wingnut 0 #1 May 21, 2004 okay so i gave up on my dsl.. spoty service and it kept kicking me ofline at the worst times....sooo... i went with cable... 3Mbs conection with 256kbs upstream... doubled both my numbers...... so who want to im me and send me a hge file????? oh wait.... you probly don't have that much bandwith upstream.. if you do cool.... no sangiro, you don't count!!!!!!! ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tinfoil 0 #2 May 21, 2004 yes My ISP is upgrading their cable modems at the moment, although nothing has been advertised yet. The upgrade allows a speed of 5 mps compaired to 3 mps that is currently the norm. And early reviews from people who have made the upgrade is that they are getting the advertised speed. Upstream has been reported to be between 612 kbps, up to 800 kbps. I better call them tomorrow, hope they've made my area DOCSIS ready. god I'm a geek “- - Sumo is the greatest of sports. It has power, grace, speed and cluture. And most importantly, two fat bastards smacking the shit out of each other. ” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #3 May 21, 2004 QuoteThe upgrade allows a speed of 5 mps compaired to 3 mps u suck... in the nicest posible way of course.... damn i thought i was smoking at 3Mbs!!! ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tinfoil 0 #4 May 21, 2004 You know, if it was problem free, I'd dust off my old 288 modem and use that. hum, looks like the mail server is down again... “- - Sumo is the greatest of sports. It has power, grace, speed and cluture. And most importantly, two fat bastards smacking the shit out of each other. ” Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisL 2 #5 May 21, 2004 Quoteokay so i gave up on my dsl.. spoty service and it kept kicking me ofline at the worst times....sooo... i went with cable... 3Mbs conection with 256kbs upstream... doubled both my numbers...... so who want to im me and send me a hge file????? oh wait.... you probly don't have that much bandwith upstream.. if you do cool.... no sangiro, you don't count!!!!!!! I have 1.5 megabit downstream and 384 kbs upstream DSL. Had it for 4 years and its gone down maybe twice for an hour or two each time. Rock solid and I run all my own web servers and e-mail systems. I have 3 static IP addresses, blah blah blah. I'll stick with mine, cable companies cause trouble for guys like me especially with regard to IPSEC connections... For the average guy, Cable is problably easier to deal with, though and you can download faster. I dunno what that really means though. I download about 10 gigs a month of stuff from binary usenet newsgroups and I've never had any speed problems with 1.5 megabit. Takes 60-90 minutes to download a 650 MB ISO image. How fast does it really have to be? Doubling or even tripling that performance isnt gonna enhance my quality of life any :-) Now more jumps. That'll do it!__ My mighty steed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #6 May 21, 2004 QuoteHow fast does it really have to be? it has to be so fast when i download somethingi have it yesterday...... withthis current socity of instant gratification ya know........... glad you have had such good service with your dsl.. mine sucked....... i'v had the cable internet going onnow for maybe 5 hours and am lovingit..... downloading twice as fast was getting 400Kbs on skydivingmovies.com and it was awsome!!!!!!!! i'm just waiting for the day i can get digital movies on demand anytie i want from an unlimited number of movies......... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
