Bling Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 im fucked bellsouth doesnt have dsl going into the area i am moving too. no clue who i can use.. worst part is im gonna lose all my bellsouth newsgroups....... i get all my music from there. g dammitlooks like i have to get comcast.. i guess thats cable modems instead of dslill be down for quite a while. $@#@ how are cable modems. i heard they suck compared to dsl....... fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Umm actually, in most cases, cable can deliver more bandwidth than DSL, due to having a more modern infrastructure than phone lines which could be 50 years old. I wouldn't sweat it, and I'm sure Comcast has a robust newsgroup server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 does anyone know if xbox live works with cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Yes Bling, it will work.Cable speeds are more variable than DSL because you share the head-end connection with everybody else on your block, so you might notice slower pings on your games during 'prime time' cable modem usage. That's the big drawback to cable, burst transmission rates can be really high but you can get really inconsistent line speed and line quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 Yes Bling, it will work.Cable speeds are more variable than DSL because you share the head-end connection with everybody else on your block, so you might notice slower pings on your games during 'prime time' cable modem usage. That's the big drawback to cable, burst transmission rates can be really high but you can get really inconsistent line speed and line quality. :-X caca ............ill have to go to the local library to post on cj or stay late at work to spam.....j/k ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Seb Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Yes Bling, it will work.Cable speeds are more variable than DSL because you share the head-end connection with everybody else on your block, so you might notice slower pings on your games during 'prime time' cable modem usage. That's the big drawback to cable, burst transmission rates can be really high but you can get really inconsistent line speed and line quality.so I never heard back from you on that PM I sent you, have you heard anything about Earthlink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 There has to be some form of broadband out there, Bling Blong.Do a search on www.dslreports.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LeVeL Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 I have Comcast and its the best...I have not have had any downtime ever since..my speeds are always high and its cheaper than DSL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest endymion Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 so I never heard back from you on that PM I sent you, have you heard anything about Earthlink?Oh hey, sorry! Nope, I don't know anything at all about Earthlink. Was a customer long long long ago when a friend of mine's company was bought by them but that was in the modem days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Bling-Blong, you should get a business-class connection like a fractional T3, and then have your broadband-deprived neighbors pay you for the privilege of access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4tribal1414779019 Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 i have dsl now thru bellsouth w/ the 3meg - i dont see any of it, but oh well - it works for me i guessi had comcast at my last place, it worked good tooi cant have comcast here cuz i get free channels not all of them but all the basic ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest swirlundergrounder Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 All of the speed and connectivity issues do depend on the infrastructure of the existing phone and cable lines. It fluctuates in every area. I've had cable in both my places for 2 years. In NMB it's quick as shit with no bottle neck issues during prime time. Here in Hollywood my connection gets slower at night and it go's out every other 3rd day or so the past month. But when I first moved here I had DSL and it was always out.... If the all conditions are optimal (and I mean optimal) for both DSL and cable, cable will always be faster than DSL.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Up north, my parents have Cablevision and it's blindingly fast no matter what time it is. They've got the Boost service now that enables them to burst to up to 30 Mbps if conditions allow. Miami's telecom infrastructure is podunk in comparision. We get night-sweats over 6 Mbps that most people had last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boucher20 Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 im fucked bellsouth doesnt have dsl going into the area i am moving too. no clue who i can use.. worst part is im gonna lose all my bellsouth newsgroups....... i get all my music from there. g dammitlooks like i have to get comcast.. i guess thats cable modems instead of dslill be down for quite a while. $@#@ how are cable modems. i heard they suck compared to dsl....... fuck can't u just "borrow" someone's wireless signal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 That'll work. Jumping onto someone else's signal is spotty at best. Also, it seems the area is pretty deprived from what Bling says, so it might be an issue even to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Seb Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 so I never heard back from you on that PM I sent you, have you heard anything about Earthlink?Oh hey, sorry! Nope, I don't know anything at all about Earthlink. Was a customer long long long ago when a friend of mine's company was bought by them but that was in the modem days.I'm looking @ this Earthlink package for 8megs/sec which seems to be the fastest out there. Not sure if it actually is as fast as they claim. I wonder if 6 megs/sec vs 8 megs/sec are really going to be noticable or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 ok how does cable work? there is only one cable jack in each room how do u connect the pc to it if the tv is connected to that jackalso i called and the idiot said that it wont work on ME which is all i have then called back and they said it does work on MEim confusedno clue about cable internet at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 what i hate is ill lose my bellsouth newsgroups. wonder if comcast has that tooi use xnews. great way to download porn and other goodies ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Cable is OS-transparent. What you get is a cable modem, which is (bear with me) a "bridge device" that has an Ethernet port (you know what that is, right) on one side, and a cable port on the other. What the cable modem essentially does is translate Ethernet-speak into cable-speak. What they'll do in a cable modem install is just use a splitter, since TV and cable internet use different slices of the bandwidth coming in. One thing you should buy is a $50 wired/wireless router.That handles all the busywork of maintaining the connection, and is largely plug and play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pod Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 Comcast undoubtedly has a newsgroup server. When you get squared away, just point Xnews at their server. Just say Windows 2000 or XP if they ask your OS again. You should really just format your drive and install XP. You can strip it down to use minimal resources. My home PC is probably older than yours and runs XP fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 ck this info out on newsgroupsis this how it is with bellsouth not sure cuz i d/l way more than 2gb a monththat seems very little if u ask me---------------------------------------------------Is there a monthly quota on my newsgroup account and what happens if I exceed this limit?The monthly limit on newsgroup downloads provided by Comcast is 2 gigabytes. If you reach your download limit while you have a download in progress, we will allow you to finish your session, rather than interrupting your download. The surplus bytes downloaded are merely charged to the following period.If you reach or go over the 2 gigabyte monthly limit you will be unable to download additional content until your usage is reset, which happens on the 25th of each month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Electric Eel Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 yeah, the first thing you need to do is get rid of ME. XP has alot less issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 not gonna pay 200 for xp when a new version out soon. seems worthless .........what kind of issues ?im not even sure i have an ethernet card in my pc... i think i do........ lol havent opened it up in like 3 yrs ....... what does that router do maintains u from getting booted off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Electric Eel Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 not gonna pay 200 for xp when a new version out soon. seems worthless .........what kind of issues ?I dont remember exactly as I got it on my laptop when ME first came out but I kept on having problems with my laptop working correctly and as soon as I switched to XP I didn't have those problems anymore. If your comp seems to run normally and you dont have issues with any software then let it be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boucher20 Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 not gonna pay 200 for xp when a new version out soon. seems worthless .........what kind of issues ?im not even sure i have an ethernet card in my pc... i think i do........ lol havent opened it up in like 3 yrs ....... what does that router do maintains u from getting booted off? the wireless router ,if im correct, gives u the ability to roam around ur house with ur laptop, if it has a wirless card or wireless capability, or if u have a desktop in ur family room and dont want to run the cable across ur room, you just buy a wireless card for ur desktop and pick up the signal that way......pod, please correct me if im wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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