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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2010, 06:26:14 PM »
I have DSL from the local phone co and it sux..it's a hair better than dialup..but can't stream a video...I think the DSL and phone will be about 70 a month(I haven't got a bill yet)
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2010, 06:31:41 PM »
I had great DSL with BellSouth before I moved to this void where only dialup or cable was available.  $65 a month later, my service sucks and barely works half the time and I don't even get a phone line to go with it.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2010, 06:47:41 PM »
I can download a full CD in a minute or so, and a full movie in less than an hour depending on the number of seeders.  :evillaugh:
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2010, 06:55:06 PM »
The DSL I had seemed to be a lot more consistent.  I ran some speed tests and came up with a top speed of 2.5-3Mb/s on my ComCrap connection but I have definitely noticed slowdowns between 5-7pm.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2010, 07:01:52 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 20, 2010, 06:55:06 PM
The DSL I had seemed to be a lot more consistent.  I ran some speed tests and came up with a top speed of 2.5-3Mb/s on my ComCrap connection but I have definitely noticed slowdowns between 5-7pm.

My DSL isn't as fast (1 mb/s) as the cable connection that I used to have with Time Warner at work, but like yours it is very consistant......and I'm too far from the switch for a faster connection unless they install a fiber backbone.......but it is sufficient for my needs, and cheap as hell......

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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #30 on: March 20, 2010, 07:05:11 PM »
I think my top DSL speed was about 1.5 Mb/s, but that was a constant bit rate and it didn't fluctuate with traffic like the cable does when people get home from work and start getting online.  One of the drawbacks of shared networks, and another reason why I was reluctant to switch to cable, but I don't have a choice here.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #31 on: March 20, 2010, 07:16:17 PM »
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 pro package which allows for their fastest speeds and largest amount of bandwidth. The speed is halfway between cable/dsl and dialup. It sucks living in the country when it comes to availability to high speed internet. Ma Bell has dsl line just across our road but will not let us buy access..aren't landline telephones close to obsolescence? I hope ATT and Bell are finally broken for their long history of captive market abuse.


Hey DUmmie. AT&T did vanish someone bought the name for their company. MORON.

DU is full of idiots. How many people want to wait in virtual lines for visiting a government-approved website??
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #32 on: March 20, 2010, 07:21:31 PM »
Somehow a monopoly is bad unless its a government monopoly??
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #33 on: March 20, 2010, 07:21:48 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 20, 2010, 07:05:11 PM
I think my top DSL speed was about 1.5 Mb/s, but that was a constant bit rate and it didn't fluctuate with traffic like the cable does when people get home from work and start getting online.  One of the drawbacks of shared networks, and another reason why I was reluctant to switch to cable, but I don't have a choice here.

AT&T told me when I signed up that I was 20,000 feet from the switch, and 1 mb/s was about all that I can expect.....to their credit however, they offered to install a repeater up at the entrance to the subdivision, which they said that would give me 2.5 mb/s, for an additional $8 per month......I passed.....this is fine with me.  The only problem that I ever see is when I play YouTube videos, at times they will "buffer" occasionally during playback, but in those cases, I just pause the video until the whole thing downloads, then play it.....

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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #34 on: March 20, 2010, 07:25:45 PM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on March 20, 2010, 05:38:21 PM
I use Hulu, Fox, Tvland to stream lots of stuff which may account for some of it.

Try Netflix! $9 something a month and you get to stream thousands of movies to your computer or on your TV through an XBox 360 or whatever. Looks better than Hulu, doesn't mess up as much and its commercial-free. Plus they'll mail you DVD's on your list of movies not old enough to be streamed.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #35 on: March 20, 2010, 07:31:23 PM »
Quote from: FGL on March 20, 2010, 07:25:45 PM
Try Netflix! $9 something a month and you get to stream thousands of movies to your computer or on your TV through an XBox 360 or whatever. Looks better than Hulu, doesn't mess up as much and its commercial-free. Plus they'll mail you DVD's on your list of movies not old enough to be streamed.

I prefer bittorrents.  :evillaugh:
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #36 on: March 20, 2010, 07:31:47 PM »
Quote from: FGL on March 20, 2010, 07:16:17 PM


Hey DUmmie. AT&T did vanish someone bought the name for their company. MORON.

DU is full of idiots. How many people want to wait in virtual lines for visiting a government-approved website??

Actually no.....AT&T was broken up back in the day into the "Baby Bells", and over the years, they have been quietly re-aquiring the "Baby Bells" into AT&T once again, now that dial tone is available over cable, and VOIP, there is no longer a monopoly on telecom service for the government to break up.  Amazing how capitalism works....

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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #37 on: March 20, 2010, 07:52:46 PM »
Could you imagine the prices for i-net if government took over?

Probably be priced progressively.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #38 on: March 20, 2010, 07:55:00 PM »
We could call it 0-net... you'd be required to buy it when you move in, rates would rise during busy months, and would be based on your income.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #39 on: March 20, 2010, 08:02:25 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 20, 2010, 07:55:00 PM
We could call it 0-net... you'd be required to buy it when you move in, rates would rise during busy months, and would be based on your income.

And to receive it you'd have to comply with all ADA, EPA, FTC regulations, and pass a drug test......

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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2010, 08:28:57 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 20, 2010, 06:55:06 PM
The DSL I had seemed to be a lot more consistent.  I ran some speed tests and came up with a top speed of 2.5-3Mb/s on my ComCrap connection but I have definitely noticed slowdowns between 5-7pm.
I just checked and got 6.82Mb/s on Comcast, which I think is the fastest result I've had. I don't pay extra for their superspeed service, whatever they call it. My upload is 1.5Mb/s. I checked using the speedmeter on speakeasy.net.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2010, 08:43:36 PM »
I just checked my speed at that site. 15.21Mb/s down, but the upload test test froze. I had to reset my router. pcpitstop has a speed test that drops my connection on the upload test also.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #42 on: March 20, 2010, 08:46:00 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 20, 2010, 08:43:36 PM
I just checked my speed at that site. 15.21Mb/s down, but the upload test test froze. I had to reset my router. pcpitstop has a speed test that drops my connection on the upload test also.

speedtest.net dropped yout connection?

My upload is slow. about half a Mbps, my download varies but averages 18 mpbs
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #43 on: March 20, 2010, 09:00:59 PM »
Quote from: FGL on March 20, 2010, 08:46:00 PM
speedtest.net dropped yout connection?

My upload is slow. about half a Mbps, my download varies but averages 18 mpbs

Every time I try and do a speed test I get through the download part,but the upload test kills my connection.  I have to reset the router, modem or both.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #44 on: March 20, 2010, 09:14:34 PM »
I checked with speedtest.net as well.  Got 6.83 Mbps download and 0.50 Mbps upload.  Tried three other places.  Got almost exactly the same thing.  Good thing I'm not uploading big files, I guess.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #45 on: March 20, 2010, 09:50:02 PM »
Speedtest.net. says my Qwest connection is downloading at 4.83 and uploading at 0.16 on a DSL connection. Considering that it tested the connection at Norfolk Nebraska I guess thats not to bad.
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #46 on: March 21, 2010, 07:14:51 AM »
Okay, I checked speedtest.net.

I have no idea what the numbers mean, but here they are:

2.15 mb/s
1.55 mb/s
62 ms
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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #47 on: March 21, 2010, 09:15:16 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on March 21, 2010, 07:14:51 AM
Okay, I checked speedtest.net.

I have no idea what the numbers mean, but here they are:

2.15 mb/s
1.55 mb/s
62 ms

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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #48 on: March 21, 2010, 10:51:02 AM »
My speedtest.net results

4.99 Mb/s Download
0.64 Mb/s Upload
46 mSec Ping

Centurylink (Embarq) DSL.

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Re: How much do you pay for Internet service?
« Reply #49 on: March 21, 2010, 11:00:42 AM »
I get my internet included in our rent payment.
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