As a companion to the Resolution thread;

What type of Internet Connection do you have, or usually come here with?
Dialup? 28.8 56k Cable Modem etc?

I figure that at some point we can be less concerned about page loading times, which is affected by picture size and resolutions etc. But I think that many people are still on dialup connections.

Bill

Cable modem here. Once you've gone broadband, you'll never go back!

GJ

Cable Modem at home, which is where I surf the most. I do have dial up 56k at the shop just for emergency info. Cable or DSl is the only way to go and I agree, once you try broadband, you'll never go back.

Bill,
I've got dial-up 56k, here.
Broadband is way too expensive to have at home, over here, it's cost limits it to commercial use.

Bill:
I've had cable modem at my house for about 2 years now. Dial up service was just way too slow.

DSL here. Had it about 2 years, and am quite happy with it. The connection is shared with 2 other computers via a router/firewall, with no noticeable speed loss.

Dial-up here. I wish I could get DSL, but the way I use the internet, the current
financial situation here, and the fact that the DSL provider available to me has only a full rate DSL plan, basically calculates as no DSL. If they had a DSL lite plan, I'd jump right at it.

I have had cable modem access for about 4 years and can't imagine what it would be like to go back to dial up.

Curt

DSL - 2 years and loving it

Cable modem here for the last 4 years. Love all that bandwidth!!

4 years of DSL and very consistent—after an initial 7 months of hell.

[It's strange getting 1200/109kb/s on the same 15,000 feet that would not get 33.6k on dialtone.]



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Have to agree with all that has been said. CABLE MODEM. It is $30 a month. Subtract the cost of a dial up of $21 per month the cost of an additional $9 per month is well worth it.

Scott

Dial-up at 28.8Kbps (usually at a realistic 26,400 bps)

I saw 33,600 bps once... musta been a really good day...

Considering the two-way sattelite receiver...

No other broad-band options exist here in the sticks.



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DSL for over 2 years, seems almost as fast as the 100 Mbps/T1 connection I have at work. Hate being on the road and having to use dial-up, it is tough to get close to 56K in a hotel, most of the time it's about 33K to 49K.

I got a cable modem last November.

i have both cablemodem and dail up but the dsl is super fast and more cleaner and dont have to wait for long down loading myself and my wife have 2 computers at home and we alway compare both and we like cable modem alot better than dail up and dail up feel like forever to get it he he he ( to log in it take me about 2 to 4 depend on dail up.cable modem it take less than 45 sec for whole work come up !!)


merci marc

DSL and boy do I love it

Cable here road runner, $30 a month man i wish i pay $48 but i love it

Cable. Cost nearly $60 here, but when we were still on 56k we paid easiliy twice as much, we got per minute fees here, no basic per month charge, only online time.

Just installed a dedicated KU band dish for downloads and dialup for uploads. Cheaper than DIRECTWAY satelite which can go both ways. KU is ok(400 to 500kbs) which far exceeds my dial up and you hardly up load anything when surfing. When you live in the weeds Cable is a no go as is DSL. Having 3 satelite dishes is a little much though

Go here if interested www.Cband.net

Cable modem. Hey frenchie are both computers connected to the cable?

Direcway 2 way satellite.
Rowdy

OK, I'll ring in to this one. Dial up here, but I have seriously considered the satellite since I already have direct TV.

But I only pay $9 a month.

Escott,

Are you trying to figure out how to use your cable modem with more than 1 computer? If so all you need is a simple cable/DSL router. If you need help send me an email.

Curt

10MB LAN.

<threadjack>

I just read Dale Earnhardt Jr's book. He has his own T1 line going to his house. Now that must be fast.

Scott

DSL

One more time....... I had a T1 at the Pentagon, and Yup, it was danged tough to come home to my dial up, but I don't think it's a lot faster than DSL.

Good afternoon all,
I have a T-1 at work and a cable modem at home, shared with 4 other PC's

T1 at work (very fast)

and a boring 56K dialup at home, going DSL within the next month.

John H

Remember when 9600 baud was blazing?

Bjarney...

I still have a 2400 Baud modem sitting in my closet.

Think this relic will be worth anything in the future?

Sandro, if you fill it with epoxy and cut it into a wedge—it makes a mediocre door stop.

I am in the minority here, I can get DSL or Cable but I am still on dial up at 50 to 53 kbps. I think cable will cost me about $40.00 more then dial up.

Get to check out T1 at work and it kills me when I go back to dial up.

But my wife is starting to miss the use of the phone so that's a good excuse to get cable.

Mine is a DSL here at home. The DLS is shared with 3 other computers in the house. At work I'm on a LAN with about 100+ plus additional computers. The LAN conncects with the outside world by a T1.
don

Oh well....
I'm in the stone age I guess...
56K modem, running at 48.17 right now...
Cable may be coming.
John

56K dialup still, Comcast still wants too much for cable.

Dial up at 56K, but very lucky to get that high regularly.

Too far from the telephone substation to get greater service and no cable near.

Glenn

Cable here for about 2 plus years. I used to have an extra phone line and my dial up cost about 35 a month then, basic cable package and internet cost 50. Right now the modem cost 10 per month and 15 for internet.
...don't think I could ever go back to dial up

My connection on a good day, when I say to myself "Oh, Cool!" after it "handshakes"...

Virgil, do you have to put the handset from your phone on your modem?

I think it's more like the telco needs to rewax the string between the cans!





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dial up here Pone co does not have DSL availble and cable co want way too much $$$

Virgil, I am gussing you do not down load many MP3s on that connection.

Maybe a compoter guy can help out here, but on one of my puters the port speed was set to low limiting the connection speed.

Bob

My first internbet connection was 14.4k dial-up, and I actually downloaded MP3s via Napster! When I got 56k connection speed went up to 40000 and something, but the actual download speed was still around 5 kb/sec.
In my old PowerBook I've got a built-in 9600k modem, never got it working though, since I upgraded to System 7.6 the TelePort software denies my machine being a PowerBook.
Cable is shared by 3 Macs, via a software router. Think about buying a hardware router though, then we don't need to have one machine running all the time.
Maybe I even get an acoustic coupler for my museum. 300bps max connection speed, not kbps!

Oh dear.... I remember the days when 1200 bps was considered very respectable and 2400 was fast!

I'm on dial-up at the moment, about 5 miles from the CO, and can usually connect at about 44k.

Cable, with a solid 2MBPS

We have DSL.

Equally important is how fast your processor is.

On our new computers ADM 2200+ all sites display fast.

On my notebook Pentium 150 all sites download fast but some take a while to display.

This site displays fast on the slower computer.

Sparky66
You must be living in a metropolis to get on at 28000, the best I ever get is 26400 and sometimes less. Rural life is great, ain't it? You post alot of pictures, do you go fix dinner or something why you wait for them to download

56K at the mo,connect @ 40ish but i recently heard that my area will be ADSL enabled in June , at last ill be able to enjoy online gaming without lagging out all the time.

I'm just outside the reach of DSL service.
My 56K connects @ 40-44. I'm looking into Cable.
My old "rural" connection was 14.4 at its finest, and displayed "connecting at high speed" at its normal speed. It was like watching the grass grow.

56k dial up for my laptop. I can use it in the office, out on the road or at home.

If I am going to be in the office for any lenght of time I will use the shared PC with the 17" screen and full size keybord and mouse.

One other advantage to the dial up is I can go check my personal email account at lunch or coffee and Management has no record on their server.

Cable @ 1500KPS. Only way to go...three times as fast as my friends with DSL, and leaves dial-up in the stone age...

Cable modem at home. T1 at work. I have the need for speed.
Blessings, Mark

DSL at work,

Had DSL at home, got it originally because my wife was hired to work at home by a company that laid her off within 2 months. I managed to drag my feet for 6 months before the budget demanded that it get disconnected

Now I am left with dial up at home, so I don't do much surfing at home.

DSL at work. does ok most of the time.

TW

Virgil, at least the prayer line cooks at a faster rate!

I've had DSL at home for over a year now but thoroughly enjoy T1 & T3 service at work.

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I use the Verizon Sierra AirCard 555 wireless network card.

Once I am connected, I can connect to the internet and send and receive e-mail.

I can be on 24/7 if I want. I am using the connection right now.

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