261MB on 56k :(


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I use to have cable, now I'm stuck on dialup. To far away for DSL or anthing like that, and there is no cable out this way, only Direct TV and that stuff. Sat internet costs too much for me right now. I miss my cable very much. :(

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It'd be quicker to locate the nearest Neowin member to where you're at now, have them download it, then drive over and pick it up on CD-R. :yes:

heh... my neighbor (who has the wifi) needed help with his computer, so he turned it on, and it finished in 10 min

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My modem has been connecting at 16.8, 19.2 and sometimes 14.4 lately. Sometimes in the evening it will connect at the usual ~46.6. It really sucks, I can't get anything but dialup and I can't figure out why the connection is so bad.

Oh well gotta go update my Mandrake 10 box, see you in a week or so :)

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I am stuck on 56k the whole summer(but the fastest it gets to be is about 28.8 because of the horrible conditions of the 30 year old phone lines)

My connection is ample to view/bookmark stuff the entire summer, but I don't download anything over 5MB(unless I go to the local library with my usb drive and then I can download 64MB over cable, but alas my usb drive went through the washing machine and is now dead :( ) because the connection isn't stable enough. So instead I bookmark everything I see and download it when I get back to school in september(where the internet is limited in speed by my 100Mbps switch, and I want a gigabit switch so I can figure out how fast it really is because no one will tell what the connection is :ninja: ).

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horrible conditions of the 30 year old phone lines

uhh the house that i am staying in (my grandma's) is 77 years old and i get 49.3k almost ALWAYS!!! get earthlink... read my review in the review section..

OS the house hasnt been updated in that type, do its all origional

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Can't get high speed where I live. Been on dial-up. It's not much fun but it gets the job done. I've downloaded about...40+ gigs on my current drives with dial-up. Thank goodness for the sepreate phone line.

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I'm still on 56k is a pain in the rectum, I get 120Mb in 6 hours at 50666kbps, i really need an updqate to a T1 or something faster!!

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Why dont you come over here in australia and see how many of us have 56k it will shock all of you...except the aussies :blush:. I have 256k ADSL and I think its slow, I need more POWER!!!1!

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i have ISDN 128k YAY all of my friends are still stuck on 56k or lower but hey its Australia and well allmost everyone is still on Dialup YAY

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damn... even on my old 28kb internet connection i could do 60Mb in 5 hours :D

try using a few mbit broadband, and going to your friend's house + surf the internet on their 56k. you really feel like punching them in the face! :laugh:

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So now i am with OptusNet Cable. For around $50US i am getting average speed of 500kb/s, but max is about 2Mb.

yep - Australian cable is really fast for some reason. Optus and Telstra cable's speeds are awesome - i would love an unlimited cable plan.

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