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Moderator1516
Moderator
Username: Moderator1516
Post Number: 481
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 8:36 am: | 
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just got dsl installed on my pc.like stepping out of a model t into a cadillac,i hate to think of the hours i have wasted on dial up:
try it you,ll like it
moderator1516
cef 139
cvc 12
ham 147-ki4kxl
aka:skilletlicker
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808xyl
Intermediate Member
Username: 808xyl
Post Number: 370
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 8:48 am: |
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And it SURE does make you sound GREAT  in the Copper Voice Chat Gayle and you are not getting bounced out all the time. 
Shirley
808xyl
CEF#164
CVC#003 
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Moderator120
Moderator
Username: Moderator120
Post Number: 130
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 9:28 am: |
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DSL is the only way to fly Gayle, glad you got it!
Mike
Moderator120
CEF#120/HAM #222
KB1NYD
CVC#041
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Triplecguy
Intermediate Member
Username: Triplecguy
Post Number: 219
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 10:15 am: |
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Mine gets hooked up Monday at 6 pm. Dial up is horrible and I am embarrassed to have it still. I hope you guys aren't making fun of me out there and calling me a lid or a muduck!!!!! Broadband is so much better. Even my parents have 3Mbps DSL it is smokin fast!! Onwards with technology. Makes you wonder what they'll have in 10 or 20 years though?
DAN
Dan
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Starface
Senior Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 1350
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 12:07 pm: |
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had my DSL for a week now, before it wasn't in the new house area.
glad it is now.
Enjoy it Gayle I now I am.
STARFACE
CEF#476
KI4NBE
HAM#181
CVC#Ø14
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Dale
Advanced Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 976
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 11:24 pm: |
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i had dsl it was good.i got high speed thru my
cable now even faster much faster 20.0 mbps
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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Bigwheel
Member
Username: Bigwheel
Post Number: 61
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 11:54 pm: |
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i've had my dsl for awhile now like it alot better than when i had dial up |
Outkast
Intermediate Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 125
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 4:57 am: |
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No use for DSL here not enough bandwidth for all the computers here....10 Meg Cable is barely enough! But hey with only one or two computer on a network it has got to be a great step up from the ancient dial-up!
Outkast
CEF 650
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Captian_radio
Intermediate Member
Username: Captian_radio
Post Number: 237
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 6:49 am: |
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What type of DSL do most folks use,just wondering , I used to have a cable modem but since I moved over a year ago I now have my service through the phone company and it is high speed,seems just as fast as with cable.
VE1CZ/CEF451
Robert L. Spicer The days of radio are just beginning!
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Starface
Senior Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 1354
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 3:36 pm: |
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Like you Captain Radio I use to have cable internet too and moved a couple months ago and use DSL thru my phone company now(VERIZON)
Seems to be just as fast,if not I can't till the differents.
STARFACE
CEF#476
KI4NBE
HAM#181
CVC#Ø14
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852
Intermediate Member
Username: 852
Post Number: 338
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 5:40 pm: |
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I have DSL through my local phone company and I love it. 100.0Mbps
Tommy~852~CEF 750
Do They Make Anything Besides "GALAXY"?
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Hyperno_1979
Intermediate Member
Username: Hyperno_1979
Post Number: 374
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 07, 2007 - 9:12 pm: |
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Works great until the kids smash the download limit and we get throttled back to dialup speed! The two boys have discovered online games so for about 2-3 weeks out of the month we are effectively on dialup. Yep only takes about a week for them to burn through 1000mb.
CEFFFCEF
Bob
CEF703/CVC26
269 Hunter Valley
27.355 lsb.
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Outkast
Intermediate Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 126
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 12:34 am: |
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Wow am I glad I dont have a limit like that here! I would blow through that almost every day here! I have never heard of a limit like that before! Do others on here have a limit like that? Make me glad for big named cable companys around here!
Outkast
CEF 650
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Starface
Senior Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 1358
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 10:55 am: |
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no Limits on my dsl
STARFACE
CEF#476
KI4NBE
HAM#181
CVC#Ø14
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Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 845
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 8:36 am: |
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The biggest problem with DSL is that you only get the speed promised if you are reasonably close to the Switch Building. After about 3 miles DSL slows down.
As for DSL not having enough bandwidth, my old employer used dsl and we had a dozen computers on line - never seemed to suffer from a badnwidth problem - only a gopher that chewed through a cable..
Simon
Tech237
N7AUS
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Ajm1571
Advanced Member
Username: Ajm1571
Post Number: 526
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 2:15 pm: |
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WISH I could get DSL but I live too far in the stix 
Allen
015 from MI
CEF565/ham#243
CVC#38
13AM/LSB and 10M N.E. Asst. net Control
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Hyperno_1979
Intermediate Member
Username: Hyperno_1979
Post Number: 375
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 3:10 pm: |
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The company i'm with has all different plans designed to suit different users. They start at 400mb per month for about $20 mainly for people that just send the odd e-mail and have a bit of a poke around on ebay etc. Ours is $29.95 a month for 1000mb. Full blister costs about $70 a month. We had no drama with 1000mb until the likes of Diablo, Lord of the Rings, and Runescape were dicovered by the two teenage sons. They chew it up in about a week, whereas Deb and I never got wound back when it was just us pair going on line. I did think about upping the package but then the boys would never be off the computer so our only salvation is when we get throttled back they lose interest in the games. One of those situations where you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.
CEFFFCEF
Bob
CEF703/CVC26
269 Hunter Valley
27.355 lsb.
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Outkast
Intermediate Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 127
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 4:01 pm: |
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The fastest DSL around here is about 512kbps and with four computers DL almost constantly it becomes quite slow...I am waiting for T1 connections to come down a bit more in price and then I will be switching to that! But for the average browser I dont see any problem with have that many people on that kind of connection.
Outkast
CEF 650
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Bigwheel
Member
Username: Bigwheel
Post Number: 63
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 11:34 pm: |
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My dsl here is through verizon.They told me that i couldn't get dialup here.I thought you could get dialup just about anywhere. |
Ajm1571
Advanced Member
Username: Ajm1571
Post Number: 530
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 2:35 am: |
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Hey Bob, Just be glad they havent done Never Winter Nights yet! lol Is a fun game but really BIG downloads I went and bought it as it would ahve taken me 3 days per upgrade to download on dial up lol
Allen
015 from MI
CEF565/ham#243
CVC#38
13AM/LSB and 10M N.E. Asst. net Control
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Hyperno_1979
Intermediate Member
Username: Hyperno_1979
Post Number: 376
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 3:04 pm: |
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Thanks for the warning Allen. I'm keeping my eye on the gaming here. I've started a whinge session already as i deleted a few of their games. They had that much on the computer that defragmenter wouldn't even run, so out some went. I never even got to enjoy DSL this month...they chewed the limit before i even got a go at it!
CEFFFCEF
Bob
CEF703/CVC26
269 Hunter Valley
27.355 lsb.
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Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 849
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 6:25 pm: |
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Bob - put a coin box on the keyboard. Maybe you could make enough to upgrade..
Simon
Tech237
N7AUS
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Streaky
Intermediate Member
Username: Streaky
Post Number: 101
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 11:56 pm: |
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Israel that is nasty. Some of the Canadian brothers to the north still have to do the dial up as their so called high speed has not made it to the outlying areas of cbilization yet....
Streaky
CEF #805
CVC #98
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Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 4477
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 9:47 am: |
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JUNO just started a DSL for under $20
On 6 since 66
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Triplecguy
Intermediate Member
Username: Triplecguy
Post Number: 220
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 10:57 am: |
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WOW!! Got my DSL going last night. It's really fast. Now I feel like I'm one of the gang. Everybody feel free to e-mail me your credit card numbers, bank account numbers and pay-pal info as I can now empty them all in seconds!!! (But I promise to only buy stuff from Copper with the money) HA HA HA!!! I love this stuff!!
DAN
Dan
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852
Intermediate Member
Username: 852
Post Number: 342
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 10:22 pm: |
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Rat ,
I ran the speed test--1282kb/s download,and 257kb/supload.
Tommy~852~CEF 750
Do They Make Anything Besides "GALAXY"?
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Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 850
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 2:00 pm: |
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Here I have broadband access and it costs me NOTHING...
OK it helps I work for the cable company..
Simon
Tech237
N7AUS
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Outkast
Intermediate Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 130
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 3:24 am: |
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Just did mine too:
5360kb/s Downloading
547kb/s Uploading
Not nearly what the advertised 10Mb/s speed is but then again I am using wireless on the laptop to check it which probably isnt the best way to do it. Also others are DL music and what not right now so that affects it a bit too.
Anyways those just getting DSL or Cable welcome to the world of HighSpeed!!! Its kinda like stepping up to the world of HAM from C.B.! Hope you all enjoy that newly found bandwidth!
Outkast
CEF 650
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Captian_radio
Intermediate Member
Username: Captian_radio
Post Number: 238
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 7:49 am: |
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Simon what cable company do you work for? I just started a job doing tech support for a well known cable, internet and phone company. Man what a tough job to try and learn at my age, so much stuff to remember.
CEF451/VE1CZ
Robert L. Spicer The days of radio are just beginning!
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Moderator1516
Moderator
Username: Moderator1516
Post Number: 484
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 1:22 pm: |
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what i like is turn on computer click one icon
and you are 0n the web page/what used to take me 1/2 hour to down load takes 6 minutes now
moderator1516
cef 139
cvc 12
ham 147-ki4kxl
aka:skilletlicker
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Starface
Senior Member
Username: Starface
Post Number: 1365
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 2:15 pm: |
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Now if we can just get the 11 year cycle to be like cable and/or DSL.
Key the mic once and you're doing CEF's each and every time.
STARFACE
CEF#476
KI4NBE
HAM#181
CVC#Ø14
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Outkast
Intermediate Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 131
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 12:08 am: |
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Just to add to what Mark has said it really depends on what server is holding the information that you are downloading. If Coppers server is in Louisville, KY and you are also there your time to open a page on the Copper site would be much faster than say if you were in Seattle, WA. Thats where ping time comes into play.
I get a kick out of our cable company here they advertise a 10 Megabyte connection....but in all reality it is only a 10 Megabit connection....many people confuse these two. And the cable company's rely on that.
10 Megabits = 1 Megabyte or 10Mb/s = 1MB/s oh the truth in advertising guys would love that. LOL
Outkast
CEF 650
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