Getting Adsl Soon...

[iMartin]

Ok, I'm on :shit: 56K :shit: right now, and here in about a week I'm getting ADSL with a 384K downstream and a 128K upstream. I get free modem, free installation, and one month free with a 1 year contract, so hey, I couldn't pass this up. But I'm paying 45 bucks a month, is this a good deal?

So, will I be able to actually download stuff of Kazaa, eMule, regular internet, etc... at like 384 kbs? Any comments welcome.

[LSA]

it is always dependant on the user you are downloading from's connection. If they/them have good connections you will get good speeds.

[j4y3m]

I get about 70KB/s on 600K so you should get about 40-50KB/s

[iMartin]

Ah....bleh...I thought it would be faster...oh well...any thing is better than the dial up I have right now. FOR EXAMPLE....I'm getting a whopping connection speed of 26.4 Kbps right now!

[CoolMac]

aprecciate what u have :angry: :angry:

i have 64K :(

[fkdup74]

dont know where youre at crono, but here in cali the cable's only 45 bucks
for a 1.5 meg connection, maybe you could look into that as well
if available, you could get more bang fer yer buck B)

[SingaBoiy]

I got a 3.5 mbps down and 256 kb up. For 40 bucks a month. :01: Comcast :01:

[iMartin]

Holy crap...oh well, 384 Kbps will do me for now. But I live out in the country, and no I'm so stupid f!@king farmer, but the choices of highspeed internet is sorta limited out here.

[pol]

Originally posted by -Crono-@13 February 2004 - 23:45
Holy crap...oh well, 384 Kbps will do me for now. But I live out in the country, and no I'm so stupid f!@king farmer, but the choices of highspeed internet is sorta limited out here.


congrats [-Crono-] - you'll wonder how you ever managed with 56k :D





ps - moved to internetworld :smilie4:

[h1]

Satellite might be another option for you. :)

[iMartin]

Originally posted by haxor41789@13 February 2004 - 23:38
Satellite might be another option for you. :)
Uh...ADSL is satellite...right? :unsure:

[NightStalker]

Originally posted by [&#045;Crono&#045;]+14 February 2004 - 19:47--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ([-Crono-] @ 14 February 2004 - 19:47)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-haxor41789@13 February 2004 - 23:38
Satellite might be another option for you. :)
Uh...ADSL is satellite...right? :unsure: [/b][/quote]
No.

ADSL is a method for moving data over regular phone lines. An ADSL circuit is much faster than a regular phone connection, and the wires coming into the subscriber&#39;s premises are the same (copper) wires used for regular phone service. An ADSL circuit must be configured to connect two specific locations, similar to a leased line. A commonly discussed configuration of ADSL would allow a subscriber to receive data (download) at speeds of up to 1.544 Megabits per second, and to send (upload) data at speeds of 128 kilobits per second. Thus the &#39;Asymmetric&#39; part of the acronym. Another configuration would be symmetrical: 384 kilobits per second in both directions. In theory ADSL allows download speeds of up to 9 megabits per second and upload speeds of up to 640 kilobits per second. ADSL is often discussed as an alternative to ISDN, allowing higher speeds in cases where the connection is always to the same place.

ADSL and DSL is bascially the same thing.

[Mercy]

congrats [-Crono-] - you&#39;ll wonder how you ever managed with 56k :D
haha thats true

i have a 256 kbps connection thats like 32 k/s download so dont worry u will be higher than that and as CoolMac said lol .. appriciat what u have ;)
congrats mate

[iMartin]

Ok, cool, thanks NightStalker, really cleared me up on that. Damn...now I just can&#39;t wait to get this...you&#39;d figure since I&#39;ve been on 56K for so long I&#39;ve learned to develope patience, but that got thrown out the window when I heard how much faster it is compare to 56K...I don&#39;t know how much more waiting I can take&#33; :lol:
*Come on...just a couple more days...you can do this.*

[Ariel_001]

Are you connected using PPPOE (using windows). Try using RASPPPOE (http://www.raspppoe.com/). It is the best PPPOE driver out there

[iMartin]

Originally posted by Ariel_001@14 February 2004 - 21:41
Are you connected using PPPOE (using windows). Try using RASPPPOE (http://www.raspppoe.com/). It is the best PPPOE driver out there
:huh: Ok, I don&#39;t have the ADSL yet...so I have no idea what you&#39;re talking about.

[NightStalker]

Originally posted by [&#045;Crono&#045;]@14 February 2004 - 22:24
Ok, cool, thanks NightStalker, really cleared me up on that. Damn...now I just can&#39;t wait to get this...you&#39;d figure since I&#39;ve been on 56K for so long I&#39;ve learned to develope patience, but that got thrown out the window when I heard how much faster it is compare to 56K...I don&#39;t know how much more waiting I can take&#33; :lol:
*Come on...just a couple more days...you can do this.*
Yeah, as they say "Patience is a virtue"; I still have about 3 or so months, before I can get high speed internet access in this area. :helpsmile: :frusty:

[Ariel_001]

Originally posted by [&#045;Crono&#045;]+15 February 2004 - 04:07--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ([-Crono-] @ 15 February 2004 - 04:07)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Ariel_001@14 February 2004 - 21:41
Are you connected using PPPOE (using windows). Try using RASPPPOE (http://www.raspppoe.com/). It is the best PPPOE driver out there
:huh: Ok, I don&#39;t have the ADSL yet...so I have no idea what you&#39;re talking about. [/b][/quote]
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet.


PPP over Ethernet, a somewhat odd protocol that makes Ethernet look like a point-to-point serial link. It is widely used for cable or ADSL Internet services, apparently mainly because it lets the providers use access control and address assignmment mechanisms developed for dialup networks

think of it as "dial up" but 100 times faster

Look here (http://www.google.ca/search?q=define:PPPoE)

[Keikan]

Originally posted by SingaBoiy@13 February 2004 - 00:20
I got a 3.5 mbps down and 256 kb up. For 40 bucks a month. :01: Comcast :01:
you can&#39;t download shit with comcast