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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


"It's not what you have in your life
but who you have in your life that counts." puppy

I'm not getting old....just 'Marvelously Mature'! grin
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Bernard] #271741
01/31/08 06:09 PM
01/31/08 06:09 PM
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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
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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
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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
02/06/08 12:12 AM
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Victoria, Australia
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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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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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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


"Once you give up integrity, the rest is easy." Anonymous
Re: Broadband or dial-up? [Re: Marian] #278589
02/13/08 11:08 PM
02/13/08 11:08 PM
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
Broadband [fiber optics] all the way. No problem with downloading or playing games online.

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