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Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: SirMystiq on July 29, 2003, 06:15:23 PM
Im getting DSL!!!!!

Activation date: AUG 4th!!!

HELLOOOO U.S. NAVY SEALS!!!!!
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Titan on July 29, 2003, 06:16:52 PM
Get cable. DSL < Cable
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: SER on July 29, 2003, 08:10:49 PM
DSL is good.

I\'m still on 56k. :(
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Tyrant on July 29, 2003, 08:15:20 PM
congrats on getting a DSL connectiom sirmystiq. i\'ll be upgrading my dsl connection in a while.
btw Titan cable not > DSL, both are good in different ways, also just wait till Vdsl kicks off, then we\'ll see how many people ditch their cable :D.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: SirMystiq on July 29, 2003, 08:20:19 PM
Im satisfied with DSL right now...i got 56K too :(
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: theomen on July 29, 2003, 09:46:20 PM
woot, go 56k!  Slow and steady wins the....maybe I\'ll just shoot myself instead of finishing that sentence
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Ace on July 30, 2003, 06:43:43 AM
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Originally posted by Tyrant
congrats on getting a DSL connectiom sirmystiq. i\'ll be upgrading my dsl connection in a while.
btw Titan cable not > DSL, both are good in different ways, also just wait till Vdsl kicks off, then we\'ll see how many people ditch their cable :D.


What is VDSL?
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: ooseven on July 30, 2003, 06:53:03 AM
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Originally posted by Ace
What is VDSL?


It Sounds like a Sexually transmited disease. :eek:
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: GmanJoe on July 30, 2003, 06:54:54 AM
DSL is consistantly slower by comparison to cable. Sometimes when cable is loaded at peak times, it\'s about as fast as DSL.

VDSL? I don\'t know. Google it. :)
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Ace on July 30, 2003, 06:55:30 AM
Too lazy to Google today.
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Post by: ooseven on July 30, 2003, 06:56:09 AM
yeah but not lazy enough to spam ;).

j/k
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Ace on July 30, 2003, 06:57:30 AM
Thank you for noticing. :cool:
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Post by: Samwise on July 30, 2003, 07:06:50 AM
DSL > Cable

The upper limit was 2 mbit here in Denmark before, but now it\'s been upped to 8 mbit instead. That\'s fast.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Tyrant on July 30, 2003, 07:16:46 AM
VDSL (http://www.ovislink.com.tw/vdsl.htm)  not toomuch info but it gives ya an idea.
only draw back is dstance but thats not really a prob around here.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Titan on July 30, 2003, 07:54:39 AM
Here, we don\'t have DSL but I do hear its slower. I\'d take cable so it doesn\'t tie up the phone line. Hence cable > dsl :)
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Samwise on July 30, 2003, 07:57:35 AM
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Originally posted by Titan
Here, we don\'t have DSL but I do hear its slower.


No. Up to 8 mbit as I said.

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I\'d take cable so it doesn\'t tie up the phone line. [/B]


DSL doesn\'t tie up the phone either.

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Hence cable > dsl :) [/B]


No.

Besides, DSL doesn\'t get slowed down depending on how many other users \'are online\'.

Again - DSL > Cable.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on July 30, 2003, 07:59:26 AM
2 mb ADSL is more than enough for every person. More than 200kb/s!
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Titan on July 30, 2003, 08:02:19 AM
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Originally posted by Samwise
No. Up to 8 mbit as I said.



DSL doesn\'t tie up the phone either.



No.

Besides, DSL doesn\'t get slowed down depending on how many other users \'are online\'.

Again - DSL > Cable.



Sammy, you\'ve won me over. DSL > Cable :)
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on July 30, 2003, 08:05:49 AM
Sammy, could you tell me how much is 2mb adsl and 8mb over there?
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Post by: Cyrus on July 31, 2003, 06:29:54 AM
to get dsl to be as fast as cabel at least here in the USA you have to pay twice as much. thats why cable is better here.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Titan on July 31, 2003, 10:53:45 AM
Thats pretty similar to where I live. That and because DSL isn\'t even out yet where I live.
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Post by: Kurt Angle on July 31, 2003, 10:58:58 AM
I am still using 56 :ghey:  :(
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Titan on July 31, 2003, 11:06:13 AM
56K = shit. I can\'t wait utnil we ditch 56K and get cable or something.
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Post by: Living-In-Clip on July 31, 2003, 11:35:27 AM
How about you guy\'s quit comparing specs and just remember some of us are f**ked and must still live off 56k.

:(
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Post by: Titan on July 31, 2003, 02:17:51 PM
Sometimes I use 26.6K :( But thats my older computer and thats more stable and more user friendly than my Gateway :)
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Post by: Cyrus on July 31, 2003, 04:01:35 PM
my cable runs at over 2mb I have a T2 basically for like 40 bucks a month
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: THX on July 31, 2003, 08:09:27 PM
Cable > DSL in USA.  In smaller countries where the home offices are 100\' away from the house DSL owns, but in a big one you\'re lucky to live within the same zip code as the HO. ;)

After some hellish nightmares and probably 1 jillion complaints Comcast cable seems to have gotten their sh*t straight and I\'m pinging under 50 on gaming servers regularly.  And downloads are super fast around the clock.  Baby steps...

Oh and you dial-up guys stop looking for pity and get broadband.  Either get a job, move, or get a job & move. ;)
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: MPTheory on August 01, 2003, 10:58:24 AM
I dont think I could think I could go back to 56k...
I\'d rather bash my face in with a fencing hammer.  Not to mention the fact that you could kiss most online gaming away.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on August 01, 2003, 04:25:49 PM
I wish it was that simple, THX. I have a job, but moving is not an option right now. If it was, I would of done it already. The phone companies and goverment need to get off their ass and bring broadband to everyone. We are one of the worse countries for broadband.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: Lord Nicon on August 02, 2003, 11:18:15 AM
<------------Beautiful Cable and damn fast
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: GigaShadow on August 04, 2003, 05:39:27 AM
I have sucky cable... 60kbs max download on a good day.  Usually 40kbs... and I am paying $70 a month for this because the local cable company has a monopoly on the broadband market, that is until August 12th when DSL finally enters the market here.  I am going to be switching ASAP due to less money - $40 a month and most likely faster downloads and a more consistant ping.  

I checked the speed of the ISP on that one site (can\'t remember the name) and it was ranked as one of the slowest.  Pathetic...
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: JBean on August 04, 2003, 05:49:30 AM
wow giga, those are really shitty rates for a cable connection.  I\'ve had my cable for about 4 months now and I generally download between 150k - 400k sec (depending on time of day) and I ping usually below 50ms, some times between 50-75 during peak times.  All this for $45 a month... which isn\'t that bad.

Overall though I love cable and I just can never go back to dial-up
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: ooseven on August 04, 2003, 05:50:13 AM
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Originally posted by Titan
Sometimes I use 26.6K :( But thats my older computer and thats more stable and more user friendly than my Gateway :)


i used to have a "Don\'t Shoot me i have a 26.6k modem" Spray for online Half life / counter Strike / Team Fortress games.
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: videoholic on August 04, 2003, 06:45:22 AM
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Originally posted by SirMystiq
Im getting DSL!!!!!

Activation date: AUG 4th!!!

HELLOOOO U.S. NAVY SEALS!!!!!



Great, so this means we will get your meaningless replies that much faster...
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: SirMystiq on August 08, 2003, 08:19:55 PM
I finally got it!!!
Took a few days because I had to restore my computer, but its finally up. Im broke so ima have to play madden 03 for a bit!!
Title: Dsl!!!
Post by: nataku on August 08, 2003, 08:41:36 PM
I use Cox High Speed Internet here in Nebraska.  When I first got it it was amazingly fast.  Not matter what time I downloaded, it would always be at 300k+ a sec.  Now it\'s gotten to the point where from around 5p.m. until midnight it\'s slooowwww.  I can\'t remember the last time I saw a file download at 300k/s.

Cable modems share bandwidth with the entire network (like your neighborhood), right?  I\'m guessing it\'s gotten slow because more and more people have started using it.