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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:02 am

[rant]
I give up, this is a new record, waiting 40-60 seconds to change a screen Confused

Great company, shit speed though http://shockware.com/-->offering high-speed wireless Internet Confused

Sure, but where?
[/rant]

How is yours doing ?

http://www.speedtest.net/index.php

Chuck Norris Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 1369

13318 kb/s down
1916 kb/s up

ISP: Comcast Cable

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:29 am

I got 422 & 166 but I don't have any problems with loading.
Maybe there is something else wrong?

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:35 am

LMAO

just you wait until i post my home ones tonight... you think that's bad Laughing

but yes, I am pissed with them, but my wife won't let me change her email address so we can't change ISP.. yet Wink

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:36 am

Nope nothing else wrong, just the kids are all home from school and surfing taking up my bandwidth Laughing

Not my kids, the neighbors kids up to 25 miles away, not many, but enough Confused

Not quite a Newb Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 24

Down: 6710 kb/s
Up: 500 kb/s

ISP: Rogers Cable

Edit: Don't know the difference between up and down Embarassed

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

@Bill, 425? Ouch.

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:45 am

Yep you got what I should have and sometimes have on a good day at 4 am when everyone is a sleep.
Sorry but it's frustrating when you try to research something and you get timed out. I'm a multi window user when I look for stuff, having 15-20 windows open, no problem, but when they all come back with no connection/timed out/couldn't connect to server Rolling Eyes

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:47 am

I just upgraded to turbo speed too.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

@Bill,

With DSL it is really easy to speed things up. Just burn down every house that is upstream of you and bury the bodies, along with the modems, in the neares.....

I meant to say, slow DSL sucks, I am sure your neighbor is downloading high definition Linux distros as we speak.

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:02 am

LOL Thanks, my neighbor uses his computer as a rather expensive extra light source Laughing

We are wireless as the houses are too far apart, our bunch hangs on a big wireless hub that connects to the telephone line (telus) to the net. Of course my ISP (the hub owner) claims it's the telephone line capacity that limits the service, which could be true as the telephone hook up we had before this was even slower, but it's still not nice Confused

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:26 am

No complaints here. Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^^^WTF?

What does one pay for that?

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:51 am

^^

Just basic cable internet. I think it is something like $45.00/month with the modem rental.

Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:04 am

Pastor Frank wrote:

... neighbor is downloading high definition Linux distros as we speak.

DSL is not a broadbrand system. It is a one to one system I.E from your modem to your Dslam. Unlike cable it is not affected by your neigbours. It is affected typically by the distance to your local Dslam and or how much your isp has oversold their bandwidth.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

^^^But you will acknowledge the existence of high definition Linux distros. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:46 am

Is there any other type of distro worth downloading ? Laughing

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:53 am

holle heck i did it now can some one tell me what it says is it good bad realy bad or ffffffff ing slow Crying or Very sad

net space i think broard band thats the other halfs doing its all above me Rolling Eyes

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:00 am

lets say I feel for you Crying or Very sad

you're slower than I am and I'm complaining Sad

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Rover wrote:

Is there any other type of distro worth downloading ?

Touché

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:02 am

I like my cable. Very Happy

11584 down
2103 up

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:06 am

can some one explain in newby terms what upload & down load is

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:08 am

download is how fast stuff appears on your screen

upload is how fast you send emails

(he did say for noobs Wink

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[edit] and i can still beat that, this is going to be good Laughing

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:21 am

thank you jjj yes i did and can i say thank you no big fansy words and now i know
i find the kiss answers tell you more then the aswers from the profs or net talk that say btw y u stupid & im am smarter ten a female sheep Wink

wtf

have to think dont you thanks JJJ will look for the tacho reading

care to put a lobster ($20bill in oz) on it if you win ill fax it to you Wink

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