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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001
Posts: 7871
Location: North East England
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 Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:34 pm |
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| Thomas wrote: | Broadband, 512Kb/s. We were meant to be getting upgraded to the 1 meg thing, but AOL eventually decided that you can't get it where we are, even though my brother has a friend who's had it for two years or so and lives about 10 minutes away,  Meh. |
We live too far up the hill to get 2mb- BT said no.
Someone who lives 10 minutes down the hill can get it- it depends on how long your line is and the noise and stuff on it (it's not AOL who decides, it's BT). I suppose living 2 villages away from the exchange doesn't help 
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Tuna Quesadilla
Senior Cadet
Joined: 02 Mar 2006
Posts: 26
Location: Fullerton, CA
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| Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:04 pm |
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Adelphia cable for me. 4MB down, 512k up.
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WeAz
Commodore
Joined: 03 Apr 2004
Posts: 1519
Location: Where you aren't
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| Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:51 pm |
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It costs soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much to get T1 into the house. $500 a month. Luckily, my dads company pays for it because of his servers. it doesn't hurt my gaming either.
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harrykims#1fan
Fan Girl Muskateer
Joined: 08 Feb 2002
Posts: 2916
Location: Leicester UK
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| Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:26 pm |
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2.2 Mb BT Broadband...didnt realise how fast we were until about 2 weeeks ago when i found my dad had upgraded out connection 
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Thomas
Pool Princess
Joined: 08 Jul 2001
Posts: 19730
Location: Manchester
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| Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:03 am |
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| Seven of Nine wrote: | | Thomas wrote: | | Broadband, 512Kb/s. We were meant to be getting upgraded to the 1 meg thing, but AOL eventually decided that you can't get it where we are, even though my brother has a friend who's had it for two years or so and lives about 10 minutes away, Meh. |
We live too far up the hill to get 2mb- BT said no.
Someone who lives 10 minutes down the hill can get it- it depends on how long your line is and the noise and stuff on it (it's not AOL who decides, it's BT). I suppose living 2 villages away from the exchange doesn't help |
Well, it wasn't really a matter of deciding, but finally realising or letting us know, or something,  AOL were in the middle of upgrading all of their gold customers or something, from February-August, and ours still hadn't been when that time was over, and then we found out whyyyy. But pffft, you living in the middle of nowhere up a hill hardly compares, We live in the same bustling town as this guy, something sooomething. Yeah, I know it's still possible, but it is annoying.
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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001
Posts: 7871
Location: North East England
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| Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:59 am |
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Wales is very behind the times when it comes to broadband- but there are currently trials of fibre-optic there (using the telephone poles).
If you live in a big town, the more likely you have old cables, that have more noise on them
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IntrepidIsMe
Pimp Handed
Joined: 14 Jun 2002
Posts: 13057
Location: New York
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| Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:24 pm |
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Broadband. I have no idea about speed, blah blah blah. But I'd probably use a Lite version of the site, anywho.
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Thomas
Pool Princess
Joined: 08 Jul 2001
Posts: 19730
Location: Manchester
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| Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:14 am |
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| Seven of Nine wrote: | Wales is very behind the times when it comes to broadband- but there are currently trials of fibre-optic there (using the telephone poles).
If you live in a big town, the more likely you have old cables, that have more noise on them |
Tsk, you know the town where I live. The Sun Centre is so with the times. So hip and happening,  Or not. Maybe. Gosh, you're such a computer nerd, Just make them give us the faster speed!
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B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9
Ballet Babe
Joined: 20 Aug 2001
Posts: 3642
Location: DISNEY WORLD
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| Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:43 pm |
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| Morphy wrote: | I'm wondering if many users would use a "Lite" version of this site if I make one. Lots of graphics will be removed and extra text will be removed.
If I make a Lite version for dial-up users, I can increase the avatar limits on the normal version for people. |
i think that'd be excellent!! Would the "normal" site go away, or would there be 2 versions -- regular, and the lite version. Just curious.
I use broadband cable btw.
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WeAz
Commodore
Joined: 03 Apr 2004
Posts: 1519
Location: Where you aren't
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| Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:25 pm |
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I think there would be a page with the option to go to the 'lite' version, or normal version.
-WeAz
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