[OT] Broadband!

"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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Mary wrote:
That's really true. DSL seems to be faster even than
my old cable ISP, which I did not think was possible.

You can check your actual speed on various sites, I like this one:
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

Victor, posting at 4.1 mbps...


4.9 mbps. Woohoo!

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"Yowie" wrote in message
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WoooHoooo!

Whilst being as divorce inspiring as Ikea furniture, the broadband is
finally up and running!

Wooohooooooooooooooo!

Yowie, joining the 21st century
Congratulations, Yowie! Ain't it grand? DSL or cable? Enquiring network
geek needs to know!
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Mary wrote:
For some reason mine came back
3303.6 kbps. Does that mean 3.3 mbps??

Yup.

(Stupid question, maybe, but necessary. Adding
2+2 is difficult for math idiots. Metric stuff
freezes me up completely!)

Metric is so easy, I don't understand why this country is still in the
middle ages in that respect.
1,000 = 1 kilo
1,000 kilo = 1 mega
1,000 mega = 1 giga

and so on...

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"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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Mary wrote:
For some reason mine came back
3303.6 kbps. Does that mean 3.3 mbps??

Yup.

(Stupid question, maybe, but necessary. Adding
2+2 is difficult for math idiots. Metric stuff
freezes me up completely!)

Metric is so easy, I don't understand why this country is still in the
middle ages in that respect.
1,000 = 1 kilo
1,000 kilo = 1 mega
1,000 mega = 1 giga

and so on...


Thank you Victor. At least I am getting better.
It is perfectly logical, just the resistance of habit,
I think. Damned Brits! (kidding .....)

"Sam Nash" wrote in message
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"Yowie" wrote in message
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WoooHoooo!

Whilst being as divorce inspiring as Ikea furniture, the broadband is
finally up and running!

Wooohooooooooooooooo!

Yowie, joining the 21st century
Congratulations, Yowie! Ain't it grand? DSL or cable? Enquiring network
geek needs to know!

DSL. Although known as "ADSL" here in Oz. Only ADSL or Sattelite were
available in my area, and we didn't go Sattelite because the installation
fees are enormous, and although the downlink rips, the uplink is as fast as
your dial up modem can go, and since we got the Broadband mainly to play
on-line games (like Everquest etc) a slow uplink is pointless.

Also, with ADSL, we don't have to pay any extra connection cost, but with
Sattelite, every time we dial in, we'd still have to pay the price of a
local call. ADSL was by far the better option, and besides, the modem and
setup was free.

Yowie

Yowie wrote:
"Sam Nash" wrote in message
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"Yowie" wrote in message
...
WoooHoooo!

Whilst being as divorce inspiring as Ikea furniture, the broadband
is finally up and running!

Wooohooooooooooooooo!

Yowie, joining the 21st century
Congratulations, Yowie! Ain't it grand? DSL or cable? Enquiring
network geek needs to know!

DSL. Although known as "ADSL" here in Oz. Only ADSL or Sattelite were
available in my area, and we didn't go Sattelite because the
installation fees are enormous, and although the downlink rips, the
uplink is as fast as your dial up modem can go, and since we got the
Broadband mainly to play on-line games (like Everquest etc) a slow
uplink is pointless.

Also, with ADSL, we don't have to pay any extra connection cost, but
with Sattelite, every time we dial in, we'd still have to pay the
price of a local call. ADSL was by far the better option, and
besides, the modem and setup was free.

Yowie

Now what you need is a router, then Joel can connect his X-Box and PS2.
;-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

You're a sweetie. Thank you.

I have inquired about ADSL here and our exchange is too old to handle
it and is not scheduled to be replaced anytime soon. It will come to
planet Wedderburn eventually, but I wouldn't want to be holding my
breath :^)

BTW, and this will make no sense to the rest of the group, the lift is
now working perfectly.

Tish

On Tue, 3 May 2005 10:45:41 +1000, "Yowie"
wrote:
"Tish Silberbauer" wrote in message
.. .
Can Dave and I pop down occasionally and download really big things
just for fun??

You know you'd be welcome, whether you download big stuff for fun or even
for something as technically archaic as just enjoying a cuppa and a chat....

As long as you know that we don't call The Yowlet "the Chaos Mage" for
nothing :-). Do you like the sensation of lego under your bare feet by any
chance? If so, my place would be your idea of heaven :-)

Actually, have you checked to see if broadband is available where you are?
My sister's phone number has the first 4 digits the same as yours and hers
is broadband enabled. The installation is not actually all that hard as long
as only one person is doing it and everyone else lets them be till its done


Yowie

Yowie wrote:

WoooHoooo!

Whilst being as divorce inspiring as Ikea furniture, the broadband is
finally up and running!

Wooohooooooooooooooo!

Yowie, joining the 21st century

Mazeltov!
--

Cliologist, Philanthropologist, Prothonotary Wibbler,
Paleoconservative, Surface Warrior Squid

"Yowie" wrote in message
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"Sam Nash" wrote in message
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"Yowie" wrote in message
...
WoooHoooo!

Whilst being as divorce inspiring as Ikea furniture, the broadband is
finally up and running!

Wooohooooooooooooooo!

Yowie, joining the 21st century
Congratulations, Yowie! Ain't it grand? DSL or cable? Enquiring
network
geek needs to know!

DSL. Although known as "ADSL" here in Oz. Only ADSL or Sattelite were
available in my area, and we didn't go Sattelite because the installation
fees are enormous, and although the downlink rips, the uplink is as fast
as
your dial up modem can go, and since we got the Broadband mainly to play
on-line games (like Everquest etc) a slow uplink is pointless.

Also, with ADSL, we don't have to pay any extra connection cost, but with
Sattelite, every time we dial in, we'd still have to pay the price of a
local call. ADSL was by far the better option, and besides, the modem and
setup was free.

Yowie
ADSL - "consumer-grade" DSL. Works great! It's what I have. Enjoy!
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

On Tue, 3 May 2005 19:27:10 -0700, "Sam Nash" wrote:

"Yowie" wrote in message
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"Sam Nash" wrote in message
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"Yowie" wrote in message
...
WoooHoooo!

Whilst being as divorce inspiring as Ikea furniture, the broadband is
finally up and running!

Wooohooooooooooooooo!

Yowie, joining the 21st century
Congratulations, Yowie! Ain't it grand? DSL or cable? Enquiring
network
geek needs to know!

DSL. Although known as "ADSL" here in Oz. Only ADSL or Sattelite were
available in my area, and we didn't go Sattelite because the installation
fees are enormous, and although the downlink rips, the uplink is as fast
as
your dial up modem can go, and since we got the Broadband mainly to play
on-line games (like Everquest etc) a slow uplink is pointless.

Also, with ADSL, we don't have to pay any extra connection cost, but with
Sattelite, every time we dial in, we'd still have to pay the price of a
local call. ADSL was by far the better option, and besides, the modem and
setup was free.

Yowie
ADSL - "consumer-grade" DSL. Works great! It's what I have. Enjoy!
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe


As I recall, the acronym stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber
Line. Asymmetric means that the speed with which you can send out
information is less than the speed at which you can receive
information. Businesses usually use the more expensive symmetric
connections, meaning that you can send information fast as well as
receive it fast.

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