No idea. I have whatever the default cable speed is for Charter, I guess. A T1 line is pretty serious ... are you taunting us with you speedy connection?
No idea. I have whatever the default cable speed is for Charter, I guess. A T1 line is pretty serious ... are you taunting us with you speedy connection?
sure… took me a lotta years to get it. ;-)
I started on the Internet or actually its precursor--ARPAnet--in 1978, using a 192-baud accoustically-coupled modem to call into the UNCA system. No such thing as security back in those days and you could go anywhere on the net. Painfully SLOOOOOWLY, of course.
Later, 300 baud modems came along. I ran the Writers Group on Delphi for seven years using first 300 then 1200 and finally the blazing speed of a 2400 baud modem. The term ‘baud’ refers to the number of symbols send per second over a phone (landline) connection. We now rate speed in bits per second, which is not the same because it takes several bits to comprise a symbol such as a letter or number.
For my first Unix (in my case Xenix) system in the late eighties, I acquired a 9600 baud modem. It was a blazer!
Living way out here in the county, as I still do, I had given up hope on getting a fast connection to the net; heck, we couldn’t even get cable out here until recently. But in 2002, I had a brainflash. DSL was not available, although at the time I was seven miles from the nearest access point, far beyond the workable limit. So I worked a deal that got me DSL service over a T1 line. T1s at the time were about $1500 a month but I was essentially getting one by using DSL over it for $200 a month! Same speed, up and DOWN. (Cable is fast to surf the net with but the speed back up to the net is a faction of download—which means you can’t host websites). ... the company offering this marvelous deal eventually went bankrupt but by that time (2005) the cost for a full T1 line had come down and I could afford it.
Speed on the Internet is everything! I recently tested a wireless system here that gave me six megabits up and down for the same price as the T1. Once my contract on the T1 runs out, I’ll go for it.
if anyone wants to test their speed, there are lots of free online tests you can find through typing “test internet speed” into google (and they take just a minute or so) ... even if you know your speed, it’s a good way to make sure you’re getting the bandwidth for which you are paying ...
if anyone wants to test their speed, there are lots of free online tests you can find through typing “test internet speed” into google (and they take just a minute or so) ... even if you know your speed, it’s a good way to make sure you’re getting the bandwidth for which you are paying ...
Indeed, a good tip… but remember to find a site that tests your speed in BOTH directions, otherwise you can’t really understand the type of connection you have.
yep ... the ones i’ve used have always tested both directions, but there could be one that doesn’t. it’s also good to do the test at different times of the day if you’re on, say ... cable ... so that you can see the impact of traffic.
Has anyone tried a satellite internet connection? In many parts of Madison County nothing is available except a very slow dial-up, no DSL, no cable, no wi-fi. Just too far out and mountainous. I have a friend in Tennessee who got a satellite hook up with Hughes a while back, and he seems to like it.
Has anyone tried a satellite internet connection? In many parts of Madison County nothing is available except a very slow dial-up, no DSL, no cable, no wi-fi. Just too far out and mountainous. I have a friend in Tennessee who got a satellite hook up with Hughes a while back, and he seems to like it.
You aren’t kidding, Kriss… I’ve visited several people in Shelton Laurel over the past month and slow dialup was the rule.
Satellite TV is the answer ... perhaps not the best but it works and seems to be getting better.
Satellite TV is the answer ... perhaps not the best but it works and seems to be getting better.
Did you mean to say satellite internet? In those areas, of course satellite TV is the only way to get TV, but to my knowledge you have to have a different kind of dish antenna and a whole different system for internet reception through a satellite.
I have 1,744 kbs download and 475 upload with a cable connection through an Atlanta server. Thats pretty standard for cable in the US. Ralph, for a T1 line, you should be doing considerably better than 1.5Mbs unless it is limited by the DSL connection. I used a T1 connection at a former workplace and we had a 5Mbs pipe but that was a straight connection. As for satellite connections? ... well, they are the slowest “broadband” connection and the uploads are not good. In addition, if you are going to use it to connect into a workplace server, there are often problems ranging from poor connects, speed and even ghosting. The technology is improving but it has a way to go. I think the wireless route is the more promising. Verizon has a fair wireless connection now but it’s still a bit pricey but then I’m cheap when I can be.
I’m not sure about speed, but my email in box is filled daily with offers for viagra and cialis on the internet, so maybe other pharmaceuticals are available as well!
Ralph Roberts - 29 December 2007 12:18 PM
just wondering what sort of connection to the net you folks have?
I’m blessed with a business that requires a T1, so I have a nice fat pipe at 1.5mb UP AND DOWN.
--Ralph
Sorry, I just realized I misread the topic title and you are in fact talking about internet connection speed. I apologize for the error. It’s just that these constant spam mails I am receiving about my personal inadequacies (how do they even know??) have left me a bit self-conscious. Anyway, back on topic: I only have a rural cable line, so it’s faster than dial up, but probably as far as broadband goes, it’s just average.
Sadly, I will never be blessed with a nice fat pipe like Mr. Roberts.
No idea. I have whatever the default cable speed is for Charter, I guess. A T1 line is pretty serious ... are you taunting us with you speedy connection?
sure… took me a lotta years to get it. ;-)
I started on the Internet or actually its precursor--ARPAnet--in 1978, using a 192-baud accoustically-coupled modem to call into the UNCA system. No such thing as security back in those days and you could go anywhere on the net. Painfully SLOOOOOWLY, of course.
Later, 300 baud modems came along. I ran the Writers Group on Delphi for seven years using first 300 then 1200 and finally the blazing speed of a 2400 baud modem. The term ‘baud’ refers to the number of symbols send per second over a phone (landline) connection. We now rate speed in bits per second, which is not the same because it takes several bits to comprise a symbol such as a letter or number.
For my first Unix (in my case Xenix) system in the late eighties, I acquired a 9600 baud modem. It was a blazer!
Living way out here in the county, as I still do, I had given up hope on getting a fast connection to the net; heck, we couldn’t even get cable out here until recently. But in 2002, I had a brainflash. DSL was not available, although at the time I was seven miles from the nearest access point, far beyond the workable limit. So I worked a deal that got me DSL service over a T1 line. T1s at the time were about $1500 a month but I was essentially getting one by using DSL over it for $200 a month! Same speed, up and DOWN. (Cable is fast to surf the net with but the speed back up to the net is a faction of download—which means you can’t host websites). ... the company offering this marvelous deal eventually went bankrupt but by that time (2005) the cost for a full T1 line had come down and I could afford it.
Speed on the Internet is everything! I recently tested a wireless system here that gave me six megabits up and down for the same price as the T1. Once my contract on the T1 runs out, I’ll go for it.
Life on the net, it is good!
I had the charter 10meg for a while and it was fantastic.....10megs down and 1meg up which I believe is almost T1 speed and a lot cheaper!!! I did not need all of it after getting out of some things I was involved with on the net so I cut back to 5meg and am happy with it.
