How do you connect to the internet

chaoticfruit · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 51

cable, like everyone else...

843 · newbie! Joined: Mar 09, 2005 Posts: 48

I think I've got cable, but I don't know the difference betwen cable and DSL...

hazedream · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:44 am Post subject:

yone · newbie! Joined: Mar 24, 2005 Posts: 15

i use cable... unlimited download.

emphie · newbie! Joined: Mar 08, 2005 Posts: 38

dsl!!!!

thailehuy · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Posts: 58

I use DSL, but it kinda stupid >.<

rsx_2001 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 27, 2005 Posts: 51

I have a broadband connection. One of the major broadband ISPs in TOronto is Rogers. Their speed lately has been alright. It used to be a "slow" broadband. Shocked

Now it is much faster, but still every now and then, it slows down a lot.

theone06 · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject:

DSL dialup sucks ass

leoxjm · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject:

frozen_chicken · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject:

Using Cable at home but i think at my school they use a private line coz i downloaded some stuff over there a 1.5mg/s. the fastest dl speed i have had was 2mg/s.

hlawlink · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:

had dial-up, now dsl, but I want cable.

pyrorecca · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject:

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I use broadband
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meganekko · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 7:38 am Post subject:

Well, I had a 56 kbps dial-up before. Then something went wrong and we had to endure a speed of 14 kbps net connection for 2-3 months...

As a compensation, my parents upgraded to a 300 kbps DSL. (^_~)v

What's the difference between a cable/broadband and DSL, anyway? Our DSL at home doesn't start automatically when I turn on the PC, it acts like a dial-up, but has faster speeds. Although like a dial-up, it doesn't require the dialtone of a phone, but still needs a phone line.

I think a broadband on the otherhand,is a connection which you don't have to dial anything. Boot up the PC, and voila. Net connection upon start-up. And it doesn't need a phone connection, just a cable, like from a TV.
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Rya · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:07 am Post subject:

You could argue back and forth all you want if dsl is better or worse than cable. It depends on where you are from. In Germany you can get cable only in major cities, so dsl is the way to go here. The thing is ... we have 4000kbps dsl. That's fast enough to download anything in a reasonable amount of time. And it's a dial-up connection but since it only disconnects after 24h and my router dials for me, it's no problem at all.