HMMMMM> Guess I can complain! Using AOL, but I suspect that may SOON change.

 

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Your raw speed was 2062488.56 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

2.1 megabits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

251.8 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

4.1 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.
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SMOKIN' :D

 

Mine is too.....

3.36 megabits per second
Your raw speed was 3360886.45 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

3.36 megabits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage
443.2 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download
2.3 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Actualy it was 3.6 meg/second. I changed it to 3.36 to make you feel better Dwayne. :D

 

CABLE :thumbs:

 

Somehow I knew you would find this thread and make us all feel slow. :p:

 

DSL 1.2 Magibits :cheers: :chevy

 

Well about friggen time !!! :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

 

Welcome to the 21st. :)

 

Now you an really be FAST EDDIE :party:

 

Noone else is saying it - so I will.

Don't forget the live video feeds of desirable young ladies
that were formally unavailable at dial-up speeds.

:rolleyes: :conehead :rolleyes:

 

I just tried mine..... Cable

Communications 3.2 megabits per second

Storage 389.6 kilobytes per second

1MB file download 2.6 seconds

 

MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING A FIRE WALL NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you dont know what it is ask

 

I just got hooked up with cable this weekend. 1.6 mb per sec - and thats running through a router side by side with my son'd x-box live. Now I'll actually have time to post. OK, wheres that big silly grin? :D :D

 

What Firewall software do you recommend?

Im only 56K for now and amplanning to go cable once the wifey graduates from RN school.

This is what I am concerned with too.

I also heard the XP has a built in firewall properties. How true is this?

Brent....

 

:withstupid: :iagree:
John

 

Zone Alarm seems to be popular. I don't use a software firewall, I have
a router which uses hardware.
Here is some info on ZoneAlarm. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,879432,00.asp

Yes it does, however, I have not tried it.

 

It depends. Cable modems are easier to hook up and are sometimes faster IF there are not that many users in your area which is true today but may not be tomorrow as it becomes more popular. This is because it is a shared network, meaning you are sharing the available bandwidth with other users. You should notice this at off-peak hours when your access speeds are faster.

DSL is always the same speed no matter how many users or what time you are using it because it is a dedicated service with a set bandwidth via the copper phone line to your house and is dependant on which service level you have signed up for. Both can be used at the same time as the phone line is in use because they are always on, in other words neither requires a dial up connection.

Cable companies have done a better job of marketing their modems and bundling their services than the DSL providers (mainly the old renamed telephone companies: ie Bellsouth, SBC, Verizon, etc.) have since the telcos weren't used to dealing with competition for any type of residential services until high speed Internet access came along.

Why do I know this? It was my job at Alcatel (who makes 75% of all DSL equipment in use) until I was laid off last July.

 

We have supplied parts to the Alcatel (French company) DSL external modem for a few years now. This business was bought out by Thomson (another Frenchie).

There was a saying during the boom: Alcatel is the A in ADSL :)

Brent...

 

Yeah Brent - They sold the modem business to Thomson who is a large consumer electronics mfr (GE & RCA brands among others) to help speed deployment since they could better build, market, and distribute it as a consumer product whereas Alcatel kept the lower volume/higher margin telco equipment half which is their forte. It was the right move and maybe someday will pay off if this economy ever recovers.

Actually (and you may already know this) the A stands for Asymmetrical which means that the downstream speed (typically 1.5mg) is higher for faster downloads than the upstream speed (around 256k). These days, there are new types of DSL technology that are contending for the next wave of deployment (God knows when that'll be in the present scheme of things!) :jester

Anyway, I start a new job in a totally different type of business beginning next month so hopefully I can weather the storm and eventually get back into Telecom (better salaries, bonuses, and benefits) when consumer demand returns. I'm just wondering who will be left of the current crop of equipment makers (Alcatel, Nortel, Lucent, Erricson, Cisco, Fujitsu and others) when the current Telecom carnage is finally over - I'm thinking a couple of years out considering lackluster stock market, imminent war and delayed economic recovery if there will be such a thing! :rolleyes:


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They say the Telecom industry is going through what the automotive industry went through in the early 1900s with major consolidation of manufacturers. I think I heard there were hundreds of small carriage shops mfg car bodies for on the market frames. Its now down to a handful.

We talk about who may be left when demand returns. There probably needs to be some HUGE advances in backplane technology for quantum leaps in capability before real demand would return.

I think your right in saying it will be years down the road before this could happen. Right now there is just too much excess inventory on the market and no demand for it.

Assymetrical-I knew that. :)

Still in it for now...Brent...