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Woo hoo, higher speed Internet
#94391 05/15/05 05:11 PM
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I haven't been around for a week or more since my home phone line stopped working one day. Turned out that yet another wire pair had died, a victim of chronic insulation nibbling by the local squirrels.

So... for the third or fourth time I was switched to a new pair and had to wait 1/2 day while my phone # was associated with the new pair.

Now the good news -- fired up the browser, dial-up connection engaged automatically, and... wait for it... 45.2 Kbps !!

This may sound pathetic to some (all) of you but the best I have ever been able to pry out of these old, rodent-chewed, "four miles to the central office" phone lines was 26.6 Kbps.

I'm trying to find a suitable analogy but the best I can think of for the "rush of speed and power" is "it's like taking the potato out of the exhaust pipe on a 1952 VW Beetle".

Vroom. Look out all of you


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Re: Woo hoo, higher speed Internet
#94392 05/15/05 07:02 PM
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I just did a test of my bandwidth, and it's running slow today.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 3699 Kbps about 3.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 452 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Sun May 15 14:59:58 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 66X faster than 56K 1MB download in 2.27 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 18.98 % faster than the average for host (cox.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-4TWL7UY23




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Re: Woo hoo, higher speed Internet
#94393 05/15/05 08:31 PM
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I love the analogy. If only wireless high speed was ready...


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#94394 05/15/05 10:20 PM
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Ha! Reminds of the time I stayed at my inlaws betwteen houses 2 years ago.

1) No DSL, so we had only dial up at mayb 40Kbps.
2) No DirecTV, only cable.
3) No Tivo, only what we had already recorded on our DirecTivo.

Man, that was like camping in the wilderness.

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#94395 05/15/05 10:48 PM
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You need cable!!!!

It will BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF!!!!

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Re: Woo hoo, higher speed Internet
#94396 05/15/05 11:44 PM
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I can get cable in my current house but I'm moving out into the woods (literally) in a few months with no cable and no DSL so I don't want to get used to it. I set my parents up with cable internet anyways so I stop in there if I need to view anything more complex than text

I'm told the local phone company now has decent satellite Internet so I'm going to look into that. The downlink is via satellite, uplink via phone line apparently... anyone using satellite internet this far north ?


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Re: Woo hoo, higher speed Internet
#94397 05/16/05 12:31 AM
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what in the heck you got under the hood in that rocket?

I have DSL and here's my results.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 199 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Download Speed is:: 24 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Sun May 15 16:29:12 UTC-0800 2005
Bottom Line:: 4X faster than 56K 1MB download in 42.67 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 77.13 % of your hosts average (cvinternet.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-S10MXKQRV



Re: Woo hoo, higher speed Internet
#94398 05/16/05 12:48 AM
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Or Verizon DSL. They give out free usenet, so I can 'steal' a movie in under 40 minutes!


3000/768 here, $30/month, no transfer caps. I loves it.

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#94399 05/16/05 01:39 AM
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Thanks, John:

You reminded me of being beaten by a 52 Beetle while driving my 58 Renault Dauphine. I almost got by, but he blocked me with his turn signal. It was ok though, cause the two of us driving side by side gave almost enough light on the road to be able to see!

Ok, back to your thread.
Sorry, Rich.

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#94400 05/16/05 01:42 AM
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Interesting... I've never tested mine.

Here we go:
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 2445 Kbps about 2.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 299 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (main)
Test Time:: Sun May 15 21:36:37 EDT 2005
Bottom Line:: 44X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.42 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 32.74 % faster than the average for host (sympatico.ca)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-3AQJF82HZ



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