"Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
news:45d63471@news.arctic.net...
> Basement wrote:
>
>> "Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
>> news:45d529a8@news.arctic.net...
>>
>>>Basement wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Richard Kelly" <blamesociety@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
>>>>news:45d50ca7$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Basement" <wvandekamp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl.. .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>>>>>this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>quote Slashdot:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a story
>>>>>>in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the United
>>>>>>States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million in March
>>>>>>2006, the US is well behind countries like England and China. Indeed,
>>>>>>what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a surprisingly poor
>>>>>>12th in worldwide broadband access, a situation which could threaten
>>>>>>its ability to maintain its technological lead. The federal government
>>>>>>is no help: the FCC has almost no data on the rate of hi-speed
>>>>>>adoption, or of what the speed and quality of those services are.
>>>>>>Broadband is more expensive here than in other nations, as well,
>>>>>>almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The cost and poor
>>>>>>quality of service aren't
>>>>>
>>>>>>from population density, aren't from lack of interest, and are not
>>>>>>from
>>>>>
>>>>>>lack of technical know-how. So, what is holding us back?
>>>>>
>>>>>Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in
>>>>>the last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities
>>>>>(and only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum
>>>>>speed - actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the
>>>>>neighbourhood. The fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps (with
>>>>>some 8mbps plans now being offered, but not many). I have what is
>>>>>considered in Australia as a hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month
>>>>>download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month (around US$63 per month).
>>>>>If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be AU$89.95 for the same
>>>>>data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years now and it is no
>>>>>longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders in
>>>>>Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
>>>>>8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which I
>>>>>would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>>>>>
>>>>>Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about
>>>>>5km
>>>>
>>>>>from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated across
>>>>>a
>>>>
>>>>>great distance, so there are a lot of households in this situation.
>>>>>They might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the majority have
>>>>>dialup, which is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's
>>>>>corpse.
>>>>>
>>>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>>can get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>>>
>>>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>>you all on?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I am currently awaiting to get my 10/10 mbps glass fiber connection.
>>>>including cable tv, phone, cable radio I pay 50eu a month. I am now on a
>>>>3.2mbps paying eu32 a month
>>>
>>>HATE YOU!
>>>
>>>--
>>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>>
>>>
>>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>>-Dennis Miller
>>>
>>> .:s|0|z:.
>>
>>
>> *throws midget*
>
> ME FUCKING EYE!
>
> --
> Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>
>
> "And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
> -Dennis Miller
>
> .:s|0|z:.

Blind Pirated by a midget

"Bob" <bob0173@aol.com> schreef in bericht
news:1171684078.407100.228830@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
> On Feb 15, 11:34 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>> Richard Kelly wrote:
>>
>> which
>>
>> > is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>
>> Gotta love that imagery!
>>
>>
>>
>> > At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>> > can
>> > get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>
>> > What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>> > you
>> > all on?
>>
>> I've got ADSL that just started up here in September, it blows for large
>> file downloading, p2p, and online gaming. The problem is latency,
>> because they are shooting this connection from here to a Sat in the sky
>> all the way to Colorado then to wherever I'm getting my info from. And
>> that time it takes to exchange information from the void of space over
>> Nome to Colorado is not liked by games, severs, torrents, streaming
>> data, and many other things. I always get DC/ed from online games,
>> torrents take weeks (where as on cable took hours/days), my IM programs
>> always kill my log ins, and I get offline msgs to me while I am statused
>> as "online." I pay $85 a month for it and hate it. All the speed tests I
>> do indicate my speed is SLOWER than DIAL UP. Once I get bills paid I am
>> going back to the Cable 1.5MB line, which was very decent for where I am.
>>
>> --
>> Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>
>> "And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>> -Dennis Miller
>>
>> .:s|0|z:.
>
>
> I have a highspeed cable connection through Comcast(not sure if thats
> the same as dsl...) and pay $50 a month for that plus my phone
> service(anywhere in the states,Canada and somewhere else is all
> free,answering machine,3 way calling..pretty sweet) as a package.
>
> --
>
> -Bob
>

What exactly is that 3 way calling? Cable and DSL are two completely
different things.

Bob wrote:

> On Feb 15, 11:35 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>
>>shauny wrote:
>>
>>>Richard Kelly wrote:
>>
>>>>"Basement" <wvandek...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl. ..
>>
>>>>>I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>>>>this:
>>
>>>>>quote Slashdot:
>>
>>>>>"When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a
>>>>>story in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the
>>>>>United States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million
>>>>>in March 2006, the US is well behind countries like England and
>>>>>China. Indeed, what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a
>>>>>surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide broadband access, a situation
>>>>>which could threaten its ability to maintain its technological lead.
>>>>>The federal government is no help: the FCC has almost no data on the
>>>>>rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and quality of those
>>>>>services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in other nations,
>>>>>as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The cost and
>>>>>poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
>>>>>lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So,
>>>>>what is holding us back?
>>
>>>>Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in
>>>>the last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities
>>>>(and only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum
>>>>speed - actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the
>>>>neighbourhood. The fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps
>>>>(with some 8mbps plans now being offered, but not many). I have what
>>>>is considered in Australia as a hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month
>>>>download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month (around US$63 per month).
>>>>If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be AU$89.95 for the same
>>>>data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years now and it is no
>>>>longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders in
>>>>Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
>>>>8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which
>>>>I would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>>
>>>>Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about
>>>>5km from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated
>>>>across a great distance, so there are a lot of households in this
>>>>situation. They might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the
>>>>majority have dialup, which is worse than being taken roughly from
>>>>behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>
>>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>can get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>
>>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>you all on?
>>
>>>NZ is *thinking* about getting ADSL2. I'm on "unlimited" (yeah, right)
>>>with a 20gb cap for $NZ60.
>>>Maximum realistic download speeds are around 15-20kb/s
>>>All p2p traffic is disabled, but I think that they are only blocking
>>>common data ports, cos I can still download stuff.
>>
>>I can download around 50k on a regular file. Which pales in comparison
>>to my 300 - 600K on a regular file from the cable line I had.
>>
>>--
>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>
>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>-Dennis Miller
>>
>> .:s|0|z:.
>
>
>
> When I dl movies and shows through torrent I usually dl between
> 100-150mbs(or is it kbs?). I downloaded a Pink Floyd
> concert...goodsized file,show was like 3 houre long. I ended up
> getting up to 999mbs(or kbs) and up to like 25 whaterer comes next for
> mb/kb. I almost wet myself...whole thing finished is like 15 or 20
> mins. a lot of times I;ll stay around 60....had a full season of a
> show going the other day and it was staying in the teens for the most
> part! Pissed me off...took like a day and a half. Is there any program
> you can get to boost torrent speed?
>
> --
>
> -Bob
>

thats kbs... you was getting 999mbs that would be fucking awesome and
you'd have some private fiber optic shit in your house!

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

Basement wrote:

> "Bob" <bob0173@aol.com> schreef in bericht
> news:1171684078.407100.228830@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>
>>On Feb 15, 11:34 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Richard Kelly wrote:
>>>
>>> which
>>>
>>>
>>>>is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>
>>>Gotta love that imagery!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>can
>>>>get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>
>>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>you
>>>>all on?
>>>
>>>I've got ADSL that just started up here in September, it blows for large
>>>file downloading, p2p, and online gaming. The problem is latency,
>>>because they are shooting this connection from here to a Sat in the sky
>>>all the way to Colorado then to wherever I'm getting my info from. And
>>>that time it takes to exchange information from the void of space over
>>>Nome to Colorado is not liked by games, severs, torrents, streaming
>>>data, and many other things. I always get DC/ed from online games,
>>>torrents take weeks (where as on cable took hours/days), my IM programs
>>>always kill my log ins, and I get offline msgs to me while I am statused
>>>as "online." I pay $85 a month for it and hate it. All the speed tests I
>>>do indicate my speed is SLOWER than DIAL UP. Once I get bills paid I am
>>>going back to the Cable 1.5MB line, which was very decent for where I am.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>>
>>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>>-Dennis Miller
>>>
>>> .:s|0|z:.
>>
>>
>>I have a highspeed cable connection through Comcast(not sure if thats
>>the same as dsl...) and pay $50 a month for that plus my phone
>>service(anywhere in the states,Canada and somewhere else is all
>>free,answering machine,3 way calling..pretty sweet) as a package.
>>
>>--
>>
>>-Bob
>>
>
>
> What exactly is that 3 way calling? Cable and DSL are two completely
> different things.
>
>

Yeah I LOLED that too.

3 way calling is where you call one person up and hit flash, dial a
second number, hit flash again and both of the people you called can
talk to you and them all at the same time.

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

"Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
news:45d6b0b0@news.arctic.net...
> Basement wrote:
>
>> "Bob" <bob0173@aol.com> schreef in bericht
>> news:1171684078.407100.228830@p10g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>>>On Feb 15, 11:34 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Richard Kelly wrote:
>>>>
>>>> which
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>>
>>>>Gotta love that imagery!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>>can
>>>>>get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>>
>>>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>>you
>>>>>all on?
>>>>
>>>>I've got ADSL that just started up here in September, it blows for large
>>>>file downloading, p2p, and online gaming. The problem is latency,
>>>>because they are shooting this connection from here to a Sat in the sky
>>>>all the way to Colorado then to wherever I'm getting my info from. And
>>>>that time it takes to exchange information from the void of space over
>>>>Nome to Colorado is not liked by games, severs, torrents, streaming
>>>>data, and many other things. I always get DC/ed from online games,
>>>>torrents take weeks (where as on cable took hours/days), my IM programs
>>>>always kill my log ins, and I get offline msgs to me while I am statused
>>>>as "online." I pay $85 a month for it and hate it. All the speed tests I
>>>>do indicate my speed is SLOWER than DIAL UP. Once I get bills paid I am
>>>>going back to the Cable 1.5MB line, which was very decent for where I
>>>>am.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>>>
>>>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>>>-Dennis Miller
>>>>
>>>> .:s|0|z:.
>>>
>>>
>>>I have a highspeed cable connection through Comcast(not sure if thats
>>>the same as dsl...) and pay $50 a month for that plus my phone
>>>service(anywhere in the states,Canada and somewhere else is all
>>>free,answering machine,3 way calling..pretty sweet) as a package.
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>-Bob
>>>
>>
>>
>> What exactly is that 3 way calling? Cable and DSL are two completely
>> different things.
>
> Yeah I LOLED that too.
>
> 3 way calling is where you call one person up and hit flash, dial a second
> number, hit flash again and both of the people you called can talk to you
> and them all at the same time.
>
> --
> Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>
>
> "And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
> -Dennis Miller
>
> .:s|0|z:.

Sort of group convo then I guess? Sounds fun to try once, but not something
you'd do on a regular basis or something I need

Bob wrote:
> On Feb 15, 11:35 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>> shauny wrote:
>>> Richard Kelly wrote:
>>>> "Basement" <wvandek...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>>>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>>>> this:
>>>>> quote Slashdot:
>>>>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a
>>>>> story in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the
>>>>> United States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million
>>>>> in March 2006, the US is well behind countries like England and
>>>>> China. Indeed, what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a
>>>>> surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide broadband access, a situation
>>>>> which could threaten its ability to maintain its technological lead.
>>>>> The federal government is no help: the FCC has almost no data on the
>>>>> rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and quality of those
>>>>> services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in other nations,
>>>>> as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The cost and
>>>>> poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
>>>>> lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So,
>>>>> what is holding us back?
>>>> Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in
>>>> the last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities
>>>> (and only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum
>>>> speed - actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the
>>>> neighbourhood. The fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps
>>>> (with some 8mbps plans now being offered, but not many). I have what
>>>> is considered in Australia as a hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month
>>>> download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month (around US$63 per month).
>>>> If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be AU$89.95 for the same
>>>> data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years now and it is no
>>>> longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders in
>>>> Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
>>>> 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which
>>>> I would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>>>> Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about
>>>> 5km from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated
>>>> across a great distance, so there are a lot of households in this
>>>> situation. They might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the
>>>> majority have dialup, which is worse than being taken roughly from
>>>> behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>> At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>> can get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>> What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>> you all on?
>>> NZ is *thinking* about getting ADSL2. I'm on "unlimited" (yeah, right)
>>> with a 20gb cap for $NZ60.
>>> Maximum realistic download speeds are around 15-20kb/s
>>> All p2p traffic is disabled, but I think that they are only blocking
>>> common data ports, cos I can still download stuff.
>> I can download around 50k on a regular file. Which pales in comparison
>> to my 300 - 600K on a regular file from the cable line I had.
>>
>> --
>> Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>
>> "And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>> -Dennis Miller
>>
>> .:s|0|z:.
>
>
> When I dl movies and shows through torrent I usually dl between
> 100-150mbs(or is it kbs?). I downloaded a Pink Floyd
> concert...goodsized file,show was like 3 houre long. I ended up
> getting up to 999mbs(or kbs) and up to like 25 whaterer comes next for
> mb/kb. I almost wet myself...whole thing finished is like 15 or 20
> mins. a lot of times I;ll stay around 60....had a full season of a
> show going the other day and it was staying in the teens for the most
> part! Pissed me off...took like a day and a half. Is there any program
> you can get to boost torrent speed?
>
> --
>
> -Bob
>

Holy shit dude! Takes me between a week and a month to get 1 movie!

Basement wrote:

> "Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
> news:45d6b0b0@news.arctic.net...
>
>>Basement wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Bob" <bob0173@aol.com> schreef in bericht
>>>news:1171684078.407100.228830@p10g2000cwp.googl egroups.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Feb 15, 11:34 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Richard Kelly wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> which
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>>>
>>>>>Gotta love that imagery!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>>>can
>>>>>>get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>>>
>>>>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>>>you
>>>>>>all on?
>>>>>
>>>>>I've got ADSL that just started up here in September, it blows for large
>>>>>file downloading, p2p, and online gaming. The problem is latency,
>>>>>because they are shooting this connection from here to a Sat in the sky
>>>>>all the way to Colorado then to wherever I'm getting my info from. And
>>>>>that time it takes to exchange information from the void of space over
>>>>>Nome to Colorado is not liked by games, severs, torrents, streaming
>>>>>data, and many other things. I always get DC/ed from online games,
>>>>>torrents take weeks (where as on cable took hours/days), my IM programs
>>>>>always kill my log ins, and I get offline msgs to me while I am statused
>>>>>as "online." I pay $85 a month for it and hate it. All the speed tests I
>>>>>do indicate my speed is SLOWER than DIAL UP. Once I get bills paid I am
>>>>>going back to the Cable 1.5MB line, which was very decent for where I
>>>>>am.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>>>>
>>>>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>>>>-Dennis Miller
>>>>>
>>>>> .:s|0|z:.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I have a highspeed cable connection through Comcast(not sure if thats
>>>>the same as dsl...) and pay $50 a month for that plus my phone
>>>>service(anywhere in the states,Canada and somewhere else is all
>>>>free,answering machine,3 way calling..pretty sweet) as a package.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>-Bob
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>What exactly is that 3 way calling? Cable and DSL are two completely
>>>different things.
>>
>>Yeah I LOLED that too.
>>
>>3 way calling is where you call one person up and hit flash, dial a second
>>number, hit flash again and both of the people you called can talk to you
>>and them all at the same time.
>>
>>--
>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>
>>
>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>-Dennis Miller
>>
>> .:s|0|z:.
>
>
> Sort of group convo then I guess? Sounds fun to try once, but not something
> you'd do on a regular basis or something I need
>
>

Yeah I have it and use it like... shit i dont even know if I use it for
anything last time I used it was....early '05 maybe?

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

shauny wrote:

> Bob wrote:
>
>> On Feb 15, 11:35 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>>
>>> shauny wrote:
>>>
>>>> Richard Kelly wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Basement" <wvandek...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>>>>
>>>>>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>>>>> this:
>>>>>> quote Slashdot:
>>>>>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a
>>>>>> story in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the
>>>>>> United States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million
>>>>>> in March 2006, the US is well behind countries like England and
>>>>>> China. Indeed, what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a
>>>>>> surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide broadband access, a situation
>>>>>> which could threaten its ability to maintain its technological lead.
>>>>>> The federal government is no help: the FCC has almost no data on the
>>>>>> rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and quality of those
>>>>>> services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in other nations,
>>>>>> as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The cost and
>>>>>> poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
>>>>>> lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So,
>>>>>> what is holding us back?
>>>>>
>>>>> Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in
>>>>> the last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities
>>>>> (and only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum
>>>>> speed - actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the
>>>>> neighbourhood. The fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps
>>>>> (with some 8mbps plans now being offered, but not many). I have what
>>>>> is considered in Australia as a hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month
>>>>> download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month (around US$63 per month).
>>>>> If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be AU$89.95 for the same
>>>>> data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years now and it is no
>>>>> longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders in
>>>>> Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
>>>>> 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which
>>>>> I would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>>>>> Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about
>>>>> 5km from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated
>>>>> across a great distance, so there are a lot of households in this
>>>>> situation. They might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the
>>>>> majority have dialup, which is worse than being taken roughly from
>>>>> behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>>> At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>> can get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>>> What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>> you all on?
>>>>
>>>> NZ is *thinking* about getting ADSL2. I'm on "unlimited" (yeah, right)
>>>> with a 20gb cap for $NZ60.
>>>> Maximum realistic download speeds are around 15-20kb/s
>>>> All p2p traffic is disabled, but I think that they are only blocking
>>>> common data ports, cos I can still download stuff.
>>>
>>> I can download around 50k on a regular file. Which pales in comparison
>>> to my 300 - 600K on a regular file from the cable line I had.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>>
>>> "And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>> -Dennis Miller
>>>
>>> .:s|0|z:.
>>
>>
>>
>> When I dl movies and shows through torrent I usually dl between
>> 100-150mbs(or is it kbs?). I downloaded a Pink Floyd
>> concert...goodsized file,show was like 3 houre long. I ended up
>> getting up to 999mbs(or kbs) and up to like 25 whaterer comes next for
>> mb/kb. I almost wet myself...whole thing finished is like 15 or 20
>> mins. a lot of times I;ll stay around 60....had a full season of a
>> show going the other day and it was staying in the teens for the most
>> part! Pissed me off...took like a day and a half. Is there any program
>> you can get to boost torrent speed?
>>
>> --
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>
> Holy shit dude! Takes me between a week and a month to get 1 movie!

Seriously? I download movies off nntp and can have them in hours
downloading at average 800K second... off torrents it can be half a day
to a few days depending on how many peers, but probably no more than 2
off the cable. this dsl though takes weeks!!!!!!!

--
Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!


"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
-Dennis Miller

.:s|0|z:.

"shauny" <_krud@orcon.net.nz_> schreef in bericht
news:45d6f308@news.orcon.net.nz...
> Bob wrote:
>> On Feb 15, 11:35 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>>> shauny wrote:
>>>> Richard Kelly wrote:
>>>>> "Basement" <wvandek...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:45d4b8e8$0$329$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
>>>>>> I found this quite interesting. How are you americans thinking about
>>>>>> this:
>>>>>> quote Slashdot:
>>>>>> "When It Comes To Broadband, U.S. Plays Follow The Leader says a
>>>>>> story in IWeek. Their thesis is that, while broadband access in the
>>>>>> United States rose from 60 million users in March 2005 to 84 million
>>>>>> in March 2006, the US is well behind countries like England and
>>>>>> China. Indeed, what you may not realize is that the U.S. ranks a
>>>>>> surprisingly poor 12th in worldwide broadband access, a situation
>>>>>> which could threaten its ability to maintain its technological lead.
>>>>>> The federal government is no help: the FCC has almost no data on the
>>>>>> rate of hi-speed adoption, or of what the speed and quality of those
>>>>>> services are. Broadband is more expensive here than in other nations,
>>>>>> as well, almost 10 times as expensive by some estimates. The cost and
>>>>>> poor quality of service aren't from population density, aren't from
>>>>>> lack of interest, and are not from lack of technical know-how. So,
>>>>>> what is holding us back?
>>>>> Try living in Australia. We only just got ADSL2 (24mbps) broadband in
>>>>> the last 12 months or so, and it is only available in capital cities
>>>>> (and only some suburbs in those cities). This 24mbps is the maximum
>>>>> speed - actual speeds vary greatly depending on usage in the
>>>>> neighbourhood. The fastest ADSL the rest of us can get is 1.5mbps
>>>>> (with some 8mbps plans now being offered, but not many). I have what
>>>>> is considered in Australia as a hardcore plan (1.5mbps, 50 gig a month
>>>>> download) and it costs me AU$79.95 per month (around US$63 per month).
>>>>> If I was able to get ADSL2, this plan would be AU$89.95 for the same
>>>>> data volume. I have been on this plan for a few years now and it is no
>>>>> longer offered. The closest plan my ISP (one of the leaders in
>>>>> Australia) currently offers is 1.5mbps, 25 gig download, AU$69.95. An
>>>>> 8mbps plan is AU$99.95 per month with 40 gig included download (which
>>>>> I would chew through in a couple of days at that speed).
>>>>> Then there are the people that can't get ADSL at all (more than about
>>>>> 5km from the nearest exchange). Australia is very sparsely populated
>>>>> across a great distance, so there are a lot of households in this
>>>>> situation. They might be able to get wireless or ISDN, but the
>>>>> majority have dialup, which is worse than being taken roughly from
>>>>> behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>>> At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>> can get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>>> What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>> you all on?
>>>> NZ is *thinking* about getting ADSL2. I'm on "unlimited" (yeah, right)
>>>> with a 20gb cap for $NZ60.
>>>> Maximum realistic download speeds are around 15-20kb/s
>>>> All p2p traffic is disabled, but I think that they are only blocking
>>>> common data ports, cos I can still download stuff.
>>> I can download around 50k on a regular file. Which pales in comparison
>>> to my 300 - 600K on a regular file from the cable line I had.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>>
>>> "And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>> -Dennis Miller
>>>
>>> .:s|0|z:.
>>
>>
>> When I dl movies and shows through torrent I usually dl between
>> 100-150mbs(or is it kbs?). I downloaded a Pink Floyd
>> concert...goodsized file,show was like 3 houre long. I ended up
>> getting up to 999mbs(or kbs) and up to like 25 whaterer comes next for
>> mb/kb. I almost wet myself...whole thing finished is like 15 or 20
>> mins. a lot of times I;ll stay around 60....had a full season of a
>> show going the other day and it was staying in the teens for the most
>> part! Pissed me off...took like a day and a half. Is there any program
>> you can get to boost torrent speed?
>>
>> --
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>
> Holy shit dude! Takes me between a week and a month to get 1 movie!

A movie can be in here within a couple o hours. Depending on the sharerate
or the source. And that's when I'm on my 3.2Mbps. So be fucking jealous when
my 10/10 is available here

"Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
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> Basement wrote:
>
>> "Zynnoushes" <s0z@wicked.net> schreef in bericht
>> news:45d6b0b0@news.arctic.net...
>>
>>>Basement wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Bob" <bob0173@aol.com> schreef in bericht
>>>>news:1171684078.407100.228830@p10g2000cwp.goog legroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Feb 15, 11:34 pm, Zynnoushes <s...@wicked.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Richard Kelly wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> which
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>is worse than being taken roughly from behind by Hitler's corpse.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Gotta love that imagery!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>At the end of the day, if you live in a capital city in Australia you
>>>>>>>can
>>>>>>>get decent broadband but at a hefty price.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>What's the state of affairs in other countries? What type of plan are
>>>>>>>you
>>>>>>>all on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've got ADSL that just started up here in September, it blows for
>>>>>>large
>>>>>>file downloading, p2p, and online gaming. The problem is latency,
>>>>>>because they are shooting this connection from here to a Sat in the
>>>>>>sky
>>>>>>all the way to Colorado then to wherever I'm getting my info from. And
>>>>>>that time it takes to exchange information from the void of space over
>>>>>>Nome to Colorado is not liked by games, severs, torrents, streaming
>>>>>>data, and many other things. I always get DC/ed from online games,
>>>>>>torrents take weeks (where as on cable took hours/days), my IM
>>>>>>programs
>>>>>>always kill my log ins, and I get offline msgs to me while I am
>>>>>>statused
>>>>>>as "online." I pay $85 a month for it and hate it. All the speed tests
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>do indicate my speed is SLOWER than DIAL UP. Once I get bills paid I
>>>>>>am
>>>>>>going back to the Cable 1.5MB line, which was very decent for where I
>>>>>>am.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Knowledge is power, unfortunately nobody cares about what I know!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"And remember: two thirds of happiness...is penis"
>>>>>>-Dennis Miller
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .:s|0|z:.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a highspeed cable connection through Comcast(not sure if thats
>>>>>the same as dsl...) and pay $50 a month for that plus my phone
>>>>>service(anywhere in the states,Canada and somewhere else is all
>>>>>free,answering machine,3 way calling..pretty sweet) as a package.
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>
>>>>>-Bob
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What exactly is that 3 way c