 swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:3
 ·RapidVPS
 ·Sprint Mobile Br..
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Broadband is Technology Not Speed? Broadband is a technology isnt it? Speed is irrelevant. If I were to bond many, many dial up modems together to gain 5 MBits of download speed, does that mean I am on broadband now? These jokers who think speed equates to broadband or not, it would be. There is a cable company in Pennsylvania who offer cable modem service capped at dial up speeds (which is a brilliant marketing move by the way), if a cable modem is capped at dial up speeds, what is it? It is still a cable modem, with cable modem technology...therefore it IS broadband. It certainly isnt Narrowband, correct? |
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 gatorkramKaBOOM BabyPremium
join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
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·Suddenlink
1 edit | said by swintec:Broadband is a technology isnt it? Speed is irrelevant. If I were to bond many, many dial up modems together to gain 5 MBits of download speed, does that mean I am on broadband now? These jokers who think speed equates to broadband or not, it would be. There is a cable company in Pennsylvania who offer cable modem service capped at dial up speeds (which is a brilliant marketing move by the way), if a cable modem is capped at dial up speeds, what is it? It is still a cable modem, with cable modem technology...therefore it IS broadband. It certainly isnt Narrowband, correct? This is an old and tired play on words. It doesn't matter what the technical word means, when enough people use the word in another way.
Why do people continue to drag out this issue every single time? The meaning of words change. Get over yourself.
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Give me bandwidth or give me death! |
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swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:3 | You ever hear of the saying "What is right isn't always popular, and what is popular isn't always right"?  |
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tperl
join:2005-11-15
Columbus, OH | reply to swintec
Toledo, Ohio has a similar package from Buckeye Cable. I think it is 96/96 for $20 a month. |
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swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:3 Reviews:
·RapidVPS
·Sprint Mobile Br..
·VoicePulse
·RoadRunner Cable
| I know the cable company in Pennsylvania offers "free preview" type deals where they will give those users who subscribe to the dial up speed tiers an opportunity to taste the faster speeds for like a weekend or something, kind of like HBO free previews. |
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