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| How do you connect to the Internet |
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| school / college T1 |
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| dailup |
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NiTeLiTe Conscript

Joined: Feb 11, 2003 Posts: 169 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:41 am Post subject: How do you connect to the internet |
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since i have a little bit of time on my hands and felt like posting a thread:
How do people connect to the internet to get to Anime-Souce.com?
i 2 different ways,
#1 is work T1
#2 home dailup |
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idjota Kyunin Samurai

Joined: Jun 08, 2003 Posts: 1404 Location: not really sure
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:18 am Post subject: |
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well i have cable for now, but supposedly i am going to downgrade to dsl  _________________ [img:387:120:36cb7a5440]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/idjota/BL.jpg[/img:36cb7a5440] |
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NiTeLiTe Conscript

Joined: Feb 11, 2003 Posts: 169 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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u know, if you are ever wondering at what speed your connection is running, here is a good site to do a speed test:
http://chi.speakeasy.net |
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haroT3k A-Source Staff


Joined: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 806 Location: KaNadeh
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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most college use i2, witch just pwnz t1 to dirt
www.internet2.edu _________________
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Khalis A-Source Supporter


Joined: Sep 01, 2003 Posts: 483 Location: The City Of Angles
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Ultra Naginata Ashigaru

Joined: Jun 11, 2004 Posts: 543 Location: Beside My Computer
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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whats the normal downloading speed for cable
i use DSL and the speed is always around 140-170 kb |
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Nomori A-Source Supporter


Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 163 Location: Canada
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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2560 Kbps on the Speakeasy benchmark. And i've got DSL with Bell Sympatico (Canada) no download/upload limit.
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Isn't DSL faster than cable? |
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MiddleMan Yari Ashigaru

Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 227 Location: New York State(Home)
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| My Road Runner at home does I think 4mb (Dont really remember). My college has this really crap setup which allows me to barelly play Counter Strike and Halo. |
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haroT3k A-Source Staff


Joined: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 806 Location: KaNadeh
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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its called a firewall, and in some colleges packet shapers _________________
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MiddleMan Yari Ashigaru

Joined: Jul 09, 2004 Posts: 227 Location: New York State(Home)
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope sorry haroT3k that aint what it is. If you want ill explain. |
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ChaosAngel newbie!

Joined: Nov 02, 2004 Posts: 7
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 12:32 am Post subject: Re: How do you connect to the internet |
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| I've cable, but I hate it with a passion. |
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ephbuck Ronin Samurai

Joined: Oct 09, 2004 Posts: 716 Location: C-Town,GA,USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| i use dsl at home and ds3 at work.. work would be SSSOOO fast.. if there werent over 40,000 nodes.. but as it is i have high priority so its all good.. |
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yellowsky newbie!

Joined: Nov 22, 2004 Posts: 7
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| i use cable. used to have dialup.. it was soooo slow. |
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idjota Kyunin Samurai

Joined: Jun 08, 2003 Posts: 1404 Location: not really sure
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Nomori wrote: |
2560 Kbps on the Speakeasy benchmark. And i've got DSL with Bell Sympatico (Canada) no download/upload limit.
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i dont think so i did the speakeasy thing and got this
2004-11-22 18:00:32 EST: 2985 / 217
Your download speed : 3056982 bps, or 2985 kbps.
A 373.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 222990 bps, or 217 kbps. _________________ [img:387:120:36cb7a5440]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/idjota/BL.jpg[/img:36cb7a5440] |
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atikiN Public Relations Guy


Joined: Dec 08, 2002 Posts: 2834 Location: NYC
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| FO > T3 > T1 > Cable > DSL > 56k > Hamster in a wheel(MaCeR) |
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