does ANYONE still have crappy 56k (kilobit) internet?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:38 pm
pls vote, i wanna know
$40 a month that Comcast offers is outrageous.DescentBB
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does ANYONE still have crappy 56k (kilobit) internet?
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:49 pm
Only reason why im not on 56k cus SBC finally had the nads to offer broadband at an affordable $14 a month. Oh yea, and I barely got broadband at the beginning of this year. They finally realized there would be some customers out here considering we now have a booming population since, oh 10-15 years ago. $40 a month that Comcast offers is outrageous.
$40 a month that Comcast offers is outrageous.Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:21 am
We still pay phone by the minute here, even for internet access. So close to anyone has broadband here, it's just cheaper.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:22 am
Broadband here 
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:05 am
Going on 5 years of high speed here.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:25 am
I've not had dial up since 1999
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:42 am
Dial up...whats that? 
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:45 am
When the school's wireless access point goes down, I use dialup as a backup.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:48 am
been highspeed since 1999... had a few months of dialup between then and now. I like to call them "the months of hell"
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:52 am
I use Dial-up as a backup if my highspeed goes down.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:03 am
I havenâ??t used 56krap since July of 2004. COMCAST broadband 7Mbps over 56k dialup, hell Iâ??m not complaining. Just wish I had that speed when I was still playing D3.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:04 am
<--- NetZero Master
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:57 am
Broadbanded since April '01 I think.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:22 pm
Comcast Broadband.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:30 pm
Had DSL Now Cable for 1.5 years. Was stuck on AOL free one year with my wifes laptop before that.(puke)
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:10 pm
Why yes, of course I do. I think it goes really well with my LP stereo and 8-track deck, not to mention my Polaroid camera.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:33 pm
Proud beta-tester of Optimum Online from 1998-2005. 
Now splitting time between Adelphia's shitty service in Frederick and Loyola's optical connection in Baltimore.
Now splitting time between Adelphia's shitty service in Frederick and Loyola's optical connection in Baltimore.Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:30 pm
dial up for me. no high speed available here. I'm on the wrong side of the digital divide. OH, the humanity.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:44 pm
woodchip wrote:Dial up...whats that?
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:04 am
Don't use it now, and I never have. We started Internet access at home with Comcast in 2001, and other than that, I've been on a blazing-fast campus network.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:14 am
lots of votes. looks like 56k users are stable atm at about 10%. thx for participating guys.
EDIT: AND ALSO MAYBE SOME WOMEN OMG
EDIT: AND ALSO MAYBE SOME WOMEN OMG
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:20 am
3.0/256 cable here. Currently Mediacom has the only highspeed service where I live; Verizon has DSL out here but only the slower 768/128 service. I'm hoping they expand their service area so I can get their 3.0/768 DSL soon, since it'd be faster and cheaper (by about $20 a month!) than what I currently have.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:48 pm
DSL. 5Mb down. A measley 256Kb up.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:57 pm
1500/384 DSL
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:58 pm
I just got DSL in January. I was on dial up from 12/95 until then. I didn't change to DSL for the speed, I was tired of the disconnects.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:31 pm
5Mb down, 800Kb up $40 /month CDN
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:11 am
7Mb down, 384k up, 34.99 till May then 45.99. I'll most likely go to FIOS then 5.0/2.0 39.99.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:28 am
I probably used dial-up in some capacity as late as 2000 or 2001, when I had to worry about exceeding 600 MB/month traffic quotas. First time I started using DSL with in mid-1999 though.
Things have improved somewhat since, although there is still a long way to go before it is up to scratch compared to other countries.
Things have improved somewhat since, although there is still a long way to go before it is up to scratch compared to other countries.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:06 pm
comcast 6mbps. had it since they first introduced in minnesota about 5 or 6 years ago now, of course then it was only 3 mbps.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:38 pm
600 MB/month quota? What a joke, I have uploaded more then that in one hour.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:02 pm
Arrrr! Here there be pirates!Krom wrote:600 MB/month quota? What a joke, I have uploaded more then that in one hour.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:50 pm
Man, I didn't get to vote.... my connect was to slow.....
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:11 am
Strange Comcast says they offer 6mbps. But I seem to be hitting 7mbps, does any one else move that quick.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:39 am
yeah i have done net speed tests (such as cnet) and found speeds between 5500 kbps - 6800 kbps. so, i would say im doing alright. comcast has been good to me so far!TigerRaptorFX wrote:Strange Comcast says they offer 6mbps. But I seem to be hitting 7mbps, does any one else move that quick.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:29 am
Not gonna disagree with that - it's a pretty lame service when you can blow your entire month's limit in one or two hours.Krom wrote:600 MB/month quota? What a joke, I have uploaded more then that in one hour.
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:46 am
I get 7Mb sometimes 8Mb according to www.testmy.net.TigerRaptorFX wrote:Strange Comcast says they offer 6mbps. But I seem to be hitting 7mbps, does any one else move that quick.