On 3/5/10 9:56 PM, Peter Kim wrote:
I remember trying to get 1.5 Mb/s DSL 7 years ago, through SBC, now
ATT, in suburban Chicago. I found out that I was too far away from the
new optical fiber install, and had to settle for 768/256Kbs- the houses
across the street could get up to 3 Mb/s. Ugh,
On Mar 6, 2010, at 12:16 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
On 3/5/10 9:56 PM, Peter Kim wrote:
I remember trying to get 1.5 Mb/s DSL 7 years ago, through SBC, now
ATT, in suburban Chicago. I found out that I was too far away from the
new optical fiber install, and had to settle for 768/256Kbs- the
In a message dated 3/5/10 7:22:17 AM, dantear...@gmail.com writes:
At 2:23 PM -0800 3/4/2010, John Carmonne wrote:
Notice there's not much help for upload probably an FCC thing to
keep the licensee's pockets heavier.
Nothing to do with the FCC.
This is because the older copper and coax
At 12:14 PM -0500 3/5/2010, carmo...@aol.com wrote:
Newer technologies are changing all this. FTTH (Fiber to the Home)
is a symmetrical service, limited only by the quality of the
repeaters, routers, and backhaul. And DOCSIS 3 permits much higher
upstream, so it can be configured to seem
On 3/5/2010 10:31 AM, Dan wrote:
Multi-dwelling units are a whole other ball of wax; a magnitude beyond
political stupidity. Landlords like to extort service providers, make
them pay for access, er a give kickbacks, etc. It ain't pretty, and
all it does is cost the consumers more and more.
I have not priced Ethernet routers recently, but I paid a similar amount for
my Asante many years ago and still use it. I've seen many of my friends'
cheap Linksys routers get trashed since, so you get what you pay for. If
you're concerned about speed, run the ethernet cable, or get a wireless
At 10:57 AM -0700 3/5/2010, nestamicky wrote:
Most people in Japan, for example, would think it insane that people
are still paying for dial-up, in 2010, in the US. What are we
thinking?
We happen to give corporate profits higher moral/ethical value than
any sort of consumer or national
On Mar 5, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Dan wrote:
At 10:57 AM -0700 3/5/2010, nestamicky wrote:
Most people in Japan, for example, would think it insane that
people are still paying for dial-up, in 2010, in the US. What are
we thinking?
We happen to give corporate profits higher moral/ethical
On 3/5/2010 12:47 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Look how the ISPs went ballistic over cities threatening to set up
their own WiFi broadband...they spent millions buying state
legislatures to ban the practice.
And that is perhaps a great example of how amassing personal/business
profit is retarding
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:21 PM, nestamicky nestami...@gmail.com wrote:
This nonsense, in America, in 2010...WTF?
Yeah well, America is no longer the land of the free and
prosperous--it's corporate America. Corporations drive America's
innovations, it's for this same reason that we're never going
Our Internet here in rural Idaho is symmetrical. Its our local ISP's
wireless service, the DSL here is asymmetrical though, but that doesn't
matter as we cant get DSL at our house, but people no more than a quarter
of a mile away can.
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On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
we can't get DSL at our house, but people no more than a quarter of
a mile away can.
The phone companies can tell you that you're not eligible for DSL when
you may be eligible. Under common carrier laws, the phone companies
are supposed to
Well, im glad i dont have DSL anyway, my download is only half as fast as
DSL (it has 768, i have 512k) but my upload is twice as fast (256k vs
512k) so I'm happy :D
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:12:33 -0600, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote:
On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
we
On 3/5/10 5:12 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
we can't get DSL at our house, but people no more than a quarter of a
mile away can.
The phone companies can tell you that you're not eligible for DSL when
you may be eligible. Under common carrier laws,
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote:
On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
we can't get DSL at our house, but people no more than a quarter of a mile
away can.
The phone companies can tell you that you're not eligible for DSL when you
may be
At 7:12 PM -0600 3/5/2010, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
we can't get DSL at our house, but people no more than a quarter of
a mile away can.
The phone companies can tell you that you're not eligible for DSL
when you may be eligible.
The issue is the
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:54:18 -0600, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 7:12 PM -0600 3/5/2010, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Mar 5, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
we can't get DSL at our house, but people no more than a quarter of a
mile away can.
The phone companies can tell you that
I remember trying to get 1.5 Mb/s DSL 7 years ago, through SBC, now ATT, in
suburban Chicago. I found out that I was too far away from the new optical
fiber install, and had to settle for 768/256Kbs- the houses across the
street could get up to 3 Mb/s. Ugh, I can't believe we're still talking
On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 2, 2010, at 6:49 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
The router is OK, however I would use a USB wireless n dongle. The AirPort b
card is real slow unless all you want is e-mail and surf the net, downloads
are just a little quicker than
On 3/4/10 2:23 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
UpDate This is what I found and why I stated that the AirPort and
AirMac b cards are slower. Also all these machines are in the same
700 SFT condo, no pipes or such. However I should've also stated that
I choose the Gigabit wireless more for file transfer
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Bruce Johnson
john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
The VAST MAJORITY of broadband access in this country is about 7 MB/s. In
most of the country Broadband tops out at 12 mbps.
The fastest I can get here at my house in rural Idaho is 4mb,
currently we have 512kb
On Mar 2, 2010, at 5:40 AM, icanswing wrote:
Hi list,
I have a new imac. Now I want to set up my G4 in another room. My G4
doesn't have an airport card and I don't believe it would work anyway cause
the new imac has airport extreme and the G4's airport card is just an
airport. I was
John, How does that work? I just hook it up to a USB connection on my G4 (that
doesn't have an airport card)?
On Mar 2, 2010, at 7:49:30 AM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:
From: John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com
Subject:Re: Need help with setting up G4 for internet
Date: March 2
help with setting up G4 for internet
Date: March 2, 2010 7:49:30 AM CST
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
On Mar 2, 2010, at 5:40 AM, icanswing wrote:
Hi list,
I have a new imac. Now I want to set up my G4 in another room. My G4
doesn't have an airport card and I don't believe it would
On Mar 2, 2010, at 6:49 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
The router is OK, however I would use a USB wireless n dongle. The
AirPort b card is real slow unless all you want is e-mail and surf
the net, downloads are just a little quicker than dialup.
You're joking, right?
802.11b is 11Mb/s. It's
On Mar 2, 2010, at 6:40 AM, icanswing wrote:
Hi list,
I have a new imac. Now I want to set up my G4 in another room. My
G4 doesn't have an airport card and I don't believe it would work
anyway cause the new imac has airport extreme and the G4's airport
card is just an airport.
It
In a message dated 3/2/10 8:08:05 AM, john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu writes:
On Mar 2, 2010, at 6:49 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
The router is OK, however I would use a USB wireless n dongle. The
AirPort b card is real slow unless all you want is e-mail and surf
the net, downloads are
On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:29 PM, carmo...@aol.com wrote:
No joke, I've tested all my wireless conections with Speakeasy and
the b
cards are slower than the second comming.
What is your test rig? Distance to the WAP? Signal level?
Speakeasy measures far more than your local network link's
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