Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Providence, RI
Posts: 78

Do you use Broadband or Dialup?

Many here seem to have an apathy for 3G services on wireless devices. I was just wondering how many here use broadband at home.

I use DSL and its great. I'll never go back to dialup. Syncing my PDA with Avantgo is also faster and more convenient with DSL.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

Me Tarzan. You Jane

Broadband (cable) good. Dial-up bad.

My kids (ages 5 and 6) don't even know what a dial-up connection is. Cable may be more expensive, but I am already counting the savings in anger management therapy for them.

Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

Dialup is Bad....

and unluckily that's what I have Either using it as the network connection for my 100 mbps full-duplex network(such wasted bandwidth!), or on my visor. 48k is my max

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

Dial-up isn't "bad." It's just old. RESPECT YOUR ELDERS, DAGNABBIT!

That said, I've been on DSL for over a year. I like 500 Kbps much better than I did 50 Kbps.

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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 832

I'll stick with good 'old' dialup - well - until something else becomes available here.

Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Aberdeen, SD
Posts: 2531

dial-up does make it easier to get a pda online.

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

quote:

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Originally posted by Yorick
Dial-up isn't "bad."

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Registered: May 2001
Location: Chicago
Posts: 236

DSL Is what i have.

But my DSL just really really really really realyy really sucks.
I ordered it in May 4, didnt get it untill mid August.
But wait it didnt end there. Since i got it I have been having the worst problems since august. First the Filters the sent me were bad It took two months before the sent new ones, second My modem went bad, then i was only getting 188k for a month now I am up to 230k to on a good day 290k. well its now January and Nothing has been solved since May.

Before i moved had @home cable connection. It only gave me problems when the Apt. below me cancled his cable but the disconnected me instead the came the next day bettwen 11am and 4pm. I waited..ugghhhhh

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Misplaced Canuck in Charleston SC
Posts: 257

I'm still on dialup because i'm just too cheap to shell out $40-50/month for broadband in addition to being forced to sign up for services I don't need just to get that price.

Bellsouth DSL is $40/month if you sign up for their Complete package that includes a dozen or so features that I don't want or would never use. $50 otherwise.

Comcast does a similar thing here too.

I'll stick with my $21.95/month 56k dialup through earthlink for now.

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Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Elkins Park, Pa
Posts: 577

Here's why I like dial-up:

Well, that was quick. Why do you like dial up?

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Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 832

quote:

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Originally posted by ernieba1
Here's why I like dial-up:

Well, that was quick. Why do you like dial up?

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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I'm from Idaho (yes we do have technology here...)
Posts: 38

Cable broadband all the way baby! I'll never go back... except for my free student account in emergencies and surfing on the Visor. (My husband does quite a bit of that while I sleep. )

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Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Atlantic Rim
Posts: 570

Internalize your Grief

I pay $44 a month for 256K service, though I am not quite sure what that means as I regularly exceed that speed (sometimes going over 800K) on downloads. I actually pay even less, as I write off the entire bill, including the ancillary cable tv charge. Victory is mine.

I could shave a couple bucks off off my monthly bill by purchasing a cable modem, but I am holding out for an internal cable modem so I can get the big lunking unit off the floor next to my desk altogether. Any such creature out there?

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: London, UK
Posts: 118

quote:

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Originally posted by ernieba1
Here's why I like dial-up:

Well, that was quick. Why do you like dial up?

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: San Diego, California
Posts: 441

MMMM..... cable ..... mmmmmm 3.1Mbps connection... mmmmmmm so much bandwith if my other 4 roommates are online you don't even notice it. mmmmm..

my parents are still on dialup.. yuck! everytime i visit i'm stuck with 26.4k connections. I'm still working on getting them to cable or dsl. Heck, maybe i'll make their network wireless for my dad's laptop.

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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 366

I have a Cable connection. And I agree with Ashmed, there is so much bandwidth that both my dad and I can be downloading something and we can still both browse the net at a great speed. I was drooling for a while when I first got a cable connection. Like a dream come true.

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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I'm from Idaho (yes we do have technology here...)
Posts: 38

The extra bandwith is great. Both my husband and I can watch streaming videos with little lag time on one connection! It's great! The only drawback is the price... but when you consider how many free downloads there are out there, and the speed that they do download at, it makes the price worth it.

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

I use both cable and DSl right now.

Like cable better.

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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.

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: "Children are a gift from God, they are a reward"
Posts: 1049

Ahh... I'm sick to my stomach. I'm exactly 1200 feet outside the range for DSL in my area and Time Warner is still "rolling out" cable in the Hudson Valley (They're the local cable provider). We have Roadrunner at work and while it has it's quirks, I'd take it over my current 48000 bps in a New York minute. Downloading programs takes forever, and forget anything streaming!
Of course, I can leave my house unlocked, go to the store, and find everything hunky dory when I get back. (I live one house away from the town Post Office, and a 1/4 mile away from the Fire House so I'm not that far up in the woods)
My wife and I have actually considered putting in an ISDN line.

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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: San Diego, California
Posts: 441

I have roadrunner and my experience with them is excellent! I also have cousins in the Waco area with Roadrunner and they say their internet is very fast as well.

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