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Re: Cue whiners crying it isn't as good as FiOS said by Oh_No:The point is that they are ripping you off with their per byte charging.
On $5 56k dialup you can download 18 GB a month.
I did the math and, yea, it would take 29 days at 24/7 to download 18 GB at 56kbit (assuming a solid 56kbs every second).  |
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 skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
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kudos:2 | The point isn't how long it takes you do DL 18GB, but now long to DL 3MB. At 28.8 it's 15 minutes, at 10Mb, 2 seconds.
I'll take SRS over dial up any day. |
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said by Andy from CA:I did the math and, yea, it would take 29 days at 24/7 to download 18 GB at 56kbit (assuming a solid 56kbs every second).
If you live in a rural area and can't get DSL, then your phone lines are probably bad enough that you can't max out the 56 Kbps connection.
Back in the POTS modem days, I topped out in the mid-30s. And I live in a suburb that was largely developed in the 1960s. |
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