... talking about home use mainly - not whether you use a faster connection at work to dl large files (i myself would NEVER do that ... )
if you want to back up your vote with a comment then feel free ...
slainte
rob(POLL) how fast can you go ???
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
prompted by shenanigans over in the cafe i just wonder what proportion of KVR members are still using dial-up connections and how many of us are on faster pipes ...
... talking about home use mainly - not whether you use a faster connection at work to dl large files (i myself would NEVER do that ... )
if you want to back up your vote with a comment then feel free ...
slainte rob
... talking about home use mainly - not whether you use a faster connection at work to dl large files (i myself would NEVER do that ... )
if you want to back up your vote with a comment then feel free ...
slainte
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- KVRAF
- 3139 posts since 6 Sep, 2002 from United Kingdom & Opinions Will Travel :O)
Very fast 
And I will never go back to dial up - its a different world - though it took ages for this speed to be available where I am.
Best regards,
Spe3d
:O)
And I will never go back to dial up - its a different world - though it took ages for this speed to be available where I am.
Best regards,
Spe3d
:O)
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- KVRAF
- 8389 posts since 11 Apr, 2003 from back on the hillside again - but now with a garden!
I use dialup at home. No point in shelling out £15+ per month when I get a phone bill informing me that I have spent <£30 per quarter on internet calls. Sure the pages would load faster, but do I want to spend at least an extra 50% just for that?
I use dialup at work as well. There is a 2Mb pipe out of our site into the head office, which in turn has a 10Mb pipe into the outside world. I use this as required, however, there are times when I would prefer not to be tracked by the firewall, and so go around the edges. Actually I blatantly go out of another door!
I think that maintaining support by encouraging 128kbps encoding, etc is a good thing. And, let's be honest, the actual audible difference is rarely so acute as many make out. (ducks for cover..)
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DSP
I use dialup at work as well. There is a 2Mb pipe out of our site into the head office, which in turn has a 10Mb pipe into the outside world. I use this as required, however, there are times when I would prefer not to be tracked by the firewall, and so go around the edges. Actually I blatantly go out of another door!
I think that maintaining support by encouraging 128kbps encoding, etc is a good thing. And, let's be honest, the actual audible difference is rarely so acute as many make out. (ducks for cover..)
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DSP
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- KVRAF
- 37468 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Same here.Kriminal wrote:NTL Broadband...750k. Fast enough fo me at the moment.
I think they are planning to upgrade the service this summer though - I read 2MB for the same price somewhere.
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- KVRist
- 462 posts since 3 Feb, 2004 from HONG KONG
Using cable modem. Have no idea how fast it is. I just know it's fast. Quicker than sharing a T1 at work with 1200 employees.
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- KVRian
- 581 posts since 15 Dec, 2003 from Hangin' out with my 5 year old
Comcast Cable. Very good service and they just upped our bandwidth to 5 meg.
And all life's fears
Can invade my ears
I can handle it
Can invade my ears
I can handle it
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- Banned
- 18651 posts since 2 Oct, 2001 from England
It was 600k, and got upgraded for free in August last year. I had a look at 1meg or 1,5, but it was nearl double the price then...aMUSEd wrote:Same here.Kriminal wrote:NTL Broadband...750k. Fast enough fo me at the moment.
I think they are planning to upgrade the service this summer though - I read 2MB for the same price somewhere.
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- KVRian
- 509 posts since 3 Aug, 2002 from berlin
1Mbit dsl.
I could never go back to dialup, even though it saved me much needed money.
everytime i visit my dialup friend, i am reminded what a major PITA it is
I could never go back to dialup, even though it saved me much needed money.
everytime i visit my dialup friend, i am reminded what a major PITA it is
ngfnjhte?
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- KVRAF
- 37468 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
I know. It was 500 when I started out with them in fact so I've already had 2 free upgrades. But I did read (BBC website I think) that they are planning to offer a 2MB service for the same price we're currently paying to compete with some of the other providers who are already providing those speeds so my hope is that we would get that upgrade for free (or prices should be reduced for the 750 service)Kriminal wrote:It was 600k, and got upgraded for free in August last year. I had a look at 1meg or 1,5, but it was nearl double the price then...aMUSEd wrote:Same here.Kriminal wrote:NTL Broadband...750k. Fast enough fo me at the moment.
I think they are planning to upgrade the service this summer though - I read 2MB for the same price somewhere.
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- KVRAF
- 13444 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
1.5 mbit DSL. Will eventually upgrade to 3 MB one day, but I really don't feel the need to right now.
FWIW, I'm occasionally surfing KVR at my GF's place (she's on a 56k modem) - and it's got to be the most useless site ever, with all those flash banners taking AGES to load (even in times the server isn't broken).
FWIW, I'm occasionally surfing KVR at my GF's place (she's on a 56k modem) - and it's got to be the most useless site ever, with all those flash banners taking AGES to load (even in times the server isn't broken).
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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Stupid American Pig Stupid American Pig https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4753 - KVRAF
- 7065 posts since 25 Nov, 2002 from not sure
I can go fast enough to get a very dissapointed grimace on the missus' face... 
I have 4 mbit cable modem at the casa and shared OC-3 here at the office.
I have 4 mbit cable modem at the casa and shared OC-3 here at the office.