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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:39 AM Original message |
Why your broadband is slow (if you can get it) and why it cost more than 26.00 a month. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R big #5. Is DSL the same as broadband? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Check your connection speed |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. 26.54 Mbps for me... |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How do I know what is a good speed? |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I got .49 for the upload speed too |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Upload speed is always limited to much lower than download. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. AT&T won't even offer that down here |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Not always, particularly with fiber. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It's limited by the provider, not by technical reasons. |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. There are technical limitations. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. I got 12.58 for download |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. 2.98 down and 0.96 up |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Which is a sign that broadband in the US really, really sucks |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. 29.86/3.89 (cable) |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Hooray for satellite internet. |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Mine is great, but I'm paying for it |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. that's downstream |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. "Is DSL the same as broadband?" |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Um, the OP links to an ad. nt |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Right?! and look, 10 recs already.... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Not with Ad-block, it doesn't. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. The entire blog post is an ad for an ISP called "sonic.net" |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. A blog with relevent information is an ad? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. "Sonic.net can reach nearly half of the homes and businesses in the Bay Area today with our..." |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. see my post above. if you can't filter out the self-promotion |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. What exactly is the problem? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. your situation is unusual nt |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Okay... |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. I have FiOS. VZ would not have built it if the law hadn't changed. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. internet needs to be a public utility w/control taken out of the hands of for profit monopolies nt |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. That would be true if we had a government that served bodied people. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. My DSL connection is pathetic |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Jesus, who are you with out there?? |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Well, I'm in the middle of nowhere with AT&T |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. We were getting the same at a cost of $154 per month, which is cable |
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OxQQme (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. 23.30Mbps |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. Work results: 60 Mbps d/l, 25 Mbps u/l |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. I just switched to the hated Comcast this morning. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. That 1996 telecommunications act lead to media consolidation like never seen before |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. I remember. Sickening isn't it? n/t |
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jdadd (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
41. I pay around 40 bucks a month for cable |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
42. Thanks a pantload for shitting on Americans, you Republicon Corporatists |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
43. 37.70 download/8.57 upload |
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