Bob,
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Robert Martin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am in the Philippines... based on Kiki's e-mail
> address, I believe he is in Indonesia.
You are correct.
> Being in the
> thrid world is much different than being in the UK.
> DSL? Cable Modems?? Haha.... It will be years
> before we see that technology, especially in outlying
> areas. Basically, here where I live we have two
> choices..... dialup or DirecPC.
Bummer.
> With a dialup
> connection, during times of day when a lot of people
> are online (basically from 10AM until Midnight) I have
> seen download speeds go as low as 5 bits per second
> (not 5K, 5 bits!). That is basically not even
> useable. With DirecPC we can regularly download files
> at 15K/second. A little bit different!
Given a choice between dialup (even with a 56k modem)
and DirecPC, the second one is significantly better
if it is affordable.
> Wish I could have DSL! Cable Modem... I'd kill for
> that! For now, though, I have to use what is available!
In the US, about 5% of the connections to the Internet
are via broadband (DSL or Cable Modem). I got
cable in Jan '00. Had I known how good it would
be, I would have signed up a few months earlier
when it first became available in my area. It is
not perfect (the very few times it goes out, I
have a dialup connection as a backup
to get to the Net), but it is very good. One
of the best things about it (there are so many)
is free long distance phone calls anywhere in
the 50 US states via DialPad. While are
some latency problems, (1/4 to 1/2 sec delays)
you learn to adjust how you use it - don't speak
over the other person, etc.
Perhaps wireless will come your way soon.
That might give you additional options.
Good luck,
Bob
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