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Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 7:12 pm
by joe king
I've never got over 44k
56K modems - due to the phone line never reach that max.
Also - I had to rewire my telephone extension - that speeded up my previous connection speed(I must of had a damaged cable twisted pair).
Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 7:13 pm
by taz
you want to try the 1mb telewest service if you want the ultimate in speed! It is super fast but it do cost ?35 a month.
Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 7:14 pm
by Bayleaf
And its not just one computer. May not apply to everyone here but with a router (cost ?50-100) you can put a terminal in every room in the house and have the whole family online and downloading at 500k, pix, mpegs, mp3 etc at the same time.
And your mum can still get through to you on the phone!
Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 7:15 pm
by jj very confused as usual
....and now we're back in more (at least to me) familiar territory- I thought mHz/kHz applied to processor-speed, whereas kb/mb/Gb applied to Baud, or download-rate...............?
Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:07 pm
by Lizard
Faster than a Lizards tounge..
Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:11 pm
by Lizard
Cheers Joe! me and magoo can hopefully a file download within the week!
o/t Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:23 pm
by buttsie
Cheers Joe
just tried it...every millisecond counts
excellent for stopping popups
B...OZ
Re: o/t Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:00 pm
by Nic
I can vouch for the normally angrily-termed A-O-helL (AOL) being a very good BB service.
I have had it for 4 months now and pay ?34.99 for my BB plus a free dial-up service too in case of BB difficulties, however, to the normal user, without the dial-up backup, it is just ?25.99/month and IS very good. (500-550 kB/s regular D/l speed)
Nic.
Re: o/t Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 3:15 am
by Pervert
Thank u desade - can`t wait to move to my new property and bin my old 56k modem !!!!
Re: o/t Re: BROADBAND. 5ghz per sec.O/T
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 7:36 am
by jj
Don't knock it- we're still using 14.4s at work !!!!