Regards,
Barry


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Barry] #271318
01/30/08 07:59 PM
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NYC, NY USA
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I had dial-up and recently switched to DSL. What a difference!

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: LadyLinda] #271341
01/30/08 08:43 PM
01/30/08 08:43 PM
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The Country
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The Country
DSL here and loving it wave


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Gibran
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Winfrey] #271643
01/31/08 12:36 PM
01/31/08 12:36 PM
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stoke on trent England
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noticed Winfrey devilchili


s wheeldon
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: dragonuk44] #271693
01/31/08 03:55 PM
01/31/08 03:55 PM
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Florida (my heart's in Texas)
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Cable broadband. No problems with downloads at all. It's expensive but so worth it!

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: JanetC] #271704
01/31/08 04:20 PM
01/31/08 04:20 PM
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Palouse country
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Live in a small town and have dial-up at 31.2kbps. Largest download I can do is about 80Mb and can take up to 6+ hours.
The one little phone company in town offers a high speed/router (with a no return option and can never be used elsewhere if one decided to move), starting at 64kbps.
Phone/internet company has no competition and has never had any competitors.



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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: 3dobermans] #271707
01/31/08 04:25 PM
01/31/08 04:25 PM
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Beverly Hills, Florida
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I have road runner cable and can get up to 900. kbps and can download just about anything at lighting speed,love it
Richard

Last edited by kjos; 01/31/08 04:30 PM. Reason: spelling

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: kjos] #271710
01/31/08 04:34 PM
01/31/08 04:34 PM
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Scotland
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Broadband, no limits. yay


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but who you have in your life that counts." puppy

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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #271741
01/31/08 06:09 PM
01/31/08 06:09 PM
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Posts: 1,119
Glennville, Ga., USA
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Broadband on the desktop, wireless broadband on the laptop. My ISP also offers a 1-800 dial up number for broadband users when on the road at 10 cents a minute.

Howard the Doc, its been possible to connect to the internet through a cell phone for years, but its Sllooowwww (19.6k baud). I have an Ositech card and it does work as advertised. www.ositech.com

Albert

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Albert] #271752
01/31/08 06:44 PM
01/31/08 06:44 PM
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Brazil
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I have Broadband of 2000 kps and wireless in my laptop. And i never had problem with my downloads. My down is very fast.
For who it has dial up connection is bad is very slow for make dowload.


Yes,though i go through the valley of deep shade,i will have no fear of evil;for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort. Salmo23:4
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Phoebe] #272316
02/02/08 12:56 AM
02/02/08 12:56 AM
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The Garden State
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I have cable broadband and no limits.


Carpe chocolate.
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #272318
02/02/08 01:08 AM
02/02/08 01:08 AM
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Arizona, U.S.A.
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Hi-

I have Cox High Speed Cable and just love it, it is very fast as far as downloading. Would not want anything else.

Maggie wave

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: maggie57] #272599
02/02/08 04:10 PM
02/02/08 04:10 PM
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Kentucky, USA
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Dial up at 56k. No limit on it. Just don't download enough or on the internet enough to make it worthwhile.


Never resist a generous impulse.
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: acornia] #272732
02/02/08 09:39 PM
02/02/08 09:39 PM
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rural Oregon, USA
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Howard the Doc , Sorry I'm so late getting back to your question. We've been without power (because of the snow) which means the modem that connects to the satellite doesn't work. And, I've also been out of town.
We've been trying to get my Mom's DirecWay dish and modem worked on for a month now and it is serviced by Hughes net. I'm shopping for something better. I'm to the point of thinking that ANYTHING is better! Grrrrrr. mad




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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #272789
02/03/08 12:44 AM
02/03/08 12:44 AM
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Lincoln, NE
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Dial-up (and my computer is ancient). I'll upgrade someday but for now I can't download large games.


Currently Playing:
Adventure Game: Broken Age
Darkside: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: GuybrushThreepwood] #274392
02/05/08 08:06 PM
02/05/08 08:06 PM
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the Netherlands
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I thank everyone for responding, at the end of this week I will post the results and my interpretations on them. Until then please keep posting!


wave Bernard

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #274479
02/06/08 12:12 AM
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Victoria, Australia
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Victoria, Australia
I have cable broadband with a 12Gb limit per month which we never get anywhere using up, but previous 2Gb far too little.
Seems to take about an hour or so to download a game demo.

Broadband is a fair bit more expensive than dial-up here, and I've heard that our 'fast' broadband is a lot slower than the rest of the world, possibly due to one company holding the reins so to speak. Have just bought a laptop and have dial-up on that, had forgotten how slow it is!

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: DragonFish] #274659
02/06/08 10:06 AM
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Brighton Township, Ohio
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Dial-up! I have no choice. I live in the boonies. We aren't offered DSL, or cable. Satellite has around a $700.00 installation fee and is around $80.00 a month. When I asked the cable company when they'd have internet services out here they laughed.

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #274755
02/06/08 01:02 PM
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Pennsylvania, USA
Broadband with no limits (that I know of, lol). I can DL a full game w/in minutes or less generally. I've not tried DL'ing a really LARGE game as I like to buy hardcopies.

If someone told me I had to go back to dial up, I would throw a fit and start reading more!


Patricia

Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: PMcOuntry] #278401
02/13/08 03:49 PM
02/13/08 03:49 PM
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Warrenton, NC
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Warrenton, NC
ADSL through the phone line, plus wi-fi from the router for the laptop. Here in France, most everyone has broadband. Wouldn't go back to dial-up for anything. Broadband was one of our criteria when buying a house here.


Joan A
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Joan A] #278424
02/13/08 04:26 PM
02/13/08 04:26 PM
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Northwestern New Mexico, USA
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Northwestern New Mexico, USA
I have DSL broadband, which runs through a router to the four computers in the house. This may slow downloads a little, but it's still lightning fast compared to dial-up...bravo


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Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Marian] #278589
02/13/08 11:08 PM
02/13/08 11:08 PM
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Posts: 243
Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
Broadband [fiber optics] all the way. No problem with downloading or playing games online.

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