the double oo might be getting Broadband soon.

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I\'ve just got back onto BB. On a 512k ADSL account, although the website says its 1.5mbit. knobs, anyway its great to finally be back on BB.

[Kurt Angle]

I want Broadband

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by SwifDi
Another of the many reasons why the U.S. is better than any other country in the world.

I hope that is sarcasm and not ignorance.

Originally posted by Capcom
We are the land of the rich or some BS. Seriously the reason why the US is not wired is because most americans are idiots. They are content with their 56k modems or better yet their new 56k with the superfast download that goes 7x the speed of 56k.

V.90, baby. It\'s all about the V.90! That or those great programs that say "speed up your dial-up connection" - they\'re great!

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip

V.90, baby. It\'s all about the V.90! That or those great programs that say "speed up your dial-up connection" - they\'re great!

Do download accelerators actually work?!!?

Originally posted by PS2_-\'_\'-_PS2
Do download accelerators actually work?!!?

From my understanding they compress pictures. So they do help some. Not when you go to dl somthing though.

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download accelerators can work, depending on teh server. Say u connect to a server that allows 2k per sec download MAX, when it connects 4 times its at 2x4 = 8k etc..  So depending on the server they can help.

[Living-In-Clip]

On the average , they do not help and even if they do it\'s not extremely noticable.

Let\'s see here.

Broadband or Download accelators ...
Hmm - the choices.

[videoholic]

I thought some of those download accelerators just download the links on the page that way whatever link you click on, there is a chance it\'s already in the cache.

AKA, I\'m an idiot and don\'t know what I am talking about.

Originally posted by Capcom
We are the land of the rich or some BS. Seriously the reason why the US is not wired is because most americans are idiots. They are content with their 56k modems or better yet their new 56k with the superfast download that goes 7x the speed of 56k.

No, its because we have had telephones longer than anyone else and a lot the country is physically not wired to handle BB.

Originally posted by Capcom
From my understanding they compress pictures. So they do help some. Not when you go to dl somthing though.

Yeh AOL 9.0 has the feature to compress pictures and then disply them, its quite useful for in game screenshots etc - the only time i use AOL =]

Originally posted by Black Samurai
No, its because we have had telephones longer than anyone else and a lot the country is physically not wired to handle BB.

That is utter bull. The phone companies could do the wiring if they chose to. The biggest issue is the distance from the main office.

If there was a demand to drop dial-up, and there was money in it. I am sure someone would bypass this limitation or do things such as the power lines. Though they may suffer the same distance limitations.

As a side note. There seems to be the thought that 256 or 512 is broadband. I agree it is better than 56k, but it is still not true broadband. IMHO that does not kick in until you have reached well over a meg.

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BB is cable or DSL services etc.
They can reach the 1mbit+ connection speeds.
They\'re just Capped.   You can\'t with 56k. Thats my idea of BB.
Also the fact theres no dialing with BB.

Originally posted by §ôµÏG®ïñD
BB is cable or DSL services etc.
They can reach the 1mbit+ connection speeds.
They\'re just Capped.   You can\'t with 56k. Thats my idea of BB.
Also the fact theres no dialing with BB.

With you definition satellite is not broadband. Neither is power lines.  With my current broadband. When I signed up they put me in the wrong package to begin with. It was the 512 package, and was not tolerable. It was just a tad bit better than 56k. Sure web pages loaded quicker, but I could not download 10 porn movies at the same time, and still surf the web comfortably. Btw dling 10 500 meg mpegs right now.

So sad BB is not everywhere. And there are so many ways to get it in my area.

Cable > DSL

do u live in a major city?