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Subject: What kinda internet does everyone have?
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I have SBC Yahoo Pro Package,, 1.5-3.0 MB Down/ 383 KBPS UP

  • 07.21.2004 11:50 AM PDT
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Comcast. Don't know how fast it is, but it's hella quick. And it could be faster if we didn't have to have a 802.11b wireless connection (they suck).

  • 07.21.2004 11:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: Casey
Comcast. Don't know how fast it is, but it's hella quick. And it could be faster if we didn't have to have a 802.11b wireless connection (they suck).

ummm,

You have no idea what you are talking about do you.

802.11b is 11mbs from pc to router.

from router to internet is gonna be a max of about 1mbs with cable(cable averages around 600-800kbs), and as you can see above you the possibility to go to 3mbs with extra money thrown at the dsl company. So even with 3mbs download from the internet, you connection over wireless (802,11b) is still gonna be faster, 3 times faster.

Glossary or terms:
mbs: Million bits per second
kbs: Thousand bits per second

example: 1mbs=1000kbs

  • 07.21.2004 12:30 PM PDT
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I don't know.

  • 07.21.2004 12:32 PM PDT
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I have adsl, and a wireless network inside the house. (does not work when signal strenght drops below 64. In my room the signal strenght averages at 66)

The adsl is something with 400 kbs, and the wireless network is at 10 mbs. or 22 mbs. I don't which number to look at.

  • 07.21.2004 12:59 PM PDT
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First of all, there's no 'types of internet' there is only one.

If you mean what kind of internet connection we have, that's different.

  • 07.21.2004 1:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Abolitionofman
First of all, there's no 'types of internet' there is only one.

If you mean what kind of internet connection we have, that's different.

you mean you have never heard of typeA internet? How about typeB or O?

yeah, thats right, just like the blood types.

  • 07.21.2004 1:02 PM PDT
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I want a type Z that has to be the best because it's at the end of the alphabet!

  • 07.21.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Casey
Comcast. Don't know how fast it is, but it's hella quick. And it could be faster if we didn't have to have a 802.11b wireless connection (they suck).


considering that 802.11b runs at 11mb/sec and i can pretty much gurantee you that you internet connection is slower than that you would never notice the difference between 802.11b and 802.11g unless you do a lot of work on LAN. But for internet purposes it doesn't matter which standard you use because that isn't the bottleneck.

My connection is Verizon DSL and I run about 1.5 down and 384 up.

[Edited on 7/21/2004 1:09:36 PM]

  • 07.21.2004 1:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: focused7

considering that 802.11b runs at 11mb/sec and i can pretty much gurantee you that you internet connection is slower than that you would never notice the difference between 802.11b and 802.11g unless you do a lot of work on LAN. But for internet purposes it doesn't matter which standard you use because that isn't the bottleneck.


Actually, if you have more than 3 or 4 users on a made-for-home wireless router it gets rather slow because it's less efficient than ethernet and there happens to be a lot more packet loss. That and it's not duplex.

  • 07.21.2004 1:10 PM PDT
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yeah but for the 99% of home users they would never notice a difference between b and g. if all they use it for is internet.

[Edited on 7/21/2004 1:13:21 PM]

  • 07.21.2004 1:12 PM PDT
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True, unless they tranfer between machines on their home network. Then you'll notice a huge drop.

  • 07.21.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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I have AOL at the moment, but I'm going to the month after next (not next month because I go on a trip for most of it) pay the extra money for my parents to get cabel net! For those of you who never had to talerate aol, be thankful! It sucks!

  • 07.21.2004 1:22 PM PDT
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you would never notice the difference between 802.11b and 802.11g unless you do a lot of work on LAN.


which is what i said earlier :D

  • 07.21.2004 1:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: focused7

you would never notice the difference between 802.11b and 802.11g unless you do a lot of work on LAN.


which is what i said earlier :D

I actually cleared this up before either of you two did.

  • 07.21.2004 1:56 PM PDT
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I have DSL at the moment, so whatever that is, is our internet connection. But, if the city gets enough votes to do a Fiber Optics Network, then my internet connection speed will go from very fast, to ultra-fast. It'd be like getting a T1 connection to my home.

  • 07.21.2004 2:12 PM PDT
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actually cable runs at 100mbps, 802.11g @ 11mbs, 802.11g @ 54mbps

  • 07.21.2004 3:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: Captain K Mart
I have DSL at the moment, so whatever that is, is our internet connection. But, if the city gets enough votes to do a Fiber Optics Network, then my internet connection speed will go from very fast, to ultra-fast. It'd be like getting a T1 connection to my home.



First off, that's a lie because your connection is only as fast as the modem since that becomes the limiting factor. The fiber optics will only decrease the condense environment of your current system. In other words, unless you are willing to pay MCI $1500 a month for a T1 line, don't count on those speeds.

  • 07.21.2004 3:27 PM PDT
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We'll see. The city gets to do a vote in November.

  • 07.21.2004 3:29 PM PDT
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what're you talking about you'd have to pay for that, it wouldn't be free.

  • 07.21.2004 3:39 PM PDT
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Did I say it would be free?

  • 07.21.2004 3:40 PM PDT
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wirelesss network w/ sattelite, its actually fast.. like about dsl speed

  • 07.21.2004 4:19 PM PDT
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Satellite has about a 3 second delay in the information it sends, so it would never be good for anything that needs real time data (like an xbox). Sure it can send lots of information in bulk but it lags more.

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  • 07.21.2004 4:34 PM PDT
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It's not really 'lag' in the terms of how we see it in the gaming world. It's lag in the terms of propagation delay i.e. the signal has to go into space and back! So, what the problem with it is, is the time it takes to send the signal.

  • 07.21.2004 4:38 PM PDT
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satellite usually has amazing download speeds but your upload can be as slow as dial-up. that and if you want to play xbox live on a cloudy or stormy day you might be out of luck.

  • 07.21.2004 4:44 PM PDT

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