Survey

[Goodwatch]

This survey has nothing to do with watches or any of the other subjects. I live in the most heavily dense cabled country in world, at least 90% of us have cable TV and other services trough coax. I have what we call ‘triple play’; Internet access, VOIP telephony and TV over cable. Soon I’ll have digital TV access through a set top box ($3 p/m extra over regular TV, 100+ channels and still crap). Same with ADSL and ISDN. We lead the charts in broadband access in Europe. I’m very curious how all you folks access the Internet at home. Perhaps you could also mention if you have a PC a Mac or other computer?

[Launch Mini]

Cable at home, ADSL at the office.
PC's at both ends

[JJ Irani]

I'm sorry, I couldn't vote because I don't know what any of those terms mean. All I know is that I have Broadband and all I need to do is push a button on my computer box and the screen lights up after a few seconds.

Do I need anything more?

[C.J.]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

I'm sorry, I couldn't vote because I don't know what any of those terms mean. All I know is that I have Broadband and all I need to do is push a button on my computer box and the screen lights up after a few seconds.

Do I need anything more?

Yes, .................................................. ..................sheep therapy

[C.J.]

I have a cable modem for my computer at home and we use DSL at work. I was surprised to see the difference in speed between the two, cable does seem to be in a league of it's own. I have digital, as well. Three hundred channels and I only watch three or four of them. Seems like they will put anything on TV just to fill the channels up. Next thing you know, they'll have a channel for watching grass grow















Don't get excited, Fransie. I don't mean that kind of grass

[Goodwatch]

Originally Posted by C.J.

I have a cable modem for my computer at home and we use DSL at work. I was surprised to see the difference in speed between the two, cable does seem to be in a league of it's own. I have digital, as well. Three hundred channels and I only watch three or four of them. Seems like they will put anything on TV just to fill the channels up. Next thing you know, they'll have a channel for watching grass grow

Don't get excited, Fransie. I don't mean that kind of grass

So, do you have:

• The fireplace channel? For those cold evenings.... (Yes viewers, flip through the channels to choose any of the 10 fireplace designs!!!)

• The ocean channel? Watch those waves all day!

• 120 weather channels?

What am I doing, I'm hijacking my own thread

[C.J.]

Originally Posted by Goodwatch

So, do you have:

• The fireplace channel? For those cold evenings.... (Yes viewers, flip through the channels to choose any of the 10 fireplace designs!!!)

• The ocean channel? Watch those waves all day!

• 120 weather channels?

What am I doing, I'm hijacking my own thread

What a hijacker But I don't think it counts since it's your thread
Believe it or not, we do have a fireplace channel It's channel 163 and called the comfortable living channel there are no options, though. Just a friggen fire on the TV screen from around 8:00pm to 11:30pm And no less than eight weather channel, who mind you, are never ever accurate

[padi56]

ADSL 2mbps but soon will be on 8mps but even that I live about half a mile from exchange. Expecting speeds to be around 6-7mbps with overheads.

[Goodwatch]

Originally Posted by padi56

ADSL 2mbps but soon will be on 8mps but even that I live about half a mile from exchange. Expecting speeds to be around 6-7mbps with overheads.

I'm on 8 Mbps. cable now, soon to be 20 Mbps. for only 2 Euro per month more. Actually, you only get these speeds at 03:12 AM Upstream will be 2 Mbps. I want to run my own webserver so that upstream speed is very welcome. All these speeds are overbooked at least 20:1. The telco's figure that only 5% of their subscribers are online in the same segment at the same time, needing that speed. Last week I had 2 Mbps. up and down 1:1 installed at my workplace. This is SDSL and relatively expensive but you always get this speed, guaranteed.

[padi56]

They are having tests in my area, think when they switch over to 8Mbps the upstream will be about 750Kbs.I pay now £25 per month uncapped and it will be the same, when they go to 8Mbps.But then they are talking about a bringing in a 50gig cap per user month.

Just done a test results without overheads,speeds are constant,and very good for a 2Mbps line
Do not use your connection until the test has finished.

>>> Speed: 1936 kbps (down), 250 kbps (up) <<<
Test complete.
Loading results page...

[Islander]

ADSL at both homes; like Padi, just going to 8 megs (from present 2.2 Mbs) plus very high speed WAN connection at work (and an MoD/NSA-approved secure link between work and home networks).

Also ethernet and wireless routers in the house(s)... when the family is all together there's quite a few computers! - and at least one geek (not me of course!)

All pcs; some Windows, some Linux.

[mailman]

High speed cable modem baby. BTW, Frans, in response to your other question, I have a PC.

ADSL at up to 3 mbps. I could upgrade to 5 mbps, but I am fine with what I have for now.

[Rockrolex]

I have plain ol' garden variety DSL with a wireless router so I can connect two desktop PCs and a notebook PC at home. At the office we have a T1/T3 connection. I used to use a laptop PC for my office machine, but since I got my Fujitsu 7010 notebook, I switched to a desktop in the office.

I know the T1 line is faster than DSL, but not sufficiently faster to make me spend more money on a faster connection.

As for DSL v. cable, I wouln't use cable because it is much more prone to downtime than DSL.

ADSL at home and a T2 at work. But I hardly use my PC at home.

[rolexchick]

ADSL

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by rolexchick

ADSL

Errr...what does A D S L stand for?

[Islander]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Errr...what does A D S L stand for?

The Queen's Christmas speech and the National Anthem, of course JJ!

[Earl]

Cable modem on a 10/100/1000 switched LAN at home

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Islander

The Queen's Christmas speech and the National Anthem, of course JJ!

Nick, you too? And I distinctly remember putting you on the list of guys who would NEVER make it into that tosser list of mine!!

On a more serious note, however, would someone explain what all those terms mean. Sorry, but my computer knowledge in technical terms is virtually ZERO.

Thanks - JJ

[Islander]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Nick, you too? And I distinctly remember putting you on the list of guys who would NEVER make it into that tosser list of mine!!

On a more serious note, however, would someone explain what all those terms mean. Sorry, but my computer knowledge in technical terms is virtually ZERO.

Thanks - JJ

I'm on my way to greater things

On your more serious note: there's loads of stuff about ADSL on a Google search, but a simple one-liner (alright - two liner!) would be that: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a clever modem technology that allows high speed data to be sent two ways down standard telephone wires. It is asymmetric, in that the amount of data sent from your computer is generally less than the amount sent from the web to your computer (all those pretty pictures and TRF frames!) so it doesn't have to give 2x the max data performance.

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Islander

I'm on my way to greater things

On your more serious note: there's loads of stuff about ADSL on a Google search, but a simple one-liner (alright - two liner!) would be that: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a clever modem technology that allows high speed data to be sent two ways down standard telephone wires. It is asymmetric, in that the amount of data sent from your computer is generally less than the amount sent from the web to your computer (all those pretty pictures and TRF frames!) so it doesn't have to give 2x the max data performance.

While I thank you for your explanation, most of that went flying over my bald dome!!

Okay, let's put it this way...I do have Broadband which means my phone lines are free while I'm on the internet. So what kind of system do I have? And how do I find out from my computer what the heck I'm hooked up to?

[Islander]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

While I thank you for your explanation, most of that went flying over my bald dome!!

Okay, let's put it this way...I do have Broadband which means my phone lines are free while I'm on the internet. So what kind of system do I have? And how do I find out from my computer what the heck I'm hooked up to?

What does it say on the box of electronics that sits between your computer and the "line in" socket on the wall? (not the mains input ). Mine says as an example "Netgear ADSL modem". A cable connection box would presumably say ".....Cable modem". Both would be broadband and allow simultaneous phone and internet use. One relies on standard wire phone lines (set in the road or overhead), the other uses fibre optic cable in the road.

[Earl]

JJ does it hook up to and run over your telephone line (ADSL) or is it attached to the cable coming into your home for the TV (cable) or do you sit there and listen to the the great music (of dial-up) as your computer is connecting?

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Islander

What does it say on the box of electronics that sits between your computer and the "line in" socket on the wall? (not the mains input ). Mine says as an example "Netgear ADSL modem". A cable connection box would presumably say ".....Cable modem". Both would be broadband and allow simultaneous phone and internet use. One relies on standard wire phone lines (set in the road or overhead), the other uses fibre optic cable in the road.

Okay Nick...hang on a minute while I check the small modem box.

Yes, yes, there is a small green light with the words ADSL printed there, and another green light saying USB. Both of these have the words LINK/ACT under them (whatever the hell that means!)

So am I with ADSL?

[padi56]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

While I thank you for your explanation, most of that went flying over my bald dome!!

Okay, let's put it this way...I do have Broadband which means my phone lines are free while I'm on the internet. So what kind of system do I have? And how do I find out from my computer what the heck I'm hooked up to?

Just hover your mouse over the two little TVs in your bottom task bar to see your connection speed.example,512Mbps, 1.1Mbps 2-2 Mbps and so on.

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by padi56

Just hover your mouse over the two little TVs in your bottom task bar to see your connection speed.example,512Mbps, 1.1Mbps 2-2 Mbps and so on.

What task bar? There's nothing at the bottom except a blue strip!!

[Islander]

Originally Posted by padi56

Just hover your mouse over the two little TVs in your bottom task bar to see your connection speed.example,512Mbps, 1.1Mbps 2-2 Mbps and so on.

Mine doesn't have that, because my modem is an "always on" wireless router and I connect on the LAN side via ethernet... I miss my little screens!

(Before anyone says, the wireless bit is for other computers: I dont have ethernet and wireless to the same machine :-))

[Islander]

Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Okay Nick...hang on a minute while I check the small modem box.

Yes, yes, there is a small green light with the words ADSL printed there, and another green light saying USB. Both of these have the words LINK/ACT under them (whatever the hell that means!)

So am I with ADSL?

Looks like you have ADSL. LINK/ACT is presumably "link activity"

[JJ Irani]

Originally Posted by Islander

Looks like you have ADSL. LINK/ACT is presumably "link activity"

Thanks, Nick.

One more thing....there are two options for ADSL....also one ADSL fast link in that survey above. How do I know which one I have?

Thanks again!!