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ionstream
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:30 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 07:48
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After many months of begging and candy, my parents finally agreed to get SUPER FAST DSL! I download stuff at 150 kb per second! I used to go 5 k/s! Wow.

Fear me!

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Manticore Night
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I have DSL too. FEAR ME!

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Neofish
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:39
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I got it ages ago...

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ionstream
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:40 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 07:48
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well, it's still good. for me.

dang... my pride has been terminated...

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ionstream
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:49
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hehe... got my sig image to work. Kudos to the GIMP!

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Oneka
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:51
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so...you have 150....HA I GOT 250-400 xD


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Oh yeah and just so you know its Oh-nek-a not One-ka!
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Ilya
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:54
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I have 4(mbps) when using peer-to-peer.
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Eric T
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:56
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Cough - http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=40589&b=2

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David T
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 08:13 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 08:15
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Got it years ago - fear me aswell!

Oh, ion stream, change your sig please to be much smaller.

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eat much pie
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 08:20
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1 MB dsl!!

This is nearly as fast as a pie ... from a pie canon!


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AluminumPork
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 08:21
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muahahahaha 4meg Charter Cable... mmmm

have you guys heard of the new fiberoptic residential systems that are going in in california and florida. Holy crappin eight balls, 5down/2up for only 30 bucks/month, or 10up/2down for like 40 something... ORRRR 15down/3up for 50.

I mean, holy crap.

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ionstream
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 08:22
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how about a pie particle accelerator?

Anyways, its ^-2 smaller now.

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indi
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 16:36
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had cable for years, not the fastest around but im happy with 786k down

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Lost in Thought
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 16:42
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People still have 56k? Weird.

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flibX0r
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 17:18
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my 56k is free, and I have no job, so I can't complain


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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 18:06 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 18:07
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Quote: "SUPER FAST DSL"

Super fast is not 150Kb... Super fast is a 2Mb connection - like me...
To be honest 150Kb is not even standard ADSL (512/256)...


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flibX0r
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 19:25 Edited at: 10th Oct 2004 19:29
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you people are making me feel sad

@ex-Ticklish-toad Coding Area

He means that he is downloading at 150kilobytes a second, not bits. You know, the figure IE gives you when you're downloading. He's got something like a 2Mb line.

lol, toad code, that rhymes


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Wiggett
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 19:54
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lol heck off aussie servers i get up to 600kb a second, and to american servers atleast 250kb. the only time i get less than 150 is if i download of some cheap shoddy server buried 100's of meters below czech republic.


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Shock
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 20:08
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But no one can own my 56000 bps. I bet you could'nt even imagine it, connection speeds of 46666 bits in one second! That's like 1 bit in 0.002142887755539364848069258132259 seconds! Wow.

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 21:08
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Mr Flubbster - fair enough, then. We've got some weird ADSL systems here (slower than 512), and I assumed he was talking about that.


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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 22:38
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Quote: "Mr Flubbster - fair enough, then. We've got some weird ADSL systems here (slower than 512), and I assumed he was talking about that.
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actualy you mean we have some weird and very slow ADSL systems when BT can be bothered to install the infrastructure for obsolete connections, I will have to wait until Feb 2005 before they upgrade the local exchange to allow 1mbps connections (theoretical max...they already sent disclaimers saying it could be slower when we get it) we will be able to get fast net connections "within months of the equipment being enabled" wow! <sarcasm>: thanks BT, the UK has worse internet connectivity than a lot of so called "third world" countries, and most of the connections are slower than anywhere in the rest of the world (you can get 120k "broadband" in the UK) they do 120 "broadband" by installing two phone lines and two 56k modems on the pc , (rant over..I have been waiting 5 years for broadband of any kind...gets me going)

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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 23:00
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woohyeah! *does the Dilbert dance*

You must of seen a vast improvement in speeds! You also got it to work. We hope to it's maximum capability (poke your phone socket seven with sticks, silly!)

Does this now mean huge turds excrete through your monitor's glass with a graple of death? It is abit untidy.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 04:38
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I live in Hull so I can only get Karoo broadband (Kingston Communications) and can't get BT (or any other broadband for that fact).

KC own all the lines in Hull, and charge redicuolous amounts to other ISPs who wish to enter Hull to use the network. AOL offer 56k, but apart from them you HAVE to use karoo. You would of thought it would be illegal, monopolizing the market or something, but nothings ever been done about it.

Although more or less the whole of Hull is broadband ready for speeds of at least 512kbps, karoo charge stupid amounts to use their service and it is pretty unreliable too. The most broadband ready city in the country (including London), yet we only have one broadband ISP.

I use karoo's 56k service.

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Major Payn
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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 04:42
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I recently got DSL also, it's not the fastest (need to complain to SBC!) but it's lightyears ahead of the 45k I used to get.

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Quote: " the UK has worse internet connectivity than a lot of so called "third world" countries"

Actually we dont - we're are pretty high up the list of countries with ADSL connectivity.


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ionstream
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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 06:14
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I meant KILOBYTES per second, I have no idea how a kilobit compares to a kilobyte. DSL is awesome, I downloaded the GIMP and GAP (GIMP animation package) in less than 1 minute! Nifty stuff.

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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 06:16
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bits are an eight of bytes. DSL is awesome.

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ionstream
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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 06:20
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An eighth a byte? That makes 150 kilobytes 1228.8 kilobits?

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im not checking the math but:
4 bytes to a nybble
2 nybbles to a kilobyte
8 bytes to a kilobyte
1024 kilobytes to megabyte (i think)
etc etc

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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 10:27
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ADSL - 512/128

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Eric T
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Posted: 11th Oct 2004 10:28
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T1 1.5mbit/1.2mbit but DL bursts to 2.5mbit at night.

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"4 bytes to a nybble
2 nybbles to a kilobyte
8 bytes to a kilobyte
1024 kilobytes to megabyte (i think)"

horrible.

4 bits to a nybble / 8 bits to a byte.
2 nybbles to a byte.
1024 bytes to a kilobyte.
1024 kbytes to an Mbyte.
1024 Mbytes to a Gbyte.
1024 Gbytes to a Tbyte
etc..

the only "broadband" i can get around where i live is satellite (which isn't really "broadband", from the people i've talked to), and wireless. the wireless it $50 a month for 256k. it's what we have. it's that, or the $25 a month for the second phone line and $25 a month for crappy 56k on old phone lines that doesn't even approach 42k most of the time.

there are rumors that we will be getting cable broadband by the end of the year, but.... yeah, how about that! our cable company only exists in this tiny little 50-square mile township of mine, and it's the only one around that DOESN'T have cable modems! the luck!

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Osiris
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dude i have five megs running right now but ive gotten up to nine

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Posted: 12th Oct 2004 04:52
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I meant worse than many third world countrys when I first tried to get broadband five years ago (we where about 50th back then in world rankings), by 2001 we where 21st, now we are about 5th but I suspect some figures massageing judgeing by the DTI report on broadband that considers anyone who could get satelite broadband as haveing "affordable" broadband access (yeah! right! 56k up 2mbs down and limited accessability with long waits and no broadband if its raining heavily and a £40 a month (£480 a year) bill), plus their map of the UK shows only cities as broadband enabled, apparently nobody lives in the country and small towns/villages (well!..nobody that matters ... obviously ).

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Quote: "4 bits to a nybble / 8 bits to a byte.
2 nybbles to a byte."


seriously thats what i meant to type

I've got ADSL 521/128

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David T
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Posted: 12th Oct 2004 05:10
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I've got 1mb DSL. THe line can do 2mb, it's just that Pipex haven't got round to offering a 2mb package yet!

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I can't afford a faster connection

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