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MCS

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

27 Oct 2005 at 11:02 - 1

But I don't know what to get so I'm wondering what you all use.

How much does it cost, how fast is it, is it reliable, and any links to a site of theirs is always nice.

Gustav Gloomp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Sydney, Australia

27 Oct 2005 at 11:04 - 2

what country r u from?

MCS

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

27 Oct 2005 at 11:06 - 3

USA West coast

Gustav Gloomp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Sydney, Australia

27 Oct 2005 at 11:07 - 4

ah k sorry then, cant help. i live in australia

HOXMAN

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

TN, USA

Amber Order [AMBR]

E/Me

27 Oct 2005 at 11:08 - 5

What Cable companies are present there?

MCS

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

27 Oct 2005 at 11:11 - 6

No clue but apparently not charter

.

Thats why I'm asking

, google is being crappy.

HOXMAN

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

TN, USA

Amber Order [AMBR]

E/Me

27 Oct 2005 at 11:14 - 7

do you have cable tv at your house?

MCS

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

27 Oct 2005 at 11:16 - 8

I had to slow my internet down on purpose when my mom got on to convince her that dialup sucks.

No I have no cable TV. I'm deprived child!

HOXMAN

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

TN, USA

Amber Order [AMBR]

E/Me

27 Oct 2005 at 11:40 - 9

have you seen any cable tv commercials lately? or what about your friends?

Old Dood

Middle-Age-Man

Join Date: May 2005

Lansing, Mi

W/Mo

27 Oct 2005 at 17:09 - 10

Why not just type in Google Reviews of ISPs. Let the internet do your research for you.

Kilane

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

Charleston, WV

Tribal Instincts

W/N

27 Oct 2005 at 19:01 - 11

The cost for decent cable access is within the $30-$40 range. Avoid "High Speed Dialup" as it won't help your GW speeds at all, only web pages. I've come to trust in the reliabilty of my own Charter access, but I live in a city of less then 50,000 people so you may have a different story in your area on that front.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

27 Oct 2005 at 19:10 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by MCS

I had to slow my internet down on purpose when my mom got on to convince her that dialup sucks.

No I have no cable TV. I'm deprived child!

you are in my area and you have Comcast cable.(i dont have cable)

i have SBC dsl and since i am less than 2000 feet from a fiber optic hard point i get over 300 KB/sec easy.

less than 40 a month on promotion.

150 KB/sec can be about 20/ month

site for some more info

http://www.broadbandreports.com/

EDIT

thats kilobytes/sec not megabytes/sec (boy do i wish)

Pharoke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Washington THE State(Not DC)

W/Mo

27 Oct 2005 at 21:14 - 13

I have Comcast Cable and I think it is about $50.00 a month. Can't remeber off the top of my head, as my wife pays all the bills. Here is a screenshot of a recent speed test from speakeasy.

MCS

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

28 Oct 2005 at 04:37 - 14

SBC Yahoo isn't available in Oregon. Man.... Oregon sucks.

Old Dood

Middle-Age-Man

Join Date: May 2005

Lansing, Mi

W/Mo

29 Oct 2005 at 01:00 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pharoke

I have Comcast Cable and I think it is about $50.00 a month. Can't remeber off the top of my head, as my wife pays all the bills. Here is a screenshot of a recent speed test from speakeasy.

That is decent speed. I have 6mbs too. Also if you are a new subscriber to Comcast you can get a deal. I got 6 months at $22.00/month....then $45.00 after that.

Killion

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

01 Nov 2005 at 11:32 - 16

6mbit connection should get you around 550 kb\s unless you're far away from the central.

Pharoke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Washington THE State(Not DC)

W/Mo

02 Nov 2005 at 02:01 - 17

Hey killion are you refering to my download or upload speed?

Charr Killer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

In a box on a street corner

Blazin Dragons [BD]

02 Nov 2005 at 02:09 - 18

OPTIMUM ONLINE: its on the move, its on the move, OPTIMUM ONLINE: its on the move, its on the move!

Divine Elemental

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Near Your House

I Used To Own [ IUTO ]

02 Nov 2005 at 04:12 - 19

Comcast High Speed Cable Internet

Ironsword

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Newport News Va

Unknown Warriors of Ascalon

W/R

02 Nov 2005 at 12:10 - 20

who's your local phone through if it's verizon chances are good that there's DSL available otherwise at the very least look into the god forsaken AOL they have DSL now although it's extremely expensive and AOL sucks

but for playing GW you don't need a fast connection I used to play it using my cellphone to connect through my laptop and i was still loading up faster than most others in my party I honestly don't notice a difference between my cell dialup and and DSL at home for gameplay

BTW the cellphone runs at about 14.4

Pharoke

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

Washington THE State(Not DC)

W/Mo

02 Nov 2005 at 18:17 - 21

The other thing to take into consideration when looking at DSL is you need to be within "x" feet of a junction and even if you are withing the proper feet spec of the junction the farther away from it you are the slower your signal becomes. I had a friend who was within 30 feet of the junction (the corner of his back yard) and another friend who was about 500 feet from the same junction and he could never attain the same speeds as the one 30 feet from it with a similar spec'd system.