I've finally ditched my dial-up connection!
 

as of yesterday! :P not sure what took me this long, to finally convert over to cable. :paranoid: Its unbelieve how much easier it is to actually get things done, now...especially, after going through the hell, of just trying to make simple database back-ups, onto the hard drive. :dead: I'm using the service from my cable provider (Cablevision), called Optimum Online. just by curiousity, are there any other folks here using the same service? they had a special deal of $19.95/for 6 mo. otherwise, its $39.95/mo.

funny, while I was reading through their offer, it was around like 11:50PM, on July 31st. well, the special was only good for the month of july. so, as it stood, I only had about 10 min. to order, or the special would have been dead! well, luckily enough for me, I just got the order through in time, with about 3 min. to spare! *phew*. thank goodness for high speed access! that'll surely be one less grey hair, when the time comes. :)

ADSL pwnz j00

Cable pwnz j00, you mean. Cable kicks ass. :p

Congrats on ditching dial-up. :)

OMG everyone's talking h4x0r now :(

Hehe congrats on ditching dialup, and welcome to the world of high-speed browsing and stuff :D

Broadband is the only way to go;)

Satan

I like broadband because I can download lots of por....portals for sites.....:cheeky:

Yes I'm sure you can;)

Satan

You can also download lots of por...traits :)

128k ISDN pwnz j00

I should be jumping on the bandwagon soon. Up until now, nobody offered high speed service where I live. :angry: I can wait to get mine going. :banana:

1.5 Mb ADSL here. :D

2Mb here:p

[high]* Chris M wants 1GB/ms:p
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Satan

Damn you all! I shall convert someday! I'd prefer a new comp though first before broadband.

Hmmm...I need a new computer;)

Satan

hmmm time i got on to me college for a grant.. new pc and 4mbit for a year mmmmm.

and quite the bloomin haxor stuff its a bit lame.

Lol...

@Dave - I'm sending your CD tomorrow when I go to the gym;)

4mbit eh?:p

[high]* Chris M orders 100mbit:p
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Satan

Only 1mbit here :(

I had 2mbit at my dads house, but he moved - so now I have 600kbps at my house:)

5mb u/d burstable :D and ive actually seen these speeds :)

Wow! Upstream burstable?! How much you paying for that...

I would doubt what we pay for ours;)

We are thinking of getting a 10mb/second connection instead of this one - What can I say - My family is impatient on the net:p

Satan

Poor u?

I have the same as Erwin although I use the www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ and I have ever seen the speed we are supposed to be getting.

I'm on a cable.

784k. Not bad, certainly beats the 56k I used to be on.

But, in a mere 25 days I'll be moving into my dorms at the university I'm attending, which is hooked up with 20mb/s connection.

L337ness!

/me runs before he is pumbled by vegetables and other painful throwing items

@ hellsatan - top stuff mate, top stuff

yeah im gonna get me 4mbit line soon, keep puting it off as i need a new cd-rw or dvd-rw :p

ill move in wiv u like i alwas suggested and we'll get 8mb Dave dude

Details

Your raw speed was 22621.09 bits per second which is the same as: 22.6 kilobits per second

This sux.

I'll be on Cable after the 19th though. :banana: :D

When I read posts or threads like this, I have 2 strong feelings:
a) Kill myself
b) Kill my service provider's top management staff

:hurt:

Please don't say, change your ISP if you don't like it, my feelings get stronger! :smoke:

I wish vb has a ultimate thread ignore feature. :rambo:

Using this:

http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

I get:

976 kilobits per second

However, these kind of tests are HIGHLY INACCURATE. It's best to do a download of a file. Upgrading my ZoneAlarm just now, I was downloading at a rate of 160 kbp/s.