What's broadband like?!?

[Distress]

Feed up with my connection; slow, timing out, high-resolution pictures freeze half way sometimes I did the might and checked to see if DSL was available at my house. It is not from what I concluded, but I did stumble across the monopoly Comcast cable; it's available!

For sure I thought it would cost me a good amount monthly, but is it worth it? I bet it is. Turns out that I will be paying less than I am on dial-up for the "first 6 months"! $20 month (6months), and I get a free cable modem as well (not rented, two mail in rebates totaling $80, but I paid for $9 shipping). There is also a $50 mail in rebate. Heck, I actually get $30 paid TOO ME for the first month. Of course, after that its jumps to the regular cable-broadband price, but hey, I bet it's worth it.

3MBps download and 256kbps uploading! Well, of course this is maximum and not guaranteed. Comcast gets good reviews in my area, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Hopefully, in two weeks I will be a happy camper Anyone else riding the wave of broadband? How do you feel?

ps: My dial-up connection timed out three times during my online-order :| Can't wait.

[driftnWRX]

I have Comcast cable. It kicks ass. Super fast DL and UL. You will enjoy!

[@wall]

what's cable like... hmm i think my pic pretty well sums it up...

i am uncapped for d/l's 512 up u/l's

[danno]

broadband is so much better than dialup its not funny. if i had to go back to dialup now i would die.

[blackcat77]

It's addictive. I've had it for 5 years now and can't even imagine life without it. My connection is 4000 down and 256 up.

[Matt]

2 in 5 internet users now have broadband. Over 50% of internet users in our age bracket (Matra and Henk excluded) use broadband.

[Blue Supra]

i have BB, bare minimum, 256kps down 64 up and its soooooo much better then 56k i nearly died! thats bare min broadband, you guys are talkin like cable speed connections fastest broadband availavble here is 1.5mps, thats EXPENSIVE, at work though, we have a 5 MEG pipe, it rocks

[drakkie]

well, ive had it for 9 months now, and i cant do without it.
i download two cds and i earned it back for the month.it absolutely rocks !!!btw my connection= 1.1 Mbps and a download speed of 120 kb/s and maximum sometimes 200 kb/s.

[fa22_raptor]

I have 1.5Mbps cable and now I can't live without it. Reverting back to 56k on friends' computers is hell.

[henk4]

2 in 5 internet users now have broadband. Over 50% of internet users in our age bracket (Matra and Henk excluded) use broadband.

Me too on broadband

[NoOne]

I wouldn't go back to dial-up after 7 yrs on cable .....

2004-10-23 08:56:11 EST: 4569 / 347
Your download speed : 4679421 bps, or 4569 kbps.
A 571.2 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 356305 bps, or 347 kbps


I've seen faster d/l speeds but this was a random test

[Matt]

Me too on broadband

Well, to be honest, it doesn't surprise me that you step out of your age bracket on things like this. You're too hip for you age, Henk.

[quattro_20v]

I got cable for almost 4 years now, it started with like 1,5 mbps up and 256 down
it had an upgrade it's 2,5 mbps and 384 up. for around 55-60$ a month (50 euros)
I cant even imagine dail-up now altho I also started with that.

[Blitz_]

broadband is the bomb, so fast, but if u have a download limit be careful, u get carried away wif the fast loading speeds.

[danno]

haha yeah, for the first few months i went way over our 6gig limit