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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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What type of internet connection do you guys have?
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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SBC DSL Here.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 09:46 PM
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^ same here
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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verizon dsl, and never had any problems with unavailability or anything like that, so i am pretty pleased
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:02 PM
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MSN dial-up
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 10:41 PM
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dial up and wifi on my laptop
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 11:09 PM
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earthlink dial-up...cant get broadband since i live in rural area except satellite, but the price is ridiculous
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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The only way to go...Broadband! Cable modem and service are very reliable and extremely fast.

 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 11:22 PM
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Both AOL dialup and DirecWay satellite. Both are poor choices. I am cancelling the satellite within the next month. Absolutely not worth the money.


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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 11:29 PM
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got cable modem here comcast. what are the highest kbps youve downloaded.
on torrent storm my highest was 386kbps steady. just want to compare bandwidth
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 11:43 PM
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386kb/s....man, im still doing the 5kb/s....!
 
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Old Jul 23, 2004 | 11:46 PM
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I love my cable connection....get way better speeds with it around here than I ever did with dsl......
 
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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386kbps was highest i ever sustained. usually its still around 280kbps
 
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 01:01 AM
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thats still over 50 times my speed...man, we rural people need some speed!
 
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Old Jul 24, 2004 | 01:28 AM
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yea i remember those dial-up days. with dial up your missing out on so much of the internet. cant really use it to its fullest
 
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