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Topic 'Re: Speed boost?' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21044040 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:03:39 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:03:39 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21075342 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21075342 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:05:41 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21075300
caps are coming to everybody sorry dude ,but they are.you cant just keep downloading,and it not affect other users maybe you should try to pay for some of that HD video instead of stealing it off the Internet.your free ride is quickly coming to a end.we will see how much downloading you will do when time Warner boots you ,or you have to pay per mb,and no IM not jealous of a 15mb connection i just want a 1.5 or 3mb connection for a reasonable price i deserve that]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21075300 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:56:51 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21075245
It's pretty cool though, here I am living about 20 miles outside of Buffalo, NY enjoying the benefits of rural America, being able to hear the cows moo while downloading at 15Mbps rather than crappy satellite internet, for a hell of a lot less money

you could just as easily not have any more options than dialup sounds like you are farther out than me with half the population than the town i live in.if dialup or sat. was all you had you would have a piss poor attitude too,as much as you download it would kill you wouldn't it

nobody with dialup,or sat. gives a shit about your opinion either.we deserve the same options as everybody else,and if that's all you had you would cry like a baby too.sounds to me that you have a piss poor attitude too,if you don't like my post then hey don't visit this board.i don't care how much you download you obviously don't have any patience or you wouldn't be crying about a slow ass 6mb connection

all IM trying to say is they need to expand to all customer's first,before they add more speed where they already have plenty fast enough connections, if you don't like me saying that then OH well i don't care what you think,and i do pay 80.00 a month for a 1.5 connection that is completely ridiculous to pay that much a month for internet when i could be paying 14.00 a month for the same speed with at&t.so you just keep crying about slower than 15mb connections,and i will keep crying about being stuck in 1990 your opinion means nothing to me

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21075245 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:50:22 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21073007 quote:

because it is plenty enough,any more than that just causes people to abuse,and tax their providers systems,all faster speeds do is cause people to download,download,download,and if you have comcast you just might find your self booted,but you all just wait all providers will have caps before long

It's called moving from a residential connection to a business class connection, where caps shouldn't apply. If Time Warner didn't want me to download at 15Mb, they wouldn't offer it. Me thinks you're just jealous.

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If you don't have the patience for a 6mb connection you don't need to be on a computer,because the only time you gain anything from faster connections is when you are downloading.you cant tell a difference when browsing

Having a piss poor attitude like you, you don't need to be on a computer spewing your bullshit. I do, do quite a bit of downloading, wipe those tears out of your eyes you crybaby and read my previous post.

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give me a damn break you aught to be stuck with a 1mb connection with a 200mb download cap like me then you would appreciate that 6mb or 15mb connection

Hahaha you have a slow ass connection and you pay a ridiculous amount for it to a really low cap, sucks to be you.

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The VAST majority of the folks use broadband to get email and share some files - even with large files 1.5 is plenty fast and most people do not use their connection to watch TV or download movies every day - all day.

1.5Mb is garbage, I take it you never had to download more than a month's worth of Updates on that stoneage of a connection.

You need to get the hell out of your fantasy world and realize there are plenty of people who do download HD video content, massive files like Linux ISOs, who VPN and Remote Desktop.

Thank you for hampering technology and being a burden on us all. The only thing that is a joke is you and your blind and completely selfish way of thinking. It's, not just sad, but disgusting, disturbing and appalling you think like this.
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dsl stops 1700 feet from me,and cable stops 1 1/2 miles from me,and they just keep putting millions into adding more speed to existing customers,and at&t cant spend a measly $3000 to add a dslam to add about 100 more customers.i hope they are charging plenty of money for faster connections,because they are loosing more and more voice customers everyday
I'm sure a DSLAM would cost at least 10 times that. Don't forget getting power to it, labor, concrete, and in some cases they have to purchase property.
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As the population gets older - I do not expect the numbers to change to no-where near the majority any time soon.

Hell - my dad is still on dialup. Not one of my friends on the lowest DSL or cable have ever complained that their connection is to slow because they get email and do some searching. I had no issues working from home with a 1.5 meg down 384 up - even running the application I support and the server I connected to was in North Carolina.

Till the time there is the one or 5 killer apps that will need a ton of speed that the majority of the population needs - there is no need for faster speeds for the majority of the population. The new is still missing the killer app that no one can do without that takes a ton of bandwidth.

There has been no shortage of folks getting faster speeds and new technology being moved out but to say that 6 Mb is a mandatory miniumum is a joke.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21070062 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:12:34 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21069244
dsl stops 1700 feet from me,and cable stops 1 1/2 miles from me,and they just keep putting millions into adding more speed to existing customers,and at&t cant spend a measly $3000 to add a dslam to add about 100 more customers.i hope they are charging plenty of money for faster connections,because they are loosing more and more voice customers everyday ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21069244 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:41:08 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21069195
If you don't have the patience for a 6mb connection you don't need to be on a computer,because the only time you gain anything from faster connections is when you are downloading.you cant tell a difference when browsing

give me a damn break you aught to be stuck with a 1mb connection with a 200mb download cap like me then you would appreciate that 6mb or 15mb connection ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21069195 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:20:38 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21068500
A man you may have heard of, William Henry Gates III once said "640K ought to be enough for anybody." And we see how well that held true over time. Now I sit here with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive. So do me a favor, think about the future, and what it may bring and don't make stupid, absurd statements, 6Mb is not fast enough and never will be anymore, and I honestly do not believe my 15Mb is fast enough, it was 2 years ago, but not in 2008.
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It's pretty cool though, here I am living about 20 miles outside of Buffalo, NY enjoying the benefits of rural America, being able to hear the cows moo while downloading at 15Mbps rather than crappy satellite internet, for a hell of a lot less money.
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-'flavor' (adsl, idsl, vdsl, etc.)

if you spent sometime researching, you can quickly find out varsious versions of dsl can do 10mbps (look at uverse, what do you think gets the signal over the copper in the last leg to your house?) or even 50mpbs, probably higher.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21047248 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:20:44 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21047015 said by dissapointed :

ohh yea my speeds are great from 3 pm to midnight i do good to get 50kdps.The only time i get what i pay for is from 12 midnight to about 9 am then goes downhill.all this great speed for 80 a month.your relatives are better off without satt.if i wasn't in a 2 year contract i would go back to dialup
24kbps on a good day is not great friend.
That and it drops constantly.

See, you are calling us spoiled and you have WAY better than my relatives.
I'll see if I can get my cousin to come here and post a speed test for you...

Who's bright idea was it to get that $80 Sat internet then?
Why did that Sat internet get hooked up?
Break the contract, pay the ETF and go back to dialup if it is so much better. LOL!

Knock yerself out pal!
Still though, all the whining here is not doing anything towards getting AT&T or whomever to extend that DSL, is it?

Damn dude! :huh:
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Broadband seems to be at or near the top of that list of things you get to forfeit.
Moving to a place out of town and then trying to blame a service provider of being uncaring is... not right.

Common sense dictates that if you are out there, and want DSL or cable, and the providers aren't going to string it up for you - you get to move to a served area.

If you do not want higher speeds, they do offer DSL at 768k or 1.5mbps for kinda cheap.
Once moved in, call AT&T, Verizon, or Embarq.
They will be glad to help you get online. :)

Call them again and ask why they aren't serving your house and see what they tell you.
Then, you can come back here and tell us all what they said.
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In the meantime, try Firefox + Adblock Plus.

-Mike]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21046450 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:47:57 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21046358 said by boast:

or the cost of seeing a popup flash advertisement
You know, you have a great point! Why should I have to 'spend' my limited bandwith on an advertisement I didn't request to download?

I think there is a new issue for Congress to take up...maybe similar to the "Do Not Call" list, a "DO NOT ADVERTISE VIA WEB PAGE" list.

I don't want my valuable bits used up and costing me money when I go over my limit because some stupid advertiser shoves an ad down my limited bandwith!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21046358 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:33:31 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21046337 said by to spoiled users :

yea people like you are the cause for the new usage caps...anything over 6 meg is nothing but a waste of bandwidth and money
Not necessarily. Some people buy 2-seater sports cars because they're fast. Some people buy 8-seater vans because they hold everyone.

Different strokes for different folks.

Where the broadband industry has done a disservice is that they haven't educated the public as to the difference -- so the public only looks at one number.

Watch what happens when cable starts up with bandwidth caps and (hopefully) telcos don't. Now consumers have two meaningful numbers to consider. That's a good thing.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21046337 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:29:01 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21046292 said by DaMaGeINC:

Why would anyone want DSL when cable is beating it in every market??? When I shop for broadband, I want speed, speed, speed, and did I mention Speed.... Charter has 16Mbps/2 Att has 6Mbps/512 hahahah what a joke. charter gets my money hands down. Better luck next time Att.
Not really. Your modem might be open to 16 Mbps, but the network can't sustain that if even 3-4 people in your neighborhood try to hit that speed.

I don't know how AT&T has provisioned its services -- but my bet is that their users hit their subscribed speeds more often, and that they can sustain them longer.

Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare.
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WTF? Waste of money?
Never downloaded big files before, have you?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045868 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:17:39 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045843 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045843 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:13:02 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045632 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045632 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:40:24 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045521 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045521 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:21:48 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045356 said by mrchris:

Unless you play PC games, some of the patches developers push out can be as small as 10MB or as large as 300MB.
Yeah, some of the patches are nuts!

»www.fileplanet.com/150253/150000···English]

465.3MB?
Hope you have a friend in town with a fast land connection and a CD/DVD burner.

»www.fileplanet.com/182361/180000···English)

923.7MB?
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Like... 14 miles from San Francisco in The East Bay.
How close are you to civilization?

Someone in your family apparently made the decision to live away from the city buzz - so you get to use Sat.
Well, that doesn't make you depraved, does it? :hmm:
YOU would be considered spoiled with your speeds by some of my relatives - Sat is not doable for them.

Perspectives my friend.
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What would you do if your internet went out for a few days? Cause it sounds like you live on internet. Try living on dial up. You will know how we feel.
*I* have! I know what it's like...
Got REAL sick and tired of downloading things overnight only to find them disconnected, corrupted, or just a waste of bandwidth to download.
Forget the whole tying up the phone line thing.

I popped for "faster" service - screw price!
Today, that service clocks in at 16mbps(17.3mbps actual).

Out for a few days?
I have turned the computers off myself for a few days, what's your point?
I live because of the my laptops and the internet - long depressing story.

Don't judge, many people started without internet, got dialup, and stepped up.
I know it sucks for some people in that no other source is available. I have relatives that get 24kbps on a good day! :huh:
They would kill to get even better dialup, let alone DSL or cable.
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BlooMe]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045137 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:14:08 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045070 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045070 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:03:02 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21045068 With a 2MB/sec(16mbps) service, they can get here in a timely manner.
Like 5 minutes.
Allowing for variances, lets say within 10 minutes on a bad day.

Download game demos or full games. Having a 8mbps line or higher means you can play that demo within minutes, not hours.
Saying it is a waste tells us all that you have never used anything with speeds exceeding 6mbps.
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Eg. I was paying $27/month for 3Mbps/512kbps and it worked VERY well, with no complaints. The ONLY reason that I switched to TWC 6Mbps/512kbps was because I got a better overall deal on price. $89/month for Voice, HSI and TV. I'd take a 3Mbps package if it saved and extra $10/month... why not. I don't _really_ need it.
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Think about it. If there really was, they wouldn't offer subscribers a virtual Ferrari with all the gasoline they would need to travel at a constant 150 MPH if they only wanted them to take a spin around the block at 35 MPH.
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The truth is I get around 8 down and 2.5 up if I connect to my router wirelessly. Those numbers jump to 12/2.7 on average (off peak). The other thing is that is just pass through. That is not a true indication of how fast I can browse. That has more to do with my browser's behavior and the servers I'm in communication with.

Even so, overall bandwidth speed does matter, so paying more for it is not a waste.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21044624 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:43:40 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21044586 said by DaMaGeINC:

Why would anyone want DSL when cable is beating it in every market??? Because my DSL is cheaper and more reliable than the cable service I had.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21044586 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:38:07 EDT Re: Speed boost? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Speed-boost-21044494 said by dissapointed :

brag on you spoiled little brat,anything over 6 meg is nothing but a waste of money.It is people like you that causing the new caps on broadband use
WTF? Waste of money?
Never downloaded big files before, have you?
I got faster than 6mbps so I can use the file(s) sooner than tomorrow.

direcpc.com?
You're on sat internet, right?
You're telling me that if you had 8-10mbps DSL or 8-16mbps cable available to you - you wouldn't get it? :uhh:
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