 Kaj17
join:2000-11-17
Playa Del Rey, CA | Disconnected people...how are ya'll communicating? People are saying their Northpoint lines have gone done...but yet they are still communicating...obviously they must have some kind of way they are connecting to the internet...but how?...56gay?
People...post how you are all connecting...I would like to hear...=)
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W5JGV
join:2001-02-03
Natchitoches, LA | I have gone back to using my old AT&T dial up which runs at 38k on a good day. That's about the limit on the bad phone lines I have here. My DSL was only about 200-250k when it was up, so the dial up does not seem so slow. Anyway, my modeming goes way back. I started with Teletype machines at about 65 baud, and then I went on to 300 baud modems - I still have it in the closet somewhere - Boy, I thought 300 was FAST!! I paid $250 for my first 2400 baud modem (still have it, too) and later got one of the very first internal 9600 baud modems. I put a land line BBS on the air using that 2400 baud unit, and ran the BBS for some 10 years before I shut it down. Had three phone lines at one point. The internet killed dial up BBS's, of course. After about three revisions of the firmware, the 9600 baud modem finally worked most of the time. 14.4 was the next step, then 28.8, and then 36, and finally, a couple of 56k'ers, which outrun my crappy lines. Don't know what I'll do for DSL, gotta think on it a bit! CUL, but it was fun while it lasted. Northpoint was a good ride... |
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Kaj17
join:2000-11-17
Playa Del Rey, CA | ROFL, that is hilarious |
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I'm back to 56k,oh what fun it is,brings back good ol' memories.d/ling at 5k a sec,i rem dsl was taking me like 1 min to d/l 4 megs,now it's more like 20 mins lol
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 PatientGuyI'M Way Deep Into Nothing SpecialPremium
join:2000-12-11
Arlington, VA | reply to Kaj17
I have a backup Verizon ADSL account that I'm using for the first time in months.
Verizon ADSL sucks compared to my lost Northpoint SDSL line. I should feel lucky but I'm bummin' out. |
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I signed up with SpeakEasy.net last week when I got wind that the customer portion of Northpoint's business would not be picked up. As an act of good faith, SE provides its new customers with free, unlimited 56k dialup while the DSL circuit is being installed.
So far, my new circuit is at the cross-connect stage with Covad and Verizon. (Heaven help me!) Once Covad verifies the cross-connect work that Verizon supposedly did yesterday, I will be shipped a bridge, a few filters, and my IP addresses.
Once the DSL circuit is completely installed, that dialup service goes down to 30h/month, but still free, in case their DSL service has any difficulty.
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Re: Disconnected people...how are ya'll communicat 1. at the office on a T1
2. at home on a 56K modem that I not got around to throwing away. think i'll keep my 3Com paperweight also, just in case some day...
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Anon | reply to Frostbite
Re: Disconnected people...how are ya'll communicating? Frostbite Welcome Aboard the Speakeasy Network. You should enjoy it. However, please be patient as many people like yourself who have come from failed networks such as flashcom are really bogging down the network. There are many scheduled upgrades to happen during the month of April to address these problems so we speakeasy customers hope. However, I came from Mindspring and saw and instant improvement in my broadband experience. In other words Speakeasy rocks.
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Re: Disconnected people...how are ya'll communicat Well I am at the office on the Verizon DSL account 
At home it is just dead.... Don't have a modem in the PC at home..
I tried to install a USB Modem I have at home but did not have the damn driver.. so I will be taking a floppy home with the driver.
So I will be on Verizon Dialup!
I may just dump the entire DSL ... and go with OOL! :> I will be calling them up shortly.
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Re: Disconnected people...how are ya'll communicating? 2 Chunky Noodle cans and a guitar string. |
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| Called OOL and they will install tomorrow.. I just have to go to the Wiz to buy a modem for $99. 
YES BROADBAND AGAIN! |
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bbesley
join:2000-11-20
Montgomery Village, MD | reply to Kaj17
I'm connecting thru @home cable services. Had it install the day before my Northpoint line went dead. |
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Does anybody know where I can find a copy of Outlook for Smoke Signals? |
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| Sorry, it was determined that smoke signals lacked the necessary bandwidth for viruses, spam, and v-cards, so Outlook doesn't support it. Try linux's /bin/smokesig or BSDs /usr/ucb/Smoke |
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Carrier Pigeons...yeah that's it! But mine seem not to know the route, and get lost most of the time, Well come to think that's the same problem I had with Telocity. 
Well at least my neighbors cats like the idea!
[text was edited by author 2001-03-30 15:28:21] |
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Mmeep-Meep!:)
I had Road Runner installed on tuesday, Thanks MSN for letting me out of your contract;)!
I couldn't be happier
2400down/394up...YEAH!!!!
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Donh0
join:2000-12-14
Gilroy, CA | reply to Kaj17
Cable modem at home and T1 at work. I didn't cancel my cable modem when I first had DSL installed as I was with PSN. Since they sucked so bad, I kept cable so I could actually use the net. Then I was switched to Telocity in late December. About that time, rumors about NP dying made me keep cable for a few more months. Now all that's left is cable. After having 2 dsl provisers die in less then 6 months, I give up on DSL. |
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 ASELabs
join:2000-09-06
Westfield, NJ | reply to MexiCubAZ
ARGH!! RAMMY!! I HATE YOU!!! j/k.
If I was just a BIT MORE NORTH!! I have to settle for crapp 128K upload and who knows what download with crappy comcast@home. I hope your Cablevision service rocks Rammy!!
I ask Dad to get it in his store, for 29/month hehe. He refused . I don't blame him, I'm never there and he doesn't need it.
I'm stuck on AOL dialup for now, which I may add, isn't so bad for view the web and such. The only problem, I only have a modem on my laptop. At least I connect at 44K anyway.
Good luck all!!
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 KibblesPremium
join:1999-07-31
Mission Viejo, CA | reply to Kaj17
Using @home and have had it for about 2 years..one second 2,800kb/sec and then 425/67kb/sec...29 days and counting to SDSL. |
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Aron Schatz,
I will find out tomorrow.. but from the speeds posted by OOL users.. I should see 5000+/700+ yes yes yes!!!! |
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