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! )


Bernard

Broadband, but not stable enough to download a full size game.

Broadband here too. I haven't had any real troubles with downloads.

Ana

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.

Hi

Broadband ....

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



Cheers.

Mad

Hi Bernard...

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

Hey Bernard,
I use Broadband is the best.

Broadband.

Well, I'll break the trend here: 56K dial-up connection for me. Maybe one day...

Broadband, but, like Jenny100, not stable enough to download a full-size game.

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.


Bernard

I use broadband.

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:

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.

BeaSong, you got here loud and clear! Just wish we get some snow here!

P.S. Keep on sweeping that dish!


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:

Ray, if you can send me about 4 inches of snow I would be very grateful! My dog and I would really appreciate it.


Bernard

I have a wireless conection .Guess thats broad band

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.

Broadband, no trouble downloading large games.

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.

Broadband here. No limits.

Dial up here, in the minority. Broadband is too expensive.

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

Broadband with no problems downloading and no capped limit

Bernie