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yakko

Lifer
Apr 18, 2000
25,455
2
0
No because it won't get me on at work and everything from here to there sucks ass and subscribing will not fix it.

Tracing route to subscriber.anandtech.com [216.151.100.119]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



1 72 ms 160 ms 209 ms 6532189hfc01.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.189.1]

2 262 ms 68 ms 67 ms 2416430hfc193.tampabay.rr.com [24.164.30.193]

3 67 ms 64 ms 45 ms 653210hfc114.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.10.114]

4 232 ms 67 ms 57 ms gsrd-srp00.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.8.228]

5 320 ms 152 ms 92 ms pop2-tby-P0-1.atdn.net [64.236.5.25]

6 219 ms 104 ms 111 ms bb1-tby-P0-1.atdn.net [64.236.5.17]

7 189 ms 149 ms 205 ms bb2-atm-P7-0.atdn.net [64.236.7.57]

8 717 ms 263 ms 225 ms pop2-atm-P1-0.atdn.net [64.236.4.134]

9 212 ms 122 ms 162 ms sl-gw22-atl-7-3.sprintlink.net [144.228.86.85]

10 215 ms 138 ms 128 ms sl-bb20-atl-5-1.sprintlink.net [144.232.22.1]

11 157 ms 171 ms 193 ms sl-bb21-rly-14-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.197]

12 639 ms 153 ms 149 ms sl-bb23-rly-11-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.14.134]

13 988 ms 455 ms 152 ms sl-bb21-pen-12-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.33]

14 306 ms 224 ms 225 ms sl-bb20-pen-15-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.16.33]

15 225 ms 126 ms 177 ms sl-gw2-pen-9-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.5.10]

16 281 ms 201 ms 169 ms sl-starind-4-0.sprintlink.net [144.228.179.10]

17 213 ms 142 ms 164 ms g2-0.eth.gr-0.pitdc1.pa.stargate.net [206.210.91.230]

18 208 ms 367 ms 138 ms v1.eth.cr-3.pitdc1.pa.stargate.net [209.166.165.71]

19 355 ms 150 ms 159 ms subscriber.anandtech.com [216.151.100.119]



Trace complete.
 

LuNoTiCK

Diamond Member
Jan 7, 2001
4,698
0
71
All you subscribers are going to make the subscriber forum slow. Heh. Thats ok though.
 

Pacfanweb

Lifer
Jan 2, 2000
13,158
59
91
No. The speed of the forums had gotten drastically slower for me before they started the subscriptions, and I don't believe it will change enough to warrant paying just to post on the internet.
 

Savatage

Senior member
Oct 25, 1999
504
0
0
No.

I don't post here much but I do visit everyday. I get almost all my answers to tech questions from
searching and I don't use the PM at all. If it's very slow at the time I'm searching, I just stop by later.
But as much as quite a few of the members here seem to use this forum, it's seems to be a fair deal $$
wise.
 

MajesticMoose

Diamond Member
Nov 14, 2000
3,030
0
0


<< Nope. partly becuase i'm on dial up and wont benefit from the added bandwidth >>


actually, my dial-up at hom connects to the subscriber servers muh aster than my nice broadband at school connects to the regular forums.

m00se
 

ThaGrandCow

Diamond Member
Dec 27, 2001
7,956
2
0
ok looking at 110 votes, I'm seeing 46-64, about 40% to 60%.

I'm actually curious now as to what the real numbers are (I know 110 people out of all of anandtech isn't a real sampling)
Anyone know?
 

Ornery

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
20,022
17
81
"Nope. partly becuase i'm on dial up and wont benefit from the added bandwidth"

Wrong! It helps a ton! That's my experience anyway. I think the full year was only about $30.00, so I didn't think twice about it. Hell, you guys blow that on round IDE cables, blow holes, 1337 neon lights and blue LEDs every week!
 

Oakenfold

Diamond Member
Feb 8, 2001
5,740
0
76
I would if I got an anandtech t-shirt or ball cap....:D I think we should research for marketing purposes how many would subscribe if they got something ya know!
 

mpitts

Lifer
Jun 9, 2000
14,732
1
81
I am. It is like night and day. Much faster and more responsive, regardless of the time of day.
 

Mitzi

Diamond Member
Aug 22, 2001
3,775
1
76
Nope, been meaning to do it for ages but never seem to get round to it...
 

Russ

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
21,093
3
0


<< Yeah I'm a subscriber and at leasat once a day I can't log on. >>



That's strange. I've never had any trouble logging on.

Russ, NCNE