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drinkmorejava

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gee too bad like no one uses it over there. The majority of the colleges even lack wifi and in dorm access.
 
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BigJ

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Isn't your HD not even fast enough to keep up with that (in most cases)?
 
Homerboy

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that article doesn't say crap
"technology allows..."
nowhere does it say they are DELIVERING that speed. It just says that its capable of it.
 
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Vampirrella

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Ive had FIOS since may and for me its been great. The install is free to the house and monthly fee of 39 bucks for the basic 15mbit down / 2 mbit up package
 
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eLiu

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How can you even use 2.5Gb/s?! That's HUGE! I mean it's >300MB/s... my HD doesn't write that fast, and yours probably doesn't either.
 
Rubycon

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I am jsut glad I've finally gotten on the ev-do bandwagon....

<--glad he can get ~500kps ANYWHERE:D
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Doesn't work offshore though. LEOSAT for the WIN. :D

What is everyone's obsession with ridiculous bandwidth? You'd think it was gold nuggets coming out of those clear pipes or something. :p
 
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BigJ

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Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I am jsut glad I've finally gotten on the ev-do bandwagon....

<--glad he can get ~500kps ANYWHERE:D
Click to expand...


Doesn't work offshore though. LEOSAT for the WIN. :D

What is everyone's obsession with ridiculous bandwidth? You'd think it was gold nuggets coming out of those clear pipes or something. :p
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Having that amount of bandwidth opens numerous doors. Streaming HD TV, Movie, Streaming Lossless rips, instantaneous off-site backup solutions. The possibilities are endless.
 
Rubycon

Rubycon

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Originally posted by: BigJ

Having that amount of bandwidth opens numerous doors. Streaming HD TV, Movie, Streaming Lossless rips, instantaneous off-site backup solutions. The possibilities are endless.
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Sure and it adds to the ongoing problem of the ISP's laissez faire attitude when their customer's infected PC can now send a million emails a day instead of 40,000.

I'd rather have a high quality 1Mbps dedicated synchronus line than the lopsided crap that comcast is giving out - any day. Of course I don't use that much bandwidth - and can't.
 
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BigJ

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Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: BigJ

Having that amount of bandwidth opens numerous doors. Streaming HD TV, Movie, Streaming Lossless rips, instantaneous off-site backup solutions. The possibilities are endless.
Click to expand...

Sure and it adds to the ongoing problem of the ISP's laissez faire attitude when their customer's infected PC can now send a million emails a day instead of 40,000.

I'd rather have a high quality 1Mbps dedicated synchronus line than the lopsided crap that comcast is giving out - any day. Of course I don't use that much bandwidth - and can't.
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I would hope an ISP is monitoring their servers where they would block outgoing messages from anyone sending such a large number of messages.

The more bandwidth I can get for cheap, the better.
 
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Goosemaster

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Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I am jsut glad I've finally gotten on the ev-do bandwagon....

<--glad he can get ~500kps ANYWHERE:D
Click to expand...


Doesn't work offshore though. LEOSAT for the WIN. :D

What is everyone's obsession with ridiculous bandwidth? You'd think it was gold nuggets coming out of those clear pipes or something. :p
Click to expand...

have fun waiting while every packet has to travel eleventy billion miles...
 
Rubycon

Rubycon

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster


have fun waiting while every packet has to travel eleventy billion miles...
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LEO - Low Earth Orbit = mid 80 ms latency vs. 10x or MORE for conventional satellite. Bandwidth is there too but it'll cost an armie's worth of arms and legs if you want it.

 
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Goosemaster

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Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Originally posted by: Goosemaster


have fun waiting while every packet has to travel eleventy billion miles...
Click to expand...

LEO - Low Earth Orbit = mid 80 ms latency vs. 10x or MORE for conventional satellite. Bandwidth is there too but it'll cost an armie's worth of arms and legs if you want it.
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my bad then.....that said, ev-do from both sprint and verizon is < $70/month so :p
 
Rubycon

Rubycon

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster

my bad then.....that said, ev-do from both sprint and verizon is < $70/month so :p
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Yes it's great and I've seen it hit 2Mbps in NYC. Upload is a little sluggish at ISDN speeds but who cares - it's the FREEDOM. Get a tetherable phone and you're all set. :D

I'm still waiting for that "cheat" that lets me add a very unusual selection of vehicles to NFS most wanted. Imagine the terror of a 90,000 ton + ship going through Central Park at 30 MPH. Dumb cops would probably still use Jeep Cherokees to (try to) stop it! :laugh:

 
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lyssword

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well I have qwest 7mb/896 dsl for around $40 and i'm not living in a big city. Seems to be enough for me and 3 other users in our house
 
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