View Poll Results: What type of internet connection do you guys have?
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Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Peoria, IL
There is no such thing as a cable/DSL modem. I wish people would stop calling them that. A modem changes incoming information from analog to digital so your computer can read it. Then it changes information that you are sending to analog so the lines can handle it. With cable and DSL, it is all sent in digital, so you are never modulating or demodulating any information. 
Senior User
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 290
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From: South TX
My main hook-up is Roadrunner cable,I LOVE it! Got satalite at two other locations I use, and it is slower than dial-up here in town. Though the satalite locations are very remote and faster than dialup at those locations, the're still much slower than advertised.
Senior User
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: South TX
How does one get T-1 or T-3 service? I'm hooked on speed, and here in Austin TX my Road Runner is great. However, in the remote locations I often have to use with Direcway satalite, the speed is very slow. Any one know if T-* service is avalable in remote locations at any price?
Still kicking!!
Joined: May 2003
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From: Kalispell, Mt.
Originally Posted by CowboyBilly9Mile
Sounds like you've had problems with Qwest (AKA QwOrst) too. They offer DSL, but for the same money the performance isn't there. Then on top of that, you have to deal with em, and I've had more problems with a LL than I care to discuss. Given that, just imagine what it must be like when you need to talk to them about DSL problems 
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.I really don't have a need for anything other than dial up. I don't download much of anything anymore...especially music. A lot of those places you load music lets you download a virus instead of a song and you don't know it until it's too late with some of the download programs. Plus all the spyware that comes with em...forget it.
One day I may just go cable for a while and see how it works. I have a web accellerator service with my current dial up and it really makes pages load fast for dial up. I surf at least 5 times faster with it than before. Downloads are still as fast as snail mail though.
Postmaster
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: B/CS, Texas!!
Originally Posted by Ultraute
How does one get T-1 or T-3 service? I'm hooked on speed, and here in Austin TX my Road Runner is great. However, in the remote locations I often have to use with Direcway satalite, the speed is very slow. Any one know if T-* service is avalable in remote locations at any price?
Post Fiend
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 7,157
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From: Central Kali
So far no problems with my road runner cable. The interface is labeled a "Cable Modem" model PCX1100U. F type connector in, cat 5 cable out. 
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: North Carolina
At Home -- Road Runner Cable at the house - 365 kbps on average
At work -- Bank of America, In downtown Charlotte, North Carolina... It is absolutely amazing how fast the bandwidth is. For Ex - Here at the corporate office, 2.4 Giga Bites Per Second (fiber "optic carrier" OC48) which is 2,400,000,000 bits per second.
WOW, yes I can tell a difference from work and my house
At work -- Bank of America, In downtown Charlotte, North Carolina... It is absolutely amazing how fast the bandwidth is. For Ex - Here at the corporate office, 2.4 Giga Bites Per Second (fiber "optic carrier" OC48) which is 2,400,000,000 bits per second.
WOW, yes I can tell a difference from work and my house
Elder User
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 866
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From: North Carolina
Originally Posted by vcrisis311
has anyone been on cable, then went back to dail up? im buying a house and might have to do that due to lack of funds. is going back a big disappointment?
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