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Geek Culture / Back, with a broader band ..

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Fallout
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Posted: 29th Sep 2003 23:14
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Back at uni now with a 1mbps connection. Come on my son. Bring it on!! Might not be much to boast about for some of you, but for me, switching from 15 mins to download an mp3 to 32 seconds is a big difference.

Now, let the hordes of welcome back messages begin ....

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.. oh go on. Just 1 then.

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Anybody?

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David T
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Posted: 29th Sep 2003 23:16
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Welcome back

Had BB here for 2 years though getting residential 1mbps 6th oct!

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Fallout
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 00:41
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Nice one Dave. Saved me from looking stupid by replying. Now it looks like I have at least 1 friend.

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Ian T
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 01:55
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I'm content with ADSL

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Darksyde
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 04:52
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dont wana rain on your parade (im sure it wont cuz 1mbps connection is great anyway) but i just come to uni, n i got 10mbps connection, hehe costing me £100 for the yr though. is so much better than the 512k i was used to back home.



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Fallout
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 05:08
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Yeah, when I go into uni at night and use the internet (so there's hardly anyone else on campus) I get rediculously fast downloads. Remember downloading an 8mb MP3 in 7 seconds once, so I know where you're coming from.

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 18:56
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wassup Fallout! Welcome back.
glad to see the speed increased for ya


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Eric T
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 19:01 Edited at: 30th Sep 2003 19:01
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Welcome back Fallout

Well i'm at school, 10mbp's sec... home is still 56k (for a few days, when finally comcast gets the high speed BB line!!!!!)

till then i am not using the net at my house, as it is slower then syrup runing down a tube.

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Yian
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 21:39
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Hey guys hello Fallout I live in Cyprus.Here it is 100 pounds(in british pounds that's probably 120) a month just for 1Mbps.I got 640Kbps,but guess what...it seems I'm the only person the island of Cyprus to have this problem but..adsl goes fine..except for games where you can not even search/join/create a game due to lag.Bandwidth and ping are excellent,so not even the top dog at the ISP(or even the national helpline) has a clue.It's just one of those things that happens to one person in a billion,and it just happens to be you.I mean I know dozens of ppl who have got same specs exactly and they have no lag.Sorry for ranting buit i just had to vent out some of the frustration..hope you are not an unlucky man like me...

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Arrow
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Posted: 30th Sep 2003 23:53
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I got broadband that's inclued with my rent.


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Fallout
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Posted: 1st Oct 2003 05:24
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hehe. hey guys. I wish broadband was included in my rent. We get all bills (gas, electric) included though, which is handy as we have most of our PCs running 24/7 now. Mwahaha. Wait till the land lord gets his first power bill.

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HZence
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Posted: 1st Oct 2003 07:29
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Wait wait wait...

Quote: "£100 for the yr"


For the YEAR?! Holy crap, my family has ADSL and we pay $30 per month. We're getting ripped off I tells ya!

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Dave J
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Posted: 1st Oct 2003 17:12
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Hope those Mp3's aren't illegal


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Benjamin
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Posted: 1st Oct 2003 22:43
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You guys are lucky, i cant get broardband where i live


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Preston C
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Posted: 1st Oct 2003 23:41
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you guys are lucky some of you even have your own broadband connection, my wireless router wont work because I have one thing that almost every person in the USA has, a microwave


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Ian T
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2003 00:48
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'Hope those Mp3's aren't illegal'

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Dave J
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2003 02:50
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For Shame!


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