Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:27 am
Yes, so why do i only ever see 3k, and it reads as 23.7k?
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:14 am
Umm, you're phone lines suck?
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:53 pm
I understand Hippo's pain....I wish the goverment would make it so all of us could get DSL. 
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 9:55 pm
Cable's better if you're in a low saturation area(like me). DSL is capped most of the time at 1.5 megabits per second. Cable has a maximum bandwidth of something like 8 megabit, some ISPs cap you're speed, especially if you're in a high-saturation area(IE a lot of you're neighbors have Cable also)
The main problem with cable is that it's set up as a gigantic LAN until it get's to the network switch or router that connects it to the larger network or the internet. So the more people get on it, the slower it becomes for everyone involved. I(and most of Alabama) live in a low-saturation area because most people either don't know the joys of broadband or don't care enough to upgrade. If you can get cable tv(charter, comcast, ect), odds are you can get cable broadband. It's more expensive than AOL but it's much faster and doesn't have the mondo overhead.
While it sounds like a good idea to legislate national deployment of broadband technologies using the government, the companies involved would still have to foot the bill. Not only for installation, but for maintenence and support. Also, you can't guarentee that people would sign up for broadband if narrowband is available for less money. You would have to make narrowband ISPs disappear somehow so that the only option is the new broadband service. Also, while the existing technology is good, it's not ready for prime time. How much do you think the internet would slow down if you suddenly added 100 million people joined who suddenly discovered that they can send and receive massive files in the same time it took them to check their email before?
The main problem with cable is that it's set up as a gigantic LAN until it get's to the network switch or router that connects it to the larger network or the internet. So the more people get on it, the slower it becomes for everyone involved. I(and most of Alabama) live in a low-saturation area because most people either don't know the joys of broadband or don't care enough to upgrade. If you can get cable tv(charter, comcast, ect), odds are you can get cable broadband. It's more expensive than AOL but it's much faster and doesn't have the mondo overhead.
While it sounds like a good idea to legislate national deployment of broadband technologies using the government, the companies involved would still have to foot the bill. Not only for installation, but for maintenence and support. Also, you can't guarentee that people would sign up for broadband if narrowband is available for less money. You would have to make narrowband ISPs disappear somehow so that the only option is the new broadband service. Also, while the existing technology is good, it's not ready for prime time. How much do you think the internet would slow down if you suddenly added 100 million people joined who suddenly discovered that they can send and receive massive files in the same time it took them to check their email before?
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:04 pm
About the Goverment, that was mostly a joke. The problem is I can't get cable, or DSL. My only hope is that satilite internet, but it is like $300 to have it instaled and $60 a month. I can't afford that.
I can't afford that.Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:19 pm
Not to mention the latency. Internet Gaming is a joke when you're ping is 1000-2000.
Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:32 pm
Maybe, some day I will get some good fast internet. But, till that I guess I have Dial Up.
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:34 am
You're still in HS right? Take heart, when you go to college, you'll probably be able to get/be provided some form of broadband.
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 12:38 am
Yeah, DSL can't get to me because, "Your phone lines are too large"... Something about 12 guage lines not running dsl as well as 8 guage... For christmas (again) I hope to get comcast's...
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:02 am
Yeah i'm in HS. Maybe I will get to get DSL or cable in college. 
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 1:52 am
Cable = teh hotness. This conn can be blazing fast. It's never been slow. I download things as quick as the host server can send it out.
Oh, and I live 30 miles from Manhattan, so this is a high saturation area. (Alot of people have cable here... alot!)
Oh, and I live 30 miles from Manhattan, so this is a high saturation area.
(Alot of people have cable here... alot!)Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:12 am
Yeah, but I live in the Mountains and forrests in the middle of nowwhere in Alabama.
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:22 am
You're not in the middle of nowhere, you're in the sticks just this side of the middle of nowhere. 
Go down to Greene county. Down there, the nearest Wal-Mart is something like 45-50 miles away and the population density is something like 1-2 people per sq. mile once you get clear of the county seat. Now that's the middle of nowhere.
Go down to Greene county. Down there, the nearest Wal-Mart is something like 45-50 miles away and the population density is something like 1-2 people per sq. mile once you get clear of the county seat. Now that's the middle of nowhere.
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:46 pm
Yeah, the nearest wal-mart is only about 25 miles where I live. Another reason we can't get DSL is cause our phone company won't set it up. We have Broadband wires running all over this area.
Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 3:15 pm
*shrugs* And I'm not all that far from you guys, comparatively...