Do I have any chance of getting broadband?

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
What is shotgunning? Is it using 2 dialup modems? How could you accomplish that?

god, why? It's like using a skateboard instead of walking...

Because broadband is not available. Are you in the wrong thread?

Calm down Your Leetness, I already made a suggestion - give DSL a shot. Using 2 modems, if it's even possible without paying twice as much for dialup service, is just pointless. Might as well use two paddles instead of one to try moving a cruiseship having engine trouble.

So you assume that because I asked something that I was advising him against your idea? World revolve around you, much?
I am moving to an area with no chance of cable or dsl.

I assumed nothing, there was just no reason for your barb.

 

[EULA]

I considered satellite for a little while, but the costs are outrageous...

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
What is shotgunning? Is it using 2 dialup modems? How could you accomplish that?

god, why? It's like using a skateboard instead of walking...

Because broadband is not available. Are you in the wrong thread?

Calm down Your Leetness, I already made a suggestion - give DSL a shot. Using 2 modems, if it's even possible without paying twice as much for dialup service, is just pointless. Might as well use two paddles instead of one to try moving a cruiseship having engine trouble.

So you assume that because I asked something that I was advising him against your idea? World revolve around you, much?
I am moving to an area with no chance of cable or dsl.

I assumed nothing, there was just no reason for your barb.

To me, "god, why" was a barb.

 

[feelingshorter]

i dont have DSL in my area but the house next to mine across the rail road does, now that pisses me off. Cant aford cable.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
To me, "god, why" was a barb.

It was, but against slow internet connectivity, not you. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

 

[ponyo]

Pay your neighbor to get cable modem and wireless router and get one of those cantenna and go wireless.

 

[Squisher]

Broadband was one of the first things I looked for when shopping for a new house.

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
What is shotgunning? Is it using 2 dialup modems? How could you accomplish that?

The term "shotgunning" was coined by Diamond - who made a "Shotgun" modem - it was two of their modems on one card and they were hardware-bound I believe. This was before there was modem-binding built into Windows, so it had to be a hardware solution. There were a bunch of companies making external devices that included bound modems - at that time I was working for an ISP so I "test drove" a lot of them to try and find a good one that we could shop around to business clients (this was back when DSL wasn't even on the horizen and we couldn't get ISDN because the switching equiptment at our telco was ancient).

Modem binding is built into Windows XP and 2000 I believe. It still requires two modems, two separate phone lines, and two logins to your ISP - they might give you a break on a second login if you ask.

I have no idea how it's even done though - by the time MS started building it into the operating system, I wasn't working at the ISP anymore and didn't play around with it.