E
eerrrr
Guest
That's news to me M0T, do you have a link to any sites with info on it?
- Status
A
Alhexx
Guest
Well, we could have cable if we wanted, but it's too expensive for me with my pocket money ... I hardly can pay my dialup prices ...
As for Sat connection: Am I wrong or is there also a connection that allows you up- and downstream?
As for DSL - in my part of our city, there most probably won't be DSL - there are too less ppl who want it - or better: who have the money for it :sad:
Some guys in my class (will) have DSL connection - but me not :sad:
- Alhexx
- Alhexx
As for Sat connection: Am I wrong or is there also a connection that allows you up- and downstream?
As for DSL - in my part of our city, there most probably won't be DSL - there are too less ppl who want it - or better: who have the money for it :sad:
Some guys in my class (will) have DSL connection - but me not :sad:
- Alhexx
- Alhexx
C
chowderhead
Guest
Alhexx: Two way sats are relatively new, but are available. Runs abt. $80 a month USD IIRC. I think DirecPC is the one who does it here in the states.
And I'm sure DSL is totally overrated. I mean, who the hell would want a fast connection to the internet, anyway?
And I'm sure DSL is totally overrated. I mean, who the hell would want a fast connection to the internet, anyway?
F
ficedula
Guest
Oh, I seem to find ADSL fairly useful, y'know :grin:
C
chowderhead
Guest
If I didn't know better, I'd think you were rubbing it in...
F
ficedula
Guest
Hey, you were the one who brought it up :wink:
S
Sephiroth 3D
Guest
I want DSL... :weep:
Sephiroth 3D
"I don't understand..." "You don't have to understand." - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sephiroth 3D.com
[email protected]
Sephiroth 3D
"I don't understand..." "You don't have to understand." - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sephiroth 3D.com
[email protected]
A
Alhexx
Guest
I WANT IT, TOO !! but i won't get it... at least within the next time...
- Alhexx
- Alhexx
D
Darkness
Guest
im aiming for Q1 2002 :grin:
M
M0T
Guest
Its from Aramiska and I think the link is http://www.aramiska.com and yes ADSL is very useful
J
J*** H*******
Guest
There seems to be another one, too: http://www.broadband4uk.com/aboutus.shtml
It does have lots of problems, though. Speeds are sucky, prices are unbelievable (do they really think that someone is going to pay all that money for so crappy connection?!) and then there's the delay. Remember, the satellite is over 35000 kilometres away and signal must travel that distance _twice_ before it gets from point a to point b. That alone will give you >200 ms ping, plus other delays. For example, my dial up connection has a ping of 117 ms at the moment, considerably less than with the satellite thingy. Yay! Modems are good at something! :razz:
It does have lots of problems, though. Speeds are sucky, prices are unbelievable (do they really think that someone is going to pay all that money for so crappy connection?!) and then there's the delay. Remember, the satellite is over 35000 kilometres away and signal must travel that distance _twice_ before it gets from point a to point b. That alone will give you >200 ms ping, plus other delays. For example, my dial up connection has a ping of 117 ms at the moment, considerably less than with the satellite thingy. Yay! Modems are good at something! :razz:
A
Aaron
Guest
Heh... I'm the only person I know who has 10 megabit cable, everyone else has 100 megabit (grr).
T
Trilinear
Guest
?! Your the only person I know with anything over 2Mb cable... In fact was was always told cable has a physical limit of 45Mb...
EDIT: Damn "" key
EDIT: Damn "r" key
[edited] 9 2001-11-26 01:10
EDIT: Damn "" key
EDIT: Damn "r" key
[edited] 9 2001-11-26 01:10
A
Aaron
Guest
Oh well... um... remember this is megabit and not megabyte, but, I thought my friend had a 100 megabit cable (its a 100 megabit MODEM anyway). Plus... 750k/sec download is pretty fast (highest he's managed to get), I am limited to about 75.
F
ficedula
Guest
Remember there's a difference between the max speed the MODEM supports, and your *connection* supports.
For example, we have ADSL; the ADSL modem supports up to 8MB/sec download, but BT doesn't offer that, so we only (!) get 512KB/sec download. A standard modern network card will offer 100MB/sec connection, but it doesn't mean the device you've connected to will necessarily send out data at that rate ... it's just the rate YOUR computer can send/receive data at.
For example, we have ADSL; the ADSL modem supports up to 8MB/sec download, but BT doesn't offer that, so we only (!) get 512KB/sec download. A standard modern network card will offer 100MB/sec connection, but it doesn't mean the device you've connected to will necessarily send out data at that rate ... it's just the rate YOUR computer can send/receive data at.
A
Aaron
Guest
Well you'd think if they came up with 100 megabit cable modems, it would be kinda dumb if cable's limit was 45 megabit?
T
Trilinear
Guest
Yeah, I know. I'm talking 2Mb (~256KB). The RJ45 connect on the modem supports 100Mb (~12.5MB), but I've always understood Coax from the cable co. supported a max of 45Mb (~5.625MB). I could be wrong though...
F
ficedula
Guest
The reason would be that if it uses an Ethernet (RJ45) connection, there's only a limited number of protocols you can support: 10MBit, 100MBit or 1000MBit. Nothing in between, so if you need a modem that goes faster than 10MBit, it's gonna have to be 100 even if you're not actually able to reach that speed.
- Status