tc3sean Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Really? Yeah, i figure runescape dosent use that much, but wow only uses that much, hmm then i think well stick with verizon, or basic adelphia, i just want bragging rights, and ability to dl stuff at like 500kbps. Lol. i mostley play games from the steam, Counterstrike 1.6, HL2DM, DoD, and doom3, Q3, UT:04, and orig battlefield 1942. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 i remember counterstrike only needed at most 5 kbps constant and 5 up, that is why dialup can play but lag sometimes due to non constant 5 kbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Intresting that DSL may now be quicker than cable...but in terms of costs...we should re-vist the comparison. To use DSL you need a phone line. In NYC, phone line is 53.00 monthly just to have it on even if not used to make any calls. When you add that to the 30.00 DSL bill, total is now 83.00. Cable internet access does not require a phone line. Cable in NYC for internet access is 59.00 monthly (assuming you just want road-runner and nothing else). In my house hold, as in most that I know of in the NYC area...every member of the family (5) has a cell phone...we turned off our land line years ago. Years ago when we were comparing DSL, Cable, we were on dial up to a major ISP that charge 21.00 monthly. We all had cell phones at the time and only used the land line for internet access. At that time, dial up ISP was 21.99, plus the 53.00 land line charge, total was then 74.00. Summary. cable 59.00 DSL 30.00+53.00 for the land line=83.00 dial-up ISP 10.00 to 20.00 per month plus that land line cost of 53.00=63.00 to 73.00 per month. Horever...since all our phones support edge wireless technology (newer from of cell phone GPRS), and have blue tooth, we are looking at internet connection from our blue tooth enabled desktops and laptos via our blue tooth enabled cell phones, and are considering if the time is right to quit cable altogether. We mainly use the internet for e-mail, and light research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 for some parts of nyc, Verizon offers fiberoptic. I think its called fibso or some acronym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletcherkane Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hey Joe, I am in the same town as you, and pay $15 month for ATT DSL. I just did the test on my computer, and I came up with 552.72 Kbps (69.09 KBps) Not bad considering the price diff between comcast and att.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 if you qualify and live within the area you might want to try verizon fios http://www22.verizon.com/FiOSForHome/channels/FiOS/root/package.aspx Maximum Connection Speed* Monthly Price Range Up to 5 Mbps/2 Mbps $34.95 - $39.95 Up to 15 Mbps/2 Mbps $44.95 - $49.95 Up to 30 Mbps/5 Mbps $179.95 - $199.95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060611/ap_on_hi_te/verizon_fiber;_ylt=AsuPhb4pyxroHGS_F4jA12.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg- verizon in action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc3sean Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Hell yeah ima get that once it comes to my area, we were about to get cable, 40$ a month for 6mb down and 756k up, bahh Fios is the latest and greatest in fiber optic networks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 11393 kbps download here at work with speedtest<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 see the comparison speeds for us on this thread: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/1/766044/ShowThread.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarence Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Screw it give me the T1. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Not sure where the ad above is from, but it's not quite accurate. A T-1 is only 1.5 megs of bandwidth. No seperate upstream/downstream rates on one either. The price is also way low for a real T-1. Sounds more like a way overpriced DSL connection. Want fast? Get a T-3. About 44 megs of bandwidth, and it's still on 2 pairs of copper [] I am really looking forward to more fiber being rolled out though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 that was an ad while you do the speed test..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc3sean Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 jay wtf are you on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 oc128 when I was at Stevens.edu during my summer internship where I worked in a lab and no college students to steal bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc3sean Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 Wow that speed is impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 you can tell if its a quicker server or slow server the website is on based on how fast the screen loaded. Yahoo and google open immediately while slower sites are the server's fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Ijust switched to DSL about a month ago, mainly because the dial-up was dumping me two to tree times every time I got online, hangs, no connects, etc. I pay 29.95 per month for Alltel DSL 1.5 meg. Then eliminated the second phone line ($30.00 per month) then eliminated the dial-up ($19.95 per month. The dial -up was giving me 200 spams per day and now I get about 2 per week. I have never had one dump, delay, slow speed, hang,, or no connection since DSL. They offer 3 meg for $35.00 and 6 meg for $45.00. The Siemens modem was $9.99 and the outside house filter was $19.99. I turn it off all the time and sync time is about 10 seconds. The router was about $47.00. I am happy as a pig in mud as now I have all this extra time (1 hr per day) and have to revise my retirement schedule. Retirement can be hell trying to fill in the extra time. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 that is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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