wohooo Im getting broadband tomorrow..

[z0mb13]

I am on vacation back home in jakarta, Indonesia..

've been using dialup... tomorrow I will get broadband!! 64kBps!! yeeehaaa.... yea I know the speed sucks compared to the states, but compared to dialup Ive been getting only 46 kbps..

 

[Colt45]

<insert thumbs-up emoticon here>

 

[Danman]

Damn 64kps? :Q Didn't know they had broadband that slow! But hey, it's better than nothing!

 

[0roo0roo]

soon you will see things that will make the baby jesus cry

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: cashman
Damn 64kps? :Q Didn't know they had broadband that slow! But hey, it's better than nothing!

yea its 64kByte p s, not bit..

how fast is it in the states for cable modem??

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: cashman
Damn 64kps? :Q Didn't know they had broadband that slow! But hey, it's better than nothing!

yea its 64kByte p s, not bit..

how fast is it in the states for cable modem??

You mean, you will be able to download at 64kilobytes/sec?

That is roughly a 512k connection. Not bad. Much much better than dialup.

If you mean a 64kilobit connection, you will be able to download at about 8kilobytes/sec.. and that can hardly be considered broadband. But it will still be better than dialup, especially if it is 64k in both directions.

Here in the states, cable modems are generally either 3.0megabits down and 256kilobits up, or 1.5megabits down and 256kilobits up

3.0mbps = ~375kilobytes/sec and 1.5mbps = 187kilobytes/sec

256k = 32kilobytes/sec.

Of course, that's all before TCP/IP overhead, so your actual speeds will be a bit less.

 

[z0mb13]

yea its still fairly slow here... but nonetheless much better than dialup!!!

 

[Geekbabe]

Congrats dude! but please don't d/load all of the internet,leave a little for the rest of us

Btw,I won't bore you with what my connection speeds are

 

[Sid59]

broadband bump. welcome to the pastures.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: EliThat is roughly a 512k connection. Not bad. Much much better than dialup.

Exactly. Not blazing fast but much better than dial-up any way you look at it. Enjoy your glorious broadband z0mb13

 

[Cal166]

welcome to yesterday

 

[SOFTWARE2ndComing]

Same here... Comcast finally brought our local cable company (who doesn't provide internet services, LAME)
Will have Cable next month.
Woohoo for me.

 

[z0mb13]

wohooo the guy is coming at 10 today... cant wait..

I already have broadband in the states... but stuck with dial up here.. but no longer!!! ahahahha

now If I had brought that FFXI game with me I would be set

 

[iamme]

*groan* oh great.....we'll be seeing more of you now?



congrats :beer:

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: iamme
*groan* oh great.....we'll be seeing more of you now?



congrats :beer:

ahaha yes!!!! I will nef like no tomorrow!!

 

[Shawn]

welcome to the internet

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Eli

Here in the states, cable modems are generally either 3.0megabits down and 256kilobits up, or 1.5megabits down and 256kilobits up

Or 768kb / 128 kb.
Depends on who your provider is.
I've got Charter and I had 768/128. But I noticed the other day that I was getting faster downloads, then today I got my letter in the mail that they bumped everyone up to 2Mb down and 256Kb up. Woohoo. Of course, it is only supposed to last until like March. Then I assume they will try to charge me more if I want to keep that speed.

But for me, I don't even care that much about bandwidth. I'm a gamer, so all that matters is latency. As long as I can get pings of 50, I don't really care if I've got 768K or 5M downloads. But it does come in handy when downloading 3 Linux ISO's.

 

[compudog]

congratulations!