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Cable
115
63.54%
DSL
32
17.68%
Dedicated connection, hi (T1, WAN, etc.)
4
2.21%
Dedicated connection, lo (sw56, termserver, etc)
1
0.55%
Wireless, mobile
5
2.76%
Wireless, fixed (antenna on your roof, not WiFi)
1
0.55%
Fiber to home
18
9.94%
DirecPC or other satellite
4
2.21%
Dialup
0
0%
Other (specify)
1
0.55%
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Old 11-15-2008, 10:42 PM
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$80 / month / cable
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University of connecticut.... with my own wireless router connected to it

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$134 per mo.(interwebz+cable+HBO)
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Most of the time through my cable modem at home, but I also have a Moto Q smartphone that I have used to browse the site when not at home.
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60/month pos...switching to atnt on the 20th hopefully itl be better
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Interesting how dominant cable seems to be over DSL. I've have expected a much more even spread.
DSL requires a land line. A lot of younger, modern professionals are using a cell phone as their only personal telephone. Plus, DSL requires you to be a certain distance from you POTS provider, and at least in my area, they are reluctant to expand their infrastructure since they are forced to share it with subcontractors.
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So I see a couple of DirecPC users. You have my sympathy- I suffered through that system for a couple of years at a radio station our in Arcadia, FL. If I may ask, where the hell do you guys live where this is your best option?
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$99 a month plugged into the phone line - ADSL
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
So I see a couple of DirecPC users. You have my sympathy- I suffered through that system for a couple of years at a radio station our in Arcadia, FL. If I may ask, where the hell do you guys live where this is your best option?
My home is in the middle of nowhere in the foot hills of NC. DSL is not an option. The local cable provider has cable internet, but I am 1/4 mile off the road, and they will not provide me service, even with me offering to pay all installation cost, including line amplifiers. so the only choices I have are 56Kmodem, or the *** lashing i get from direct PC. basic satellite service (no premium channels) and internet are costing me $148.00 a month.

On a side note, I have satellite internet in Iraq also. 10 people on the system, and the cost is $120.00 a month each. We also had to buy the system at a cost of $4000.00 we have a Turkish ISP, the speed is slower then dial up, and most useful sights including YouTube are blocked

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Dorm network with my own wireless router connected to it.
Slowest allowed bandwidth of all the colleges in the state, plus torrents are blocked.
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not sure how much we pay per month, but its real spotty internet, every 7 or so tests, speedtest will say there's no connection, or will just time out
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nice to see im the fastest one on here by far... and i thought uconns service sucked
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
So I see a couple of DirecPC users. You have my sympathy- I suffered through that system for a couple of years at a radio station our in Arcadia, FL. If I may ask, where the hell do you guys live where this is your best option?
My parents live northwest of Appleton, WI. Cable is about 4 miles away, dunno bout DSL. It's a good ways out in the middle of nowhere...there is something like 3 different farms along their road if it gives you an idea of the setting.
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we have 3 t1 lines at office and i used to run uncapped cable at home (20 down / 10 up)

right now im at my girlfriends house... her mom is deaf so she communicates to her boyfriend through vrs system which is hooked up and running right now sucking about 256kbps down and 256kbps up
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Well after connecting at home. On the "low speed" FIOs connection which is slow as ***** compared to at school (I'll get that tomorrow or tuesday)

home:

Well, then i decided to test my phone. I have a LG Vu through AT&T. mobilespeedtest.com on my phone and it pulled

204.6 kb/s. Um...that means some of you have internet that's nearly just as slow as my phone!!!

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Wireless at home, internet included free in our cable package.
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