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#1 2002-12-17 4:25 pm
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Just curious, who uses broadband?
Just kinda inquisitive, bear with me.
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#2 2002-12-17 4:38 pm
Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
I usually use broadband cable (Adelphia) at home. Most of the time very nice down speed but limited up speed and no fixed IP. At the office we are linked into UPMC via an ATM line so it is always faster. At our place in MD just crappy 56K via a marginally reliable local provider.
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#3 2002-12-17 6:22 pm
Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
Being in Ireland its a must for playing on MA2.
mm come o think of it its a must for playing on MA2 where ever ya are 
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#4 2002-12-17 8:50 pm
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
768/128 ADSL with SBC/Ameritech. Best service I've had so far, and I've had a bunch.
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#5 2002-12-17 9:49 pm
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
Dammit, I just got an e-mail tonight. DirectTV Broadband went belly up, and my sweet 768 (up AND down) SDSL is getting axed in 30 days. 
Time to start looking into other possibilities.
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#6 2002-12-17 10:00 pm
Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
Dammit, I just got an e-mail tonight. DirectTV Broadband went belly up, and my sweet 768 (up AND down) SDSL is getting axed in 30 days.
Time to start looking into other possibilities.
Try Earthlink satellite if you can't get cable in your area. It's a two-way satellite, so you get good upload and download speeds.
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#7 2002-12-17 10:32 pm
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
hmm... i have charter pipeline platinum cable modem service, 1.5Mbit down/128kbps up......
/mutters something about charter's inability to give him any good upload speeds for the $68 he shells out per month/ 
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#8 2002-12-18 12:17 am
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
Only 2 fraggers are on 56k still. Chewie and Me 
. We're the 56k Faction, so dont mess with us or we'll shove a lag spike up yer *bleep* .
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#9 2002-12-18 4:35 am
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
I started with broadband using Earthlink's DSL service, and I have to say that their customer service was second to none; however, I found that Cox Cable provided faster overall service (both down AND up) for about $15 less/month, so I switched to accommodate a tighter budget.
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#10 2002-12-18 4:53 am
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
Speakeasy.net (COVAD) and DSL.net (Bell) both gave up trying to run any kind of DSL out to my new house. <sniff!> Cable here I come. Right now? 28.8!!!! Poon, I"m sorry to hear that!!!
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#11 2002-12-18 7:55 am
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
hey all,
hmm, i had a 3.5 meg download/~400kps upload with my cable, then the &**(*^ capped my ***!
so i am a 56k user. figure not paying 54$ for crap
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#12 2002-12-18 9:50 am
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
Dammit, I just got an e-mail tonight. DirectTV Broadband went belly up, and my sweet 768 (up AND down) SDSL is getting axed in 30 days.
Time to start looking into other possibilities.Try Earthlink satellite if you can't get cable in your area. It's a two-way satellite, so you get good upload and download speeds.
Sorry, but EVERYTHING I've read on Satellite says it is great for surfing and email. Not cool for games, way too much lag. MB things have changed. The other problem is the $200-$600 installation fee. Still kinda steep.
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#13 2002-12-18 2:16 pm
Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
I've got horrible DSL service. It used to be great but now we get random disconnects and anytime I play more than 3-4 maps online I get massive packet loss (85-200% 
) the only way to get it to work correctly after that is to restart the modem and router every 30-45 minutes 
.
However when it's working properly I get incredibly low pings and zero lag.
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#14 2002-12-18 3:24 pm
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
'cus everyone else is saying what their ISP is, i'll chip in
I got Mediacom High Speed Internet (MSHSI)
Didn't even bother to mess around with 56K
My new laptop:
1.8 GHz Athlon 64 Processor
512 MBs of RAM
64 MB nVidia Geforce4 440 chipset (not shared with system ram) (hauls @$$ though
)
40 Gig HD
15.4" Widescreen Display
Wireless 802.11g card (builtin)
24x CD-RW/8x DVD-ROM drive
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#15 2002-12-18 3:38 pm
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Re: Just curious, who uses broadband?
That sounds like like what used to happen to me, BJ (from Feb 02 - July 02).
I have 550kbps down/384kbps up DSL from 702 Communications.
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