[POLL] Whats your connection Speed???

[mol]

Ok...POLL...please help me out and answer it...

[Mairwen]

While I have a 56K modem, I usually connect only at 24.4 ~ on a good day. Now, very occasionally I can connect at 28.8 ~ but I think that's a fluke in the wiring. LOL! :D

[Lady Tana]

i have a 56k also... but im on a bad area for the phone lines... on a good day (today) i can connect at 26,4... bah

[mol]

*bump*

[Wildwood]

I use the university ethernet system.
I don't know what speed it is but I think it is pretty fast
because it doesn't really get interference from heavy
line use.

Wildwood

[Ayla]

I come on while I'm at work and we have a permanent huge pipex connection to the web, I'm *always* online - no modem.
But, when I get home, I'm on a standard 56k modem.

Any help?
Love & Hugs,
http://ayla.brinkster.net/ayla/images/signatureT.gif

[Niamh]

I'm on cable at home and at T1 at work! When I go to use a computer with a 56K or less, I get frustrated. It drives me nuts that some aspect(s) of my life are controlled by the computer! Argh!

[Wyrdsister]

If anyone is connected at work, chances are you have at least an ISDN connection or a shared T1. Universities tend to have at least a T1.

This tidbit of nerdy information brought to you by the techno-geek,

Wyrdsister

*pushes taped glasses up on nose*

[mol]

Originally posted by Wyrdsister

This tidbit of nerdy information brought to you by the techno-geek,

Wyrdsister

*pushes taped glasses up on nose*



Nerd.

;)

[Wyrdsister]

Originally posted by mol


Nerd.

;)

And proud of it! Nerds are kewl... 8-)

Wyrd-o

[Armitage]

Absolutely nothing wrong with a little geek-dom.
I'm on at school now, on a T-1, at home I'll be on 56k til I get cable in a week. Yay for cable!

[Niamh]

I just have to agree with two things.
#1 - Yay for cable!
and #2 - yay for geek-dom!

[folkwitch]

56k. usually get on at about 4800

[Shatav]

My home connection's a 56k, but since I rarely am here while I'm at home, but I'm here at work, I put in T1, which is what the shop runs off. :)

[pattyann]

Here at home I have 56K.& connect at 28,800. In a week will have digital satilite (wireless) don't know if it will be better, have been told may be slower <grrrr> Hope not
patty

[Red Dragon]

Running a Pentium III 256K 128 mb w 20gb ultra ata hard drive 7200 rpm. ASDL with a Downstream Rate of 1536 kbps, and an Upstream Rate 416 kbps. I have no idea what all this is, but it was on my computers invoice. hee, Hee ;)

[Niamh]

It means your computer is Super Man as far as connections go! ;)

[Polaris]

MM
my computer i think is a56k but it might be a 28.8 i think it is 56k cos we just got a new modem and i might be remembering the old one. my computer is soo full of junk it is like a 28.8k anyway!!!!
MP
polaris

[Earth Walker]

56k Modem

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

I have a 56k modem....but my connection speed is usally right around 49.3 unless the net is really bogged down, then I connect around 48.8 ....which seems SO SLOW!! ;)

~Dagda

[Swanspirit]

with a 56k modem for the laptop that usually runs somewhere in the vicinity of about
48..........
why do want to know?? AND where is the ART CONTEST ??? hmmmmmmmmmmmm????
HUGS
Swannie

[Rævyn Cigány]

DSL but because I only have a piddly 233 Pentium, it's still to F***ING SLOW!!!!

:razz:

BB

Rae )0(

[Rævyn Cigány]

Originally posted by Red Dragon
Running a Pentium III 256K 128 mb w 20gb ultra ata hard drive 7200 rpm. ASDL with a Downstream Rate of 1536 kbps, and an Upstream Rate 416 kbps. I have no idea what all this is, but it was on my computers invoice. hee, Hee ;)

LOL! D'ya think you could be more specific, Red???

:lol: :wave:

BB

Rae )0(

[Lilu]

Oy!!! I live in the internet VOID I swear!!!

Well, ok, so it's not THAT bad, I have internet...

I have 56K modem, and a dial-up connection = but with how crappy the phone lines are around here, I'm lucky to get on at 24K sometimes... I average about a 26K connection speed.

Lilu

[Myst]

Cable fired through an SMC Barricade switch/firewall - weeeeee! :)

Also a 56k dialup in the laptop just in case of emergency ;)

[Swanspirit]

Willow you are as BAD AS me LOL.............
cause they SAY cable never goes down but we know better dont we LOL
Love and Light
Swannie

[Myst]

Kind of funny Swan, being as my cable tv and internet was just down. Just for a minute or two, but even so... :)

[Swanspirit]

LOL thank you for giving me something to laugh about .........
HUGS
Swannie

[Dria El]

<sigh>

It says 56k... but msn (lowercase intended :mad: ) generally only gives me 26,400. :rolleyes: Once in awhile I get 'lucky' and get 37,000. :eek: Lucky me! :(

[Astraea]

56K while here in Oz, cable hookup at my home in the States.

[MammaStar]

:confused: all i know is i click the button thingy and here i am!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[clef0628]

I have a 56k a home here, which is connect at 42667 now, witch is good. But, when I'm at work, I'm using a T1 line. Just don't tell my boss ;)

[cydira]

On campus- i'm on the LAN and we're using a T1, if I remember correctly.

Off campus... I have no idea other then it's really slow and the phone lines... well... they say we're lucky we even have working phones where I live. Don't ya love the phone company?

<grrr>

[EasternPriest]

Question:

I have a 56k modem, but it runs at either 24,000 or 26,400.

I know that there are two pair of twisted wires in the phone line. If the phone company has only hooked up one pair, would that limit speeds. Do all 4 wires have to hooked up to get 56k?

[Autumn Gemini]

My poor old computer is a $50 garage sale find.......only a Pentium 1. I normally connect at 24,000 or 26,400. :o: :thumbsup: Hey, I'm just happy to HAVE a computer that will let me have my AOL. I've just learned not to expect much out of it and be happy it works at all. My sound card is fried so all my cool wavs I have I can't even here....lol. sigh One day..........:bubbles: :cutie:

[Laiste]

Originally posted by Swanspirit
Willow you are as BAD AS me LOL.............
cause they SAY cable never goes down but we know better dont we LOL
Love and Light
Swannie

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
ooohhhh noooo!!! I have cable and if it ever... I don't even want to say it out loud. Goddess forbid!!!:wah: :wah: :wah: :rotfl:

[threenorns]

my modem is a 56K -- but my connection is normally 50,666 or 52,000.

unfortunately, it's an HSP modem (read "cheap-ass piece of winmodem crap"), and i've had to throttle the speed down to 46,666 in order to keep my connection from locking up. =(


i've been looking over some of these speeds: they are, quite frankly, WAY too low, some of them. give me a buzz and i'll see if i can help you tweak better performance out of them.

[threenorns]

Originally posted by EasternPriest
Question:

I have a 56k modem, but it runs at either 24,000 or 26,400.

I know that there are two pair of twisted wires in the phone line. If the phone company has only hooked up one pair, would that limit speeds. Do all 4 wires have to hooked up to get 56k?


no: only two wires need to be hooked up. the second pair is for... i dunno. but i only hooked up two wires on mine, as well (yes, i wire my own jacks, lol!)

if there was a functional problem with the phone line, you'd be experiencing frequent disconnects, problems initiating a connection, and high rates of packet loss or data corruption.

your speed indicates that there is a problem with a) the drivers you're using; b) the protocols you're using; or c) the type of modem. if you have a Kflex modem and your ISP is using v90 protocols, then your connection speed would suck.

you might also want to check your modem's settings and make sure the maximum transmit speed isn't set to something silly like 4800 (generally the default).

feel free to drop me a line! =)

[threenorns]

Originally posted by Lady Tana
i have a 56k also... but im on a bad area for the phone lines... on a good day (today) i can connect at 26,4... bah


i don't get it: i live forty miles past Butt-^#$%, Nowhere and my connection speeds ROCK -- i've had to throttle my modem back because the CPU couldn't handle it with the image editing, webdesigning, television-watching, and downloading i tend to try doing simultaneously (with varying degrees of success)!

the phone lines here are the old copper ones originally installed 50 years ago.

we got digital routers four years ago.

we got touch-tone service three years ago.

they took out the party lines last year.

now, who's got lousy phone lines?

[Emy]

I got DSL and it is pretty nice, not as nice as a 100MBit line of my own would be (which we might get oneday), but it'll do for now ;)
:D

[slvr_phoenix]

At home I'm using a 56K modem that because of bad phone lines only connects at 26.4K.

At work I'm using a shared DSL line. As you can imagine, when shared with a million other people (okay, so that's an exaggeration, but sometimes it really feels that way) sometimes I wish I had a modem at work because it would be a drastic improvement in connection speed.

[amberlaine]

LOL Mystique--where the hell did you find this ancient ass post?

We've got all 4 computers on cable--both the desktops and both the laptops (though the laptops are on wireless network so they're a little slower than the desktops). I'm thinking I"m going to get another router and put my laptop on the same network as the desktops though...I"m spoiled, what can i say? I LIKE SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!

[mol]

Originally posted by amberlaine
LOL Mystique--where the hell did you find this ancient ass post?

We've got all 4 computers on cable--both the desktops and both the laptops (though the laptops are on wireless network so they're a little slower than the desktops). I'm thinking I"m going to get another router and put my laptop on the same network as the desktops though...I"m spoiled, what can i say? I LIKE SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!

Speed kills.