Apropos of nothing: broadband
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From: Ian McCall on 22 May 2010 04:30 Work have given everyone MSDN access. I'm not an MS developer buy hey, free W7 fodder for VMware so I've just gone to fetch things down. This morning then, I've downloaded 2.5G of OS, 2G of applications and 2G of updates. Streaming internet radio too, which we now leave running all night to soothe the dogs - it's basically never off. I can remember downloading my first CD ISO over a modem - a Red Hat install. It took more than a day. I -love- broadband. Cheers, Ian
From: Jim on 22 May 2010 04:36 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > I can remember downloading my first CD ISO over a modem - a Red Hat > install. It took more than a day. I -love- broadband. I'm currently not a big fan of broadband. Back in February -something- happened to mine that caused my router to go from synching at 3800-ish to 2000-ish. I've tried new filters. I've tried different routers. I've tried plugging into the test socket for two weeks. Nada. Near as I can tell it coincided with me being put on the 21CN network, the 'up to 21Mbps' stuff. Bah. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Ian McCall on 22 May 2010 04:42 On 2010-05-22 09:36:30 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) said: > ...Near as I can tell it coincided with me being put on the 21CN network, > the 'up to 21Mbps' stuff. I'm on cable. I find it quite noticeable that my friend, who worked for an ADSL provider, chose cable for reliability reasons... Cheers, Ian
From: Jim on 22 May 2010 04:44 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > On 2010-05-22 09:36:30 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) said: > > > ...Near as I can tell it coincided with me being put on the 21CN network, > > the 'up to 21Mbps' stuff. > > > I'm on cable. I find it quite noticeable that my friend, who worked for > an ADSL provider, chose cable for reliability reasons... ADSL strikes me as still being more of a bodge job than anything else. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: T i m on 22 May 2010 05:01
On Sat, 22 May 2010 09:44:38 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > >> On 2010-05-22 09:36:30 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) said: >> >> > ...Near as I can tell it coincided with me being put on the 21CN network, >> > the 'up to 21Mbps' stuff. >> >> >> I'm on cable. I find it quite noticeable that my friend, who worked for >> an ADSL provider, chose cable for reliability reasons... > >ADSL strikes me as still being more of a bodge job than anything else. > Especially over corroding ally cables (like round here). ;-( Stats from my Fritz! router. Received this month: 107283MB VM Cable. ;-) T i m |