NMDemDist2
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:19 AM
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hey Tech folks, how much faster is broadband than dial-up? |
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:21 AM
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1. depends on the kind of broadband |
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DSL ranges from 640k to about 3Megs Cable spans the same, but you have no set bandwidth. I can go lower or higher depending on access traffic in the neighborhood node.
Dialup is 56k (and even that is a misnomer as it operates at a peak of about 47k)
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:24 AM
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2. thanks a bunch, i coulda researched it but figured someone |
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would have the numbers at their fingertips
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:24 AM
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3. This will make it easy for you.. |
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56k is like a small pickup, dependable but slow.. Broadband is like a porsche, highly erratic at times, but so much fun to own.
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NMDemDist2
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:26 AM
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4. i already have broadband, am trying to sell another DUer on it |
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:27 AM
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I can only get dialup in the specific spot I live. Without paying about $2,000 to run the cable that is. There was something I wanted to download that I estimated would take me about two weeks. A friend did it for me in a few hours.
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:33 AM
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6. what in the world took a "few hours" to download? |
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the freaking Encyclopedia Britannica?? hehehehe
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Mon Jun-21-04 01:49 AM
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7. A concert bootleg that was about 3 hours long |
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In CD quality. :) True story.
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Mon Jun-21-04 02:13 AM
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8. like Clinton's brain veruss bush's brain |
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especially if you get cable.
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Mon Jun-21-04 08:29 AM
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9. If you're trying to convince someone else... |
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you don't need to quote numbers. There's nothing like letting that person surf on your computer for a few minutes to see the "tortoise and hare" contrast.
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Mon Jun-21-04 09:34 AM
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10. I have Roadrunner and wouldn't go back. |
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Just to give you an example......... it used to take 20 - 25 minutes for me to download the anti-virus definitions at the Norton website. Now it takes about 50 - 55 seconds. I'm spoiled now.
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Mon Jun-21-04 10:34 AM
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12. I work for RoadRunner so I am biased but proud. |
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I see a lot of bullshit in this and every other company but honestly for the most part I am proud of the product.
That is not something I have said about every job I have had.
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Mon Jun-21-04 09:53 AM
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11. You can have my cable modem when you pry it from my cold dead hands |
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Lets put it this way. I run 3-4 computers off my cable modem with no complaints. We DL movies in full screen mode as streaming video. I can have Air America Radio playing, be DLing a file, and have multiple internet sites open while surfing DU with no lag.
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Mon Jun-21-04 10:35 AM
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13. Thanks to all for the info, |
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I sent it on to DemVet so he can review
DUer's ROCK!!
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Mon Jun-21-04 10:36 AM
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14. fire hose vs. garden hose? |
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Mon Jun-21-04 10:51 AM
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A 56 kbps modem is 89x slower than my cable service (RCN company, Boston).
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