Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Spring Lake Park, MN (45min from minneapolis)
Posts: 313

I Just Dsl

i love it do yuo have it?

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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1683

I love my DSL.

When it works.

Unfortunately, Robert, at some point, Qwest will mess up and you will go out of your mind trying to deal with the giant, uncaring, incompetant monopoly that Qwest is.

Don't get me started!

Hopefully, someday, there will be real choices for high-speed internet access...

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Spring Lake Park, MN (45min from minneapolis)
Posts: 313

yes, i agree. it took us a month to get our password and username to finally log on because for some reason they didnt send it when we recieved our modem. and the first couple weeks we called them and were on hold for over an hour when the est time was 23min until i hung up. but after many talks they finally sent us the name pass and activated our accound. the only thing now to do is terminate our mindspring acount.(over due $188, your acount will be terminated on 9/4)

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"Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs."
"The sum of the intelligence on the planet is constant, but the population is increasing"
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Spring Lake Park, MN (45min from minneapolis)
Posts: 313

we have a packard bell computer and went for support at their website. and guess what? THEY HAD THE BEST SUPPORT EVER!!!! u just sign up(free) then you can chat with a support member personally. their really helpful. from 10am 6pm (i think) but just think, you just wait 30sec then someone from their staff talks to you instanly

only if every major companie had support like them

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"Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs."
"The sum of the intelligence on the planet is constant, but the population is increasing"
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Registered: Oct 2000
Location:
Posts: 380

How fast is your connection???

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: New York, New York
Posts: 560

who is at 14 and why?

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Felipe Garcia
Happy Treo 600 user, so far. Thanx Cingular for having an unlocked phone.

My Treo 600 is my phone, my PDA, my watch, and my MP3 player. Oh yeah, I take a picture once in a while with it. Convergence is such a great thing.

Registered: Oct 2000
Location:
Posts: 380

Maybe wireless???

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Out of my skull, back in five minutes
Posts: 1435

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Originally posted by Felipe
who is at 14 and why?

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 708

Cable all the way. Getting Broadband was one of the best investments I have ever made.

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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Modesto, CA USA
Posts: 599

DSL for 6 months

Bradhaak,

My speed varies but most of the time it's around 4.8Mbps.

All others listening that will use PacBell DSL, you might have some installation issues because their instructions direct or misdirect you to log onto the SBC.net location and that's incorrect.

Also, you'll get the hardware (modem) seperate from the software to run it - go figure. I had a modem for a week before I received the software to run it.

Now to be fair to PacBell they did this 6 months ago and perhaps now they've gotten their act together but the original instructions that I was provided with were 6 months old, dated Sept. 2000 so be wary.

I kept my old msn email address - MSN will charge you about a buck and a half to keep the email address if you don't use their ISP. So for the rest of you that what to keep your dinosaur email address like me - there is no need for wasting dollars per se.

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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1683

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we have a packard bell computer

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Registered: Nov 1999
Location: New York, New York
Posts: 560

last I checked I got the following with RR cable in NYC:

Test running..........
** Speed 2092(down)/319(up) kbps **
(At least 41 times faster than a 56k modem)
Logging result
Finish.

Last I check my Verizon DSl was:

Test running.........
** Speed 498(down)/79(up) kbps **
(At least 9 times faster than a 56k modem)
Logging result
Finish.

Yes I have both (for now).

Neithe results are great speed demons, compared to others but they are both better than modem (which i also still have).

I d/l large files from MS and the speed is great.

BTW, the above results come from DSLReports. And I didn't so any tweaks.

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Felipe Garcia
Happy Treo 600 user, so far. Thanx Cingular for having an unlocked phone.

My Treo 600 is my phone, my PDA, my watch, and my MP3 player. Oh yeah, I take a picture once in a while with it. Convergence is such a great thing.

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Out of my skull, back in five minutes
Posts: 1435

Originally posted by homer
Packard Bell? I thought they went out of business...

According to the pop-up window when you access the Packard Bell website for the Americas:

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As of January 1, 2000 - Packard Bell NEC Inc., stopped manufacturing and selling products in the U.S. As a courtesy, customer service and support for the U.S. have been redirected to independently owned Priority ONE Support.

Welcome to Priority ONE Support, the "Solution for your Problems" - no matter where you are, what time it is, what make of computer you have, or how complex your computer trouble might be - Priority ONE Support provides around-the-clock technical support via a number of interactive and active communication channels. Our interactive solutions are available to you in person, via telephone, email, live chat, and a technology forum, while our active, self-help solutions provide you with access to some of the largest driver repositories and knowledge bases anywhere. They also include audio-enabled "How-to-videos" to guide you step-by-step to the solution.

As a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider �, Priority ONE Support is the online epicenter for technical support.

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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Spring Lake Park, MN (45min from minneapolis)
Posts: 313

quote:

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How fast is your connection???

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"Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs."
"The sum of the intelligence on the planet is constant, but the population is increasing"
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Spring Lake Park, MN (45min from minneapolis)
Posts: 313

THANKS, i just looked at the poll and the option was already added!

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"Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs."
"The sum of the intelligence on the planet is constant, but the population is increasing"
"I am not a vegetarian because i love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.-- A. Whitney Brown"

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 100

Hey wait!

What about 9.6? That's what my Visor hooks up at.