[ale] OT: How fast is your connection, and how much do you pay?

[Adrin]

Well,  I was going to bring up starband ( Dishnetworks
Broadband)  But I see that is a bad Idea to even think about
now.

1. Is StarBand right for me?
StarBand is right for...
* Residential usage
* Windows-based PCs (98, 98SE, 2000, Me)
* Minimal home networking
* Web surfing, e-mail, instant messaging
* Fixed-location installation
StarBand is NOT right for...
* Commercial/business usage
* Macintosh, Linux, Unix
* Web hosting
* VPN, voice and video over IP
* Real-time, live-action interactive gaming
* Mobile installation applications (RVs)
* AOL 5.0/6.0 or Prodigy 5.0 browsers

For the cost of it.   It doesn't even look like you would
get a good return.  It even says 10 faster than Dial up.
Dial up what is what I wonder. 56k?

Adrin


-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:59 PM
To: Atlanta Linux User Group (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: How fast is your connection, and how
much do you pay?

Adrin wrote:
> Well,   You know it depends on who you are testing your
> connection with. You to ISP , You to some other, etc....
>
> I just used  www.dslreports.com   and this is what I got
>
> Test running..........
> ** Speed 1134(down)/211(up) kbps **
> (At least 22 times faster than a 56k modem)
> Logged result.
> Finish.
>
> Not bad for going through a 166mhz  Linux box, before I
even
> get to the DSL modem.  I think.

Hey my posted dsl speeds earlier beat those and mine is
going through
two p75 firewalls before getting to the dsl modem.  I win!


>
> Adrin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Krumwiede [mailto:krum at smyrnacable.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:15 AM
> To: x3 at ChangingLINKS.com; Atlanta Linux User Group
(E-mail)
> Subject: RE: [ale] OT: How fast is your connection, and
how
> much do you pay?
>
> I am paying $40/month for CharterComm cable ($30 for
service
> and $10 for
> modem rental).  I get 65-95 kbps downstream at night,
35-50
> kbps during the
> day.  Upstream sucks.  It used to randomly drop every few
> hours, then one
> weekend it got really slow, followed by ten days of
> downtime.  They finally
> brought me a new modem and it hasn't dropped me since.
>
> Krum
>
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Until later: Geoffrey           esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to
listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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