Report, edit, etc...Posted by KinG_JaKe on 2006-07-19 at 22:44:24
Hey I'm going to switch from dial up (AOL) to dsl <(I think), and I was wondering what you guys have, and whats the best. Also I want to know how dsl works is it done with a cable modem? satilite? -I know it stands for direct system linking, but other than that I'm in the dark.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kow on 2006-07-20 at 00:40:00
If you aren't hard pressed on money, I suggest Cable over DSL, especially if you live away from major towns/cities.
DSL uses a phone line to connect to the net, but It's faster than Dial up, for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSL
DSL uses a phone line to connect to the net, but It's faster than Dial up, for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSL
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Falcon_A on 2006-07-20 at 01:01:50
i had dsl for a while.
sc didnt work with more than 2 players with it, not like the connection lagged, but some bullcrap port thing, but w/e. All other games worked better than cable did with it.
It gives you another phone line, and does some wierd crap so it kinda uses both and does it better but you can still get calls and it won't cancel your connection or slow it down at all...intersting crap ;P
Cable's good
Dsl's good
All ends up the same in my eyes, but dsl had faster downloads.
sc didnt work with more than 2 players with it, not like the connection lagged, but some bullcrap port thing, but w/e. All other games worked better than cable did with it.
It gives you another phone line, and does some wierd crap so it kinda uses both and does it better but you can still get calls and it won't cancel your connection or slow it down at all...intersting crap ;P
Cable's good
Dsl's good
All ends up the same in my eyes, but dsl had faster downloads.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Demaris on 2006-07-20 at 01:16:28
Just be a man and go for T3 with 1 gigabit/sec speeds.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Falcon_A on 2006-07-20 at 01:44:43
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Just be a man and go for T3 with 1 gigabit/sec speeds.
He would be the king of porn....
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mp)7-7 on 2006-07-20 at 08:45:37
I have noticed that anything you get after Dail-up seems like GOD, I dont have the fastest internet in the world, About 54 Mbps between 48 Mbps, with the wireless it is more of a swing from 24 Mbps to 54 Mbps. It still is fast, I came to this from dial-up so I still love it 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by LegacyWeapon on 2006-07-20 at 08:48:34
QUOTE(KinG_JaKe @ Jul 19 2006, 10:44 PM)
Hey I'm going to switch from dial up (AOL) to dsl <(I think), and I was wondering what you guys have, and whats the best. Also I want to know how dsl works is it done with a cable modem? satilite? -I know it stands for direct system linking, but other than that I'm in the dark.
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DSL speed depends on how far away you live from the network.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Urmom(U) on 2006-07-20 at 12:30:28
QUOTE(Falcon_A @ Jul 20 2006, 01:01 AM)
All ends up the same in my eyes, but dsl had faster downloads.
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That wasnt the case for me. When I had Comcast cable I downloaded 750 kb/s and when I switched to dsl I downloaded at 88 kb/s.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Gradius on 2006-07-20 at 13:44:32
Be a true man and get a OC-1536. It has a througput of 80gbs. Keep in mind thats gigabytes not megabytes....
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Wilhelm on 2006-07-20 at 14:19:08
Alot of you guys don't seem to realize two things:
Cable/T3 etc. are very expensive.
They don't provide service everywhere. Where I live the only options are Dial up, one brand of DSL, and Cable. The DSL is overpriced, and Cable is beyond what we could afford.
Cable/T3 etc. are very expensive.
They don't provide service everywhere. Where I live the only options are Dial up, one brand of DSL, and Cable. The DSL is overpriced, and Cable is beyond what we could afford.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-07-20 at 14:19:33
If your internet connection can't transfer your whole hard drive capacity per second, then it isn't manly. Real men use dense wavelength-division multiplexing to get speeds of 1.6 terrabits per second. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DWDM
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2006-07-20 at 14:34:22
Terabit, not terabyte. I know somebody with 4.5TB of data on their hard drive(s), so your internet isn't manly Moose 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mini Moose 2707 on 2006-07-20 at 14:45:00
Read the picture caption on the page.
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A bundle of optical fibre. Theoretically, using advanced techniques such as WDM, the modest number of fibers seen here could have sufficient bandwidth to easily carry the sum of all types of current data transmission needs for the entire planet. (~100 terabits per second per fiber[1])
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MasterJohnny on 2006-07-20 at 16:49:35
anything faster then 56k is good i think it just depends on your budget
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chronophobia on 2006-07-20 at 17:51:38
In northern Sweden the major part of the population with computers there are hooked up with a sattelite, I was actually surprised that it was faster than the most connections that people are able to connect to these days. I wonder how much it costs though.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KaboomHahahein on 2006-07-20 at 17:58:33
If you can afford to pay for T3 for private home (will they even sell it to you?) use then you are one rich guy. T3 is $7500+/month around to $140,000 so you are basically wasting your money. Cable is a much more affordable price at around maximum $45/month, where I live at least.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathawk on 2006-07-20 at 17:58:47
Cable is faster than DSL.. and pretty sure it has more bandwidth too... so when you say DSL has faster download speeds, I think you're wrong.. ;\
I'd go for cable, it's definately the best for gaming..
And Wilhelm... Cable is NOTHING compared to the price of t3... it's hardly even that expensive in the first place.
I'd go for cable, it's definately the best for gaming..
And Wilhelm... Cable is NOTHING compared to the price of t3... it's hardly even that expensive in the first place.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2006-07-20 at 18:09:20
QUOTE(Mini Moose 2707 @ Jul 20 2006, 11:44 AM)
Read the picture caption on the page.
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If only we lived in a theoretical world..
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2006-07-21 at 18:45:11
Even if we did I still would be able to theorize what your friend has in 4.5TB of data.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Deathawk on 2006-07-22 at 11:54:42
Most likely movies, or videos.. :\
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2006-07-22 at 12:13:23
In the United States, we have nothing fast. I have 4 mb/sec cable, and I think it's fast, but I know it's not when I hear about how Germany gets like 45 mb/sec VDSL2 service and stuff like that.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kow on 2006-07-22 at 13:26:11
Fela, my cable connection is 100mbs
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Gigins on 2006-07-22 at 17:33:31
Get a radiolink. Yes, you will have to build a transmitter into your house or by it and will probably die like 30 years earlier because of the canstant radio waves, but yea you will have a good connection for sure.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2006-07-22 at 19:47:07
QUOTE(Deathawk @ Jul 22 2006, 08:54 AM)
Most likely movies, or videos.. :\
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Movies and songs. He has six 750GB hard drives (his comp is totally insane, dual 7950GT2's, the works.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Demaris on 2006-07-22 at 20:02:26
QUOTE(DT_Battlekruser @ Jul 22 2006, 06:46 PM)
Movies and songs. He has six 750GB hard drives (his comp is totally insane, dual 7950GT2's, the works.
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Unless you're doing a LOT of 3d rendering, why would you even NEED that much power? At a certain point, graphic detail becomes indistinguishible to the human eye.