Poll: What connection do you have?

[Goofy Newfie]

Re:connection

Cable here in Newfoundland. My ISP is in competition with the provincial phone company(ADSL), so competiton is good. I pay $40.00/mo. including cable-modem rental. That's in Canadian $, by the way..

 

[lokem]

Hey, me too.

They raised the tariffs in Brunei too? Man.. That blows! Actually, I just found out that they've only raised the tariffs for the local calls by 1 cent. The Internet calls remain the same... Thankfully.

Satellite access has the main advantage of being available anywhere in the world, the question is, does anyone actually want it for the price/performance?

Don't forget even if you can access it anywhere in the world, you'll still need a local ISP to dial in so that you can have your uplink.

 

[hdmk]

Tell me what you think of this offering from Plusnet....http://portal.plus.net/info2/adsl_pricedrop.html

That must be the cheapest ADSL ISP in the UK, surely!?

- actually, the cheapest ADSL ISP in the U.K is www.f2s.com - £22.50 a month

But plusnet seems a better deal, you get decent hosting thrown in.

I'm gonna stick with 56k till June, then upgrade :grinthumb !)

 

[Snowy Commando]

hurray!

Finally got ADSL connected today after waiting for my line to be activated and after some initial teething problems (upgrading drivers and settings) its all working nicely.

All i can say is, what a difference!

And all the benefits of a second phone line have come into effect! :grinthumb

 

[MYOB]

56.6 Modem, using BT Ireland, but it never runs faster than 32.0

 

[XYZ359]

I've got a modem...

(Mumbles)

It's a 56k..

But, I'm going to get aDSL for $50 a month from a good local ISP.
1.5 Mbps Downstream/128 Kbps Upstream

:grinthumb

P.S. - Congrats Snowy on your new connection.

 

[young&wild]

check my dial up internet rates:

Monthly bill:

Monthly fee: B$45
Free Hours: 36hrs
Access Fee(excl. excess hours): No of hours used in one month x B$0.03
Excess Hours' Charge : B$0.027 per minute

Is this ridiculous or what?

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I have broadband now!:bounce:
1M down and 1M up!
15 EUR / month!!
Now I don't know what to download :giddy:

 

[MYOB]

me: ISP#1 - €10/month, NO free time, 1c/min, about 31.2K
ISP#2 - free, NO free time, 2c/min, about 48K (maximum I've had 54K, at 3 a.m.)

But the telco gives 150 Minutes free to calls on all ISP's using 189X numbers... which both mine do

BUT the FASTEST drivers for my OEM modem give 24K.... So i have to use the laptop for any DL'ing, then dig out a cross-over cable, transfer the files..... really hard


I have net bills about €45 a month....

 

[Supra]

I've had DSL for about 2 months. Its rated at 384k up/384k down but for the first month I was getting over 700k down . I thought that was pretty cool but then a few days ago my connection didnt work for a few hours and when it started working again it only gets 292K down on bandwidth tests. The service costs $50 a month and it was supposed to be $200 for the special Paradyne modem but I bought the same one off of Ebay for $56 brand new:grinthumb

 

[Vehementi]

Originally posted by Vehementi
At home I use 28k, here at school I use partial T1.
My family (I mean me and my mother) are soon moving, and I hope to get DSL in my new house. It would be heaven

Just got back from my dad's over in San Diego, he had DSL...

I dunno about getting it over here at my house. My mother is a bit shaky about the "unrestricted" access it gives me to the internet :dead: My current ISP blocks all pRon sites and the like...
Of course, it is provided by my school district for employees, so I'm not surprised :dead: blah blah blah...

Plus it does cost $150-200 here to set it up, of course...

 

[MYOB]

Temporarily, and on fridays only....

I now have temporary work experience in a building with 1Mbit/s DSL lines... only on fridays till December though..

 

[GeForce]

School - full T1, 1.544Mbit
Home (right now) - cable modem, 2Mbit/256k
Work - DSL (not sure on type), 5Mbit/640k

AT&T are pretty cool - $35.95/month plus two IP addresses.

 

[Phat Stealth]

I have currently have 56K, but will have RoadRunner (extremely high speed Cable) by at the most X-Mas. My friend averages a 800 kb connection and downstreams on most servers around 500kbps, and 384kbps upstream. He downloaded UT 2003 Demo last night for me in 10 minutes. I cant wait to get out of the medevil age !!

 

[poertner_1274]

I can't believe I haven't answered this thread yet. Oh well I have a full 10mbit line at school. It is very nice But when I go home to see my parents I am stuck on a crappy 56k, which is really as fast as a 24.4. It is very slow, but ah well. When I graduate I am going to get a fast line for my own house too. I'm gonna miss my 10mbit

 

[hdmk]

now upgraded to ADSL 512/256....ooh yeah

 

[SNGX1275]

Hmm... looks like I haven't replied since I got my own place

384k down and 128k up Cable Modem.

 

[Th3M1ghtyD8]

56k at home (ADSL is not in my area+ISDN is too expensive)
128k ISDN at Friends house
2Mb at Cafe
10Mb at College

I'm waiting for OC-3072 (160Gbps) to come down in price

 

[Snowy Commando]

If p2p relies on people's own upload bandwidth for others to download from....does the fact than cable with 128k upload is not doing much for p2p whereas adsl is 256k up.

 

[SNGX1275]

Sometimes snowy ADSL and such aren't avaiable.

 

[Snowy Commando]

The current state of broadband availability in the UK.

BT Services

NTL Services

As you can see above, most of the coverage ADSL or Cable starts in and around London. The BT website claims that Greater London has 99.9% coverage for ADSL which wouldn't surprise me at all being the capital.

 

[SNGX1275]

My cable just got upgraded to 512, for free :grinthumb . Upload still capped at 128 though.

 

[vassil3427]

I have cable, and I'm getting about 1.3mbps/380kbps :grinthumb

 

[Phantasm66]

i got a free upgrade from 512 to 600 kbps downstream. I could pay another £25 per month and upgrade to 1 mbps / 512 kbps but really that's getting a bit out of order bill wise when I still have to heat the place and power it. Oh, and eat. I guess I would spend the money on it and just drink less but to tell the truth I think that 600 mbps downstream is fine for now.

 

[poertner_1274]

As long as you don't mind waiting a little while, I wouldn't complain too much, or upgrade. Just patience is all that is needed at this point.

And never give up drinking just to have a little more bandwidth, what are you crazy??