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Summersby
Citizen
Username: Summersby
Post Number: 11
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 6:13 pm: |     |
I was just curious as to how many users here are connecting to the internet via Fast Internet (cable or DSL) or Telephone Modem(56k)?
If you are on fast internet, do you use DSL or Cable? Do you split your connection with a Router? And last but not least do you only have computers using the internet or other appliances(Xbox, PlayStation, Etc...)?
Thanks |
Summersby
Citizen
Username: Summersby
Post Number: 12
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 6:16 pm: | |
I myself use:
Internet: Fast Internet
Type: Cable via Cablevision
Multiple machines: Yes via a Netgear Router with 802.11b wireless capability
Other appliances connected: Xbox, ReplayTV |
Nohero
Citizen
Username: Nohero
Post Number: 1355
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 6:57 pm: | |
That makes me Fred Flintstone - 56k dial-up from home, no other toys connected to the internet.
At least I have a fast connection at the office, but Lord knows I have no idea how to describe it technically. |
ml1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 655
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 9:37 pm: | |
Nohero,
I have cable with Comcast. Unlike a lot of others who post on MOL, my Comcast service is pretty reliable. I'm also planning to get a wireless router to link my laptop as well. I'm looking forward to working outside when the weather gets warmer. |
DBrown
Citizen
Username: Dbrown
Post Number: 170
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 9:54 pm: | |
I have Comcast cable modem and have had almost no trouble with it in the last year. I had DSL when still in NYC and the service would go out for days at a time and the connection was not always so fast. We tried a wireless router with the second computer in the adjacent room, but the signal did not go through the plaster wall. My friend also has Comcast cable modem and has some problems, primarily that emails sent to her are sometimes bounced back. She has a wireless router and it sometimes works from attic room to lower floors and sometimes does not. |
eliz
Citizen
Username: Eliz
Post Number: 483
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 10:34 pm: | |
Comcast cable and Apple Airport for wireless. Like Ml1 I haven't had any problems with the connection.
I go bonkers when I travel and have to use dial up. BTW, someone near me has a network/airport that is not password protected ... |
kathy
Citizen
Username: Kathy
Post Number: 503
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 12:40 am: | |
Speakeasy DSL, with which we have had little or no trouble. Three computers attached to it by a router. The kids have a Playstation of a somewhat outdated sort. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1477
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 8:14 am: | |
Stone-aged dial-up. But, that will change next year when our MSN dial-up contract expires. |
jem
Citizen
Username: Jem
Post Number: 692
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 8:19 am: | |
Speakeasy DSL with 4 (or is that 5?) computers attached to it. We used to have Comcast, but the service was unreliable. |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 2785
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 8:23 am: | |
33.3 dial up at home. T1 at work. |
Elizabeth
Citizen
Username: Elizabeth
Post Number: 108
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 2:26 pm: | |
Cable via Cablevision (I'm in south orange). No problems in the 6 or so months we've had it. |
#9Dream
Citizen
Username: 9dream
Post Number: 117
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 4:05 pm: | |
Cable via Comcast, wired router, 2 computers on the network at present. |
algebra2
Citizen
Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 747
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 4:15 pm: | |
Home -- Verizon DSL (no router). Work --- T1 Line |
sac
Citizen
Username: Sac
Post Number: 672
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 4:58 pm: | |
DSL
Yes, we have a router.
4 computers and a printer, no other "appliances" at this time. |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 4276
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 8:48 pm: | |
Speakeasy DSL |
Ed May
Citizen
Username: Edmay
Post Number: 1218
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:38 am: | |
I have cable with Comcast. Unlike a lot of others who post on MOL, my Comcast service is pretty reliable.
Ed May |
barleyrooty
Citizen
Username: Barleyrooty
Post Number: 532
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 5:24 am: | |
Cable Model with Comcast (reliable)
Orinoco wireless router to 4 PCs
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lseltzer
Citizen
Username: Lseltzer
Post Number: 1349
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 5:55 am: | |
Speakeasy.net /radsl/usr/pro (1.5M down, 384K up) service. Windows 2000 Server running Winproxy 5 forming a software router/proxy/gateway antivirus scanner/firewall/etc., routing to 8 internal PCs, including two wireless networks.
I'm very happy with Speakeasy.net. It hasn't been 100% perfect, but close enough to it. I would not generally recommend DSL to people who have cable modem available. Cable modem generally has much better price/performance. I only switched myself because I had very high-end needs (static IP addresses, DNS support) that cable doesn't offer.
And in the 7 years I've lived here I don't think I've ever had a problem with Comcast cable TV service. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 2631
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 8:17 am: | |
We went to Comcast cable a couple of months ago. So far, and I am afraid I am going to jinx myself, so good. Next step a wireless network!!
Oddly, enough, for applications such as MOL the difference is speed is minimal, but downloads are very fast and complicated web pages come up much more quickly. |
kmk
Citizen
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 183
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 9:43 am: | |
Cable with Comcast. |
ml1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 672
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:56 pm: | |
bobk,
When you get your wireless network up and running, will you post about your experience? Some others who have attempted it with Comcast seem to have had problems. I'd like to install a wireless router here, but I'm not sure if I can deal with the potential headaches. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 2634
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 1:20 pm: | |
Ml1, my tongue was firmly in my cheak when I posted that. One of the continuing minor topics here on MOL is my lack of technical savvy. |
ml1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 673
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 1:26 pm: | |
bummer.
(how come we don't have a little "tongue in cheek" icon?) |
nan
Citizen
Username: Nan
Post Number: 744
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 7:46 pm: | |
Whatever piece of dial-up junk they put inside my eMac. I guess I'll find out when my husband finally delivers on the threat to throw the whole thing out the window.
And, of course, I've got AoHELL toooooooooo!  |
papayagirl
Citizen
Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 42
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 7:27 pm: | |
Cable with Comcast.
And we have 2 desktops and a laptop connected through a wireless router. Looks like the brand is D-Link. My husband rigged it up. |
papayagirl
Citizen
Username: Papayagirl
Post Number: 43
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 7:28 pm: | |
Cable with Comcast.
And we have 2 desktops and a laptop connected through a wireless router. Looks like the brand is D-Link. (My husband did the research and made the purchase.) |
swato
Citizen
Username: Swato
Post Number: 52
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 8:59 am: | |
Earthlink DSL with very few problems
Netgear ethernet 4 port hub / 3 desktops
1- Adult only computer for work
2- Teens / Gamers who hog up ALL the speed.....
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java_drinker
Citizen
Username: Java_drinker
Post Number: 132
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 1:02 pm: | |
H: Comcast cable, 1 PC. Wireless router en route with laptop
W: T1 |
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