POLL: Any ATF folks still using a 56k Modem??

[thatsright]

Just curious to see what you folks are surfing with. I'd be surprised if even half of you folks are still on dial-up!

 

[Pepsi90919]

i have @home @home

 

[moshquerade]

home is teh cable

 

[dullard]

56K at home.

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: dullard
56K at home.

Same here. I Don't spend enough time on the PC at home to justify getting cable.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Cable. And what is ATF??? Automatic Transmission Fluid?

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Cable. And what is ATF??? Automatic Transmission Fluid?

AnandTech Forums

i'm posting from a fixed wireless phone, works anywhere in India at 115kbps. pretty cool. but slow as heck.

Vivan

 

[ravana]

Cable is winning!

 

[George P Burdell]

internet2 school.

 

[Bryophyte]

I've typically got a smoking fast 19.2 to 21.6 Kbps dialup connection. Rare occurences of 24 Kbps.

 

[dbzwukan]

I have to use dial-up if I want to surf banned sites at work or play online-games at work.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Cable

 

[OutHouse]

modem 28.8 sometimes 26.4 connection speeds. i live in a rural area and will never see high speed...

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: vshah

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Cable. And what is ATF??? Automatic Transmission Fluid?

AnandTech Forums

i'm posting from a fixed wireless phone, works anywhere in India at 115kbps. pretty cool. but slow as heck.

Vivan

Oh. I figured it was Anandtech something. Duh...:laugh:

 

[PanzerIV]

My beloved Road Runner cable modem that I've had since July of 2000. :heart:

 

[ViperSSD]

Originally posted by: Citrix
modem 28.8 sometimes 26.4 connection speeds. i live in a rural area and will never see high speed...

satellite? (very expensive though)

cable at home, ethernet at school

 

[RossMAN]

If you're still on 56k dial-up at home and paying more than $4.95/mo you're paying too much.

$8 setup fee, $4.95/mo

Access4Less.net :thumbsup:

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
If you're still on 56k dial-up at home and paying more than $4.95/mo you're paying too much.

$8 setup fee, $4.95/mo

Access4Less.net :thumbsup:

Good deal except when you want to cancel your service. Then access4less act like a$$holes, won't respond to your emails for cancellation and charge you $5 if you want to talk to someone just to cancel. :|

Anyways, DSL here.

 

[KarenMarie]

Cable ... six years now.

 

[Mr N8]

I has DSL for 3 years, and now I've been on cable for a year. Dial-up drives me crazy.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Cable: never been available, never will be.
DSL: Only option is IDSL (DSL over ISDN), which is 144/144, $300 setup, $100/mo.
Satallite: High lag, strict terms of use, $300 setup+$70/mo or $100/mo
Dialup: 26.4k (on a good day), $32 between ISP and phone line.
IDSN: per minute charges, but unlike IDSL you can use voice over it. Still expensive and slow.

I _CAN_ get cheap broadband if I want to pay the $250,000 setup fee that is involved in buying a house where it's available.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Oh, here's a fun fact:
My distance from the CO according to DSL reports goes up about 1000 feet per month. When I first started checking it it was 18,000 feet. And now it's almost 40,000. Not sure why the hell that's happening, but it might have to do with the fact that we are running out of good lines in our neighborhood and they're passing the bad lines around to whoever hasn't complained in a while.

Edit:
Many places in my area (my sister and uncle are examples) only get 14.4k. At those speeds even the small flash intros take in upwards of an hour.

 

[isekii]

you left out 14.4

 

[eplebnista]

Cable Internet Connection

 

[Juno]

From 9600 baups to 56k to Earthlink DSL to Time Warner Roadrunner Cable.

Now using OC3 at school. W00t!