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28th Nov 2003, 02:20 PM
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BuFs #1 mom
Join Date: Oct. 31st, 2001
Location: Up my ass
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Getting Comcast cable modem tomorrow
Getting myself comcast cable modem tomorrow, can't wait for that. My brother in Nevada has it, and he says he can download files at over 300 KB/sec with it. I've heard of BuF'ers getting anywhere from 500-800 KB/sec with their cable modems. That is pretty sweet, it is much faster then DSL that is for sure! With my Verizon DSL I was getting about 80 KB/sec.
 You can never have to fast of a internet connection. I think this is going to cost $1 for the first month, then $25 for the second and then $45 a month after that. So it is a pretty good deal. 
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28th Nov 2003, 02:46 PM
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WHA?
Join Date: Sep. 3rd, 2002
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I have a WEBSTAR and I get a max of one megabyte per second.
 EDIT: I mean MEGABYTE, wtf was I thinking... Last edited by Erika; 28th Nov 2003 at 02:47 PM. |
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28th Nov 2003, 08:24 PM
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Gamer 4 Life
Join Date: Apr. 9th, 2002
Location: Some strange place called the USA
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Congratulations, dude. I love my cable internet and will never get rid of it. I'd get rid of my phone before I'd get rid of my cable internet.
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28th Nov 2003, 09:38 PM
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Wangosaurus Rex
Join Date: Feb. 26th, 2002
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well, I can't say anything for other areas, but I know that Comcast in Delaware (East Coast) sucks massive amounts of balls.
My download is officially 197.2 kb/s (according to dslreports) but you will never see those. I think the highest I have ever gotten is 120 (better than 56k, but makes you feel like crap when you talk to anyone else) My upload is apparently 237 kbps, but I think comcast has a cutoff at 30 kb/s (I always get 30 kb/s no matter who it is I am connected to.) And of course, my connection craps out very often (always when there is but one or two megabytes left in a download, or when I find a new online only game that I want to play). So in short, it could be worse, but you will feel like a second-class citizen when you are online.
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28th Nov 2003, 09:46 PM
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WHA?
Join Date: Sep. 3rd, 2002
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That reminds me...
http://nalicity.beyondunreal.com/map_hub.php?mid=6608 /me wipes tears from eyes. Comcast has good cable service though.
Last edited by Erika; 28th Nov 2003 at 09:49 PM. |
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28th Nov 2003, 09:48 PM
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Wangosaurus Rex
Join Date: Feb. 26th, 2002
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hmm, kinda off topic, but does anyone know what "Recieve Window" is? I was checking for ways to tweak my connection and dslreports reccomends changing my RWIN.
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28th Nov 2003, 10:02 PM
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Smooth Criminal
Join Date: Jul. 26th, 2001
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28th Nov 2003, 10:09 PM
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Wangosaurus Rex
Join Date: Feb. 26th, 2002
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yeah, I just wanted to know what it actually was
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28th Nov 2003, 10:18 PM
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Smooth Criminal
Join Date: Jul. 26th, 2001
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28th Nov 2003, 10:45 PM
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Rainbow Brite
Join Date: May. 20th, 2001
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I tried that out of boredom a few weeks ago. The pulsating textures sent my framerate all the way down to 10.
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28th Nov 2003, 10:48 PM
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>:E
Join Date: Nov. 4th, 2001
Location: The Kitchen
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CTF-Comcast owns
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28th Nov 2003, 11:08 PM
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...I wish I was
Join Date: Mar. 27th, 2002
Location: Maryland, U.S.
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Congrats and good luck!
I had problems with my comcast cutting out so I switched to verizon and I actually find it faster[SPOILER]
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28th Nov 2003, 11:36 PM
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I sing the body electric...
Join Date: Dec. 6th, 1999
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I get 60K downloads, and 30K uploads. Enough for me.
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29th Nov 2003, 01:38 PM
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BuFs #1 mom
Join Date: Oct. 31st, 2001
Location: Up my ass
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Got my cable, its super fast
Only problem I had with it was during setup, it took forever, didnt run into any problems, it was just slow. But otherwise, this stuff is great, I need to test it on a real big download.
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29th Nov 2003, 08:06 PM
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hail to the king
Join Date: Feb. 2nd, 2003
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 I have verizon 756k DSL and it never goes above 85kbps
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