Broadband

[eupa]

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Can't see the problem

I wish i had broadband.
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Ian A

Ian - ok get it. (broadband ,that is) in the first video the rib nearly flips on its
arse- a slightly bigger wave and its 'hallo sea". The only thing -codprawn please help- is that it does not seem to be going fast ??? ( fast I mean 50knts+) and the sea looks pretty tame - nice long swell ect. Comments gents.
As regards broad band any ribber woth his salt -gets this before a rib. How can you expect to communicate with this fab site at 36/50 kps??
I am in belgium and they have upgraded us-- wait for it.. to 3.0 mbyts/sec and soon we will go to 4. (m= MEGA) This is ADSL and not cable.
Dont tell that BT is still making you dial up??

jonathan

[Ian Austin]

Originally Posted by eupa

Can't see the problem

I wish i had broadband.
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Ian A

Ian - ok get it. (broadband ,that is) in the first video the rib nearly flips on its
arse- a slightly bigger wave and its 'hallo sea". The only thing -codprawn please help- is that it does not seem to be going fast ??? ( fast I mean 50knts+) and the sea looks pretty tame - nice long swell ect. Comments gents.
As regards broad band any ribber woth his salt -gets this before a rib. How can you expect to communicate with this fab site at 36/50 kps??
I am in belgium and they have upgraded us-- wait for it.. to 3.0 mbyts/sec and soon we will go to 4. (m= MEGA) This is ADSL and not cable.
Dont tell that BT is still making you dial up??

jonathan

HI Jonathan
i have enquired about broadband, they will not put it in till at least 30% of the houses here ask for it and as most are old people with no computers i'm stuffed, we don't even have gas.

I will be moving at the end of the month, so i should get broadband at the new place and it's got gas.

[Cookee]

Salcombe is getting Broadband - in June / July next year!

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by eupa

Can't see the problem

I wish i had broadband.
__________________
Ian A

Ian - ok get it. (broadband ,that is) in the first video the rib nearly flips on its
arse- a slightly bigger wave and its 'hallo sea". The only thing -codprawn please help- is that it does not seem to be going fast ??? ( fast I mean 50knts+) and the sea looks pretty tame - nice long swell ect. Comments gents.
As regards broad band any ribber woth his salt -gets this before a rib. How can you expect to communicate with this fab site at 36/50 kps??
I am in belgium and they have upgraded us-- wait for it.. to 3.0 mbyts/sec and soon we will go to 4. (m= MEGA) This is ADSL and not cable.
Dont tell that BT is still making you dial up??

jonathan

Most places in the UK do have broadband now - only rural areas lagging behind. I have a 1mb connection which costs me £27 per month or 39 EU with NO download limit - you have to be carefull because many people with high speed connections are capped on their download limits - most people only look at the odd website rather than download constantly!!!

How much is you connection costing and are there any limits??? The Americans are starting to fall way behind with their speeds/costs.

[EdwardH]

Originally Posted by Ian Austin

so i should get broadband at the new place and it's got gas.

broadband 'with gas'...? Fantastic!! the things they can do these days!!

[Ian Austin]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Most places in the UK do have broadband now - only rural areas lagging behind. I have a 1mb connection which costs me £27 per month or 39 EU with NO download limit - you have to be carefull because many people with high speed connections are capped on their download limits - most people only look at the odd website rather than download constantly!!!

How much is you connection costing and are there any limits??? The Americans are starting to fall way behind with their speeds/costs.

Hi codprawn
I am in a rural area, that is the problem.

The next house is going to be in Plymouth, i doubt there will be a problem there.

Who are you using ???? as i have never used broadband, who is going to be the best provider and is having a down load limit a problem. I am with Freeserve/wanado (or what ever they are called this week) it's £13-99 a month.

[codprawn]

Hard to say - so many about! Demon are very good and provide great backup - if you have cable tv get NTL broadband which is what I have - they aren't perfect but at least you get a proper cable modem with an rj45 lead instead of USB shit.

[Louise]

You could try putting your details in to this website: http://www.broadbandchecker.co.uk/?G...band%20compare . HTH

[Richard B]

Why base the supplier decision on the hardware supplied? 'specially as the cost of a wireless system is getting cheaper and cheaper. £99 will get you a wireless router and a PCMCIA card for a laptop, and you can still use cables for up to 4 PCs.

Having said that, I share your dislike of USB modems!

[DGR]

What's the problem with USB routers? Mine seems to work OK - I just figured it was easier to plug it in rather than go internal.

D...

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by DGR

What's the problem with USB routers? Mine seems to work OK...

In that case, it's not a problem.
What I hate is being supplied with a device which the system identifies as a particular make or model, it's supplied with a driver disk for something different, and the outer case claims to be something altogether different. Then when you lose the driver disk and the system driver decides not to work, you wonder where to download the correct driver from....

[codprawn]

USB is a plug and play device - not called plug and pray for nothing!!!!

There are loads of reasons why a dedicated network connection is better than something trying to work with a load of other things all connected to the USB.

[The Jackeens]

Love broadband...makes everything easier.

Missus

[ashbypower]

Thought boradband was the only way to connect to the interweb


Brian

[Ian Austin]

Hi All
I thought so, it's like asking which Rib is the best, that one i know, as i have one although a bit slow, a bit like dial-up.

Is it or would it be better if i were to get broadband, t.v, etc and what ever comes in a package, or what ?????, as we have not moved in and there is nothing supplied yet, i think i have a few options.

Techno thicko.

[eupa]

Originally Posted by codprawn

Most places in the UK do have broadband now - only rural areas lagging behind. I have a 1mb connection which costs me £27 per month or 39 EU with NO download limit - you have to be carefull because many people with high speed connections are capped on their download limits - most people only look at the odd website rather than download constantly!!!

How much is you connection costing and are there any limits??? The Americans are starting to fall way behind with their speeds/costs.

Belgium 35 euros per month 10 giga download ( non pro) pro 45 euros/month
no limit. speeds current at 3 mega /subscription. Going to 40 mega in 3 years
with HD television to be thrown in as well. Belgium is 95% fiber optic .Great little country- nice people but crappy government. Can' have everything , i suppose.

Picked up Stateside - D-link wireless- asdl router at 29$. ( dl 614+) - marvelleous machine - even get the net in the washroom. What more could I man want?
Jonathan

[eupa]

Originally Posted by Ian Austin

HI Jonathan
i have enquired about broadband, they will not put it in till at least 30% of the houses here ask for it and as most are old people with no computers i'm stuffed, we don't even have gas.

I will be moving at the end of the month, so i should get broadband at the new place and it's got gas.

Hi Ian,

Just kill the old dears off , re-populate with some refugees. ( then if they have been perscuted - the government will do anything for them -including
broadband ). I think two mags from an AK-47 will do it.

Jonathan

[eupa]

Originally Posted by Richard B

In that case, it's not a problem.
What I hate is being supplied with a device which the system identifies as a particular make or model, it's supplied with a driver disk for something different, and the outer case claims to be something altogether different. Then when you lose the driver disk and the system driver decides not to work, you wonder where to download the correct driver from....

Richard, the only advantgae that a usb connection has over a classic rs25 is that you don't need separtae power - I have a asdl modem coupled with a wireless router. You just plug it in and forget it.

Incidentlu see from your CV that you have the yam 200 hdpi. Happy with it?

Jonathan

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by eupa

...yam 200 hdpi. Happy with it?

Yup, 'tis good. Fingers crossed it hasn't missed a beat. The 2.6 litre engines (hpdi150 and 200) seem to be trouble free, unlike the 3.3 litre (hpdi 250 and 300) which can be troublesome.

[eupa]

Originally Posted by ashbypower

Thought boradband was the only way to connect to the interweb


Brian

Hell no Brian. 5 years ago everbody was at 56kps ( if lucky using a dial up moden)- and you blocked the line. But just to show you ( and how old I am) -when I first started in ad 1500 we connected at 360 KBS ( full duplex) - but then the internet did not exist. Codprawn remember Microlink ? and DOS ?, then came the BLF ( big leap forward ) to 1200 then 2400. This was the time
of the BBC computer ( anybody remember that?) and then the sinclair spectrum-- then the ql and the C5 ( he even beat citroen to the name -hope he registered it).

SO WHERE WILL BE IN 2010?

jonathan