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What type of internet do you use?
DSL
50%
 50% 8
Cable
37%
 37% 6
Satelite
0%
 0% 0
Dial-up
6%
 6% 1
T1 and above
6%
 6% 1
Voted : 0
Total Votes : 16
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:57 am Reply and quote this post
Pretty self-explanitory.

I use dial-up.... I know, so primitive. <_<

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Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:32 am Reply and quote this post
Cable: 8MB/s downstream, 384KB/s upstream
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:43 am Reply and quote this post
DSL 3mb down, 512kb up

Last edited by Josh on Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:43 am; edited 1 time in total

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Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:09 pm Reply and quote this post
Mine is dsl i have 100 mbystesd going per minute.-psychoarmykid
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:29 pm Reply and quote this post
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Mine is dsl i have 100 mbystesd going per minute.-psychoarmykid

So about 1.5MB/s?

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Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:57 pm Reply and quote this post
Cable at 3MB/s, though the actual speed runs between 2.5MB/s and 2.8MB/s. :(
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:08 pm Reply and quote this post
Cable. The last time I did a speed test it was 5.2mbps down and 350kbps up.
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:09 pm Reply and quote this post
3mbps cable.
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Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:28 pm Reply and quote this post
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Cable. The last time I did a speed test it was 5.2mbps down and 350kbps up.

What's it rated at?  The last test I did, ours was running about 2.42mb / 420kb, though it's rated at 3/512

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Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:45 pm Reply and quote this post
Its rated at 5/350 IIRC. I just did a speed test here and I got the following:

Communications 4.9 megabits per second
Storage 593.6 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 1.7 seconds
Subjective rating Awesome

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Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:03 pm Reply and quote this post
Cool.  I got this

Communications 2.4 megabits per second
Storage 288 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3.6 seconds
Subjective rating Great

btw, what do they mean by 'storage'?


Last edited by Josh on Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:04 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:09 pm Reply and quote this post
what are you using to test the speed
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Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:21 am Reply and quote this post
What are some of the top high-speed internet providers?
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Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:38 am Reply and quote this post
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What are some of the top high-speed internet providers?

I'm using Road Runner.

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Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:40 am Reply and quote this post
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What are some of the top high-speed internet providers?

Comcast.

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