Speaking of broadband...

[Hyperblaze]

What would you consider to be the minimum requirements in bandwidth that you could survive on at your place?

I know for a fact I'd go insane with a 56K modem

don't want to go back to the dark ages

<-- likes his 5M/800K up/down stream

I think minimum requirements would be 3M/384 Kbps.

 

[FoBoT]

300 bits per minute synchronous

 

[imported_Reck]

3 mbs. enough so i can download at fast speeds and play games at the same time.

 

[yoda291]

I could live with a 64k ISDN so long as it stayed up.

 

[Nohr]

I lived with 1024/128 for several years and could probably go back to it.

 

[GeekDrew]

Right now I'm living with a 21.6 k dialup connection... it's driving me up the wall. I NEED SOMETHING FASTER.

 

[mpitts]

My Exchange server probably wouldn't like dial up or a dynamic IP.

Whatever connection I got, it would have to be static. 🙂

 

[spherrod]

I could survive on 256k.... just. Am considering getting an 8Mbs connection now 😀

 

[AdamSnow]

I have survived just fine on 56K

right now I'm living just fine on 2.2mb wireless radio though... 🙂

 

[MBony]

What ever I could play CS:S with a >80 ping.

 

[Atomicus]

Originally posted by: MBony
What ever I could play CS:S with a >80 ping.

you want higher ping? 😕

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: Nohr
I lived with 1024/128 for several years and could probably go back to it.

600K was enough for us i guess

then they bumped it to 750K

now its 2mb 😀 all for the same price

 

[FrustratedUser]

256k with low ping at minimum.

 

[OverVolt]

500k down 128up

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
256k with low ping at minimum.

 

[PanzerIV]

I've had a 3Mbs connection since 2000 which was recently bumped up to 5Mbs so I could go back to 3Mbs but I would not like anything even approaching dial-up. :thumbsdown:

 

[AMDZen]

What I have now is minimum, 4 Mb down, 384 up. I could probably live with 3 down, but it would be tough.

 

[BAMAVOO]

I have 3/384 and it is still toooooooooo slow.

 

[chibchakan]

I can't wait till we all have 15 MB down and 2 MB up.

 

[thirdlegstump]

I'd probably get work done faster if I didn't have broadband.

 

[zbalat]

Originally posted by: chibchakan
I can't wait till we all have 15 MB down and 2 MB up.

werd

 

[Anchor]

Verizon rules when it comes to speed with price, right now it is giving away 4mb Down/768kb Up for $29.99 if you sign up for 1 year contract. i think you cannot beat that.

 

[MikeMike]

you guys are spoiled as crap. i was glad when i had 768/128 and now have 15xx/256.

MIKE

 

[helo7050]

@ work we have a 768kSDSL and it works just fine considering the other people in the office using it.

@ home i have Comcast 4mb/256k .. and i don't notice any difference in websurfing from any of the two. The only difference is the downloading speed ...

if you have a 256k + line you will not notice a difference in websurfing if you have a 8mb line. The only difference is the downloading of larger files.

 

[dighn]

~1-2 mbits

i rarely get speed faster than that on BT anyway, and most of my traffic is from BT