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Geek Culture / Outrageous!

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Undercover Steve
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Location: Vancouver, Little Canada(Washington)
Posted: 25th Jul 2005 10:12
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I am moving soon....I am going to get cable right? WRONG! I have the house, but they didnt tell me I cant get cable. I am not paying for t1 (had it before), and dsl is the ONLY line that is provided. damn cheapos: Bright side: Convinced Wife to let me get better tv (not cable, satellite, X-play FINALLY). So If that wasnt enough, The only company that provides service here are: qwest, comcast (cable), and dial-up people. So guess what? I am stuck with 2-bit qwest. 512kb my ass. (they say 1mb, so I cut that in half) It barely runs 100kb.
So that, with the millions of emails I recieve that I have to answer, plus programs I have to run, AND THEN with its phone service (slows down dsl I believe) I am screwed. No way I have a speedy connection:*(.
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NestEgg
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Posted: 25th Jul 2005 10:16
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Strange you cant get cable in this day and age, I lived in a appartment complex that did not have comcast cable, lines too old for DSL, so all I had was dial up, thoes dark days are behind me now.

What town are you moving to?
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Chenak
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Joined: 13th Sep 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 25th Jul 2005 10:28
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DSL is brilliant, feel sorry for the people who can only get 56k internet cause of where they are. It works perfectly fine unless you're planning on downloading rather large files all the time
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dj blackdragon3710
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Joined: 5th Nov 2004
Location: In LaLa land
Posted: 25th Jul 2005 12:18
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when I was visiting someone, all they had was 28.6 kb

<<<<<Used to be "djblackdragon" with being registered in January, 2003, no matter what it says on the left<<<<<
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=ChrisB=
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Joined: 23rd Jun 2005
Location: starring into a viewfinder
Posted: 25th Jul 2005 14:43
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Well, its better than nothing... I'd get a heigh quality acselerator, not that free sh*t. I used onr whilst I was still on dialup .

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DBAlex
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Joined: 4th Oct 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 25th Jul 2005 17:59
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You have a wife?

I thought you were about 12... No offence...




AMD 64 3000 + 512mb RAM + 80GB HD + Radeon 9600se 128mb
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Nicholas Thompson
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Joined: 6th Sep 2004
Location: Bognor Regis, UK
Posted: 26th Jul 2005 09:10
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My girlfriends mum is still on 56K by choice!! Its hell trying to get through to their house, the land line is ALWAYS engaged!!!

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Benjamin
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Location: France
Posted: 26th Jul 2005 09:27
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Doh. My 56k connection is annoying me at the moment.


"Lets migrate like bricks" - Me
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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 26th Jul 2005 09:33
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I thought france had stupidly fast internet? Like broadband came as standard when you bought bread and cheese?

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Benjamin
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Location: France
Posted: 26th Jul 2005 10:50 Edited at: 26th Jul 2005 10:54
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Quote: " I thought france had stupidly fast internet?"

Broadband is available where I live, we just haven't got around to getting it yet. And god we must do it soon


"Lets migrate like bricks" - Me
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indi
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Joined: 26th Aug 2002
Location: Earth, Brisbane, Australia
Posted: 28th Jul 2005 20:38
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dsl 2.0 being trialed at my friends place is extremely comparible if not faster in some ways then cable. naturally tho my cable account is crimped or throttled more then there dsl 2.0 test pipe. it is amazing tho how much they are pumping down the phone line.

If no-one gives your an answer to a question you have asked, consider:- Is your question clear.- Did you ask nicely.- Are you showing any effort to solve the problem yourself &#63743;
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BatVink
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Joined: 4th Apr 2003
Location: Gods own County, UK
Posted: 29th Jul 2005 00:13
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I think DSL2 will force the cable companies to "unclamp" the connections. They are capable of much higher speeds, they just choose to charge you for it, and retain a future upgrade path.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Location: Bognor Regis, UK
Posted: 29th Jul 2005 01:21
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Also - imagine how much the internet would die if everyone had 20Mb+ internet. Its dying as it is.. Webhosts need more expensive connections and the costs just spiral. P2P + 20Mb Internet = TCP/IP failure

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Richard Davey
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Joined: 30th Apr 2002
Location: On the Jupiter Probe
Posted: 29th Jul 2005 01:28
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Dying? It's doing nothing but growing! Connectivity and bandwidth is getting cheaper and cheaper. We're running out of IP addresses, yes.. but IPV6 man.. all the way

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.
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Phaelax
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Location: Metropia
Posted: 29th Jul 2005 06:50
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56k is more reliable than DSL.

PETA - People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
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Merranvo
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Location: That ^ is a Orange
Posted: 29th Jul 2005 07:00
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uhh... no it isn't...
56k can crash at anytime, if your phone is picked up, if your phone cord get's loose... etc.

How did you get that idea?

Blasting, Shooting, and Maiming. Aspects of Modern Gamming.
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