Bandwidth vs. Broadband?

[papastebu]

I have just gotten access to dial-up in my area. Judging from the votes at the top of the page, I am the only one. It's O.K., I guess, because we all know that there can be only one.
I hate dial-up. Most recently because I wanted to see the cool setup for Truth Seeker's "Heroes" thread, the other day. After some 35 minutes of waiting for page 1 to load, I gave up and waited, instead, for the 41st post, so I could attempt to join in on the convo. At least we have an affordable alternative to satellite.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I hate dial-up. Most recently because I wanted to see the cool setup for Truth Seeker's "Heroes" thread, the other day. After some 35 minutes of waiting for page 1 to load, I gave up and waited, instead, for the 41st post, so I could attempt to join in on the convo. At least we have an affordable alternative to satellite.

Why don't you go for it?

 

[Ranger REG]

Why don't you go for it?

No one's offering a $20 broadband plan in my area (and I don't mean the limited-time promotional price offer).

 

[Bront]

At work (where I make most of my posts) I have high-speed cable broadband. At home I currently have dial-up. We will probably change to broadband at home in the next couple of months. Even still it won't be anywhere near as fast as the connection at work.

Olaf the Stout

I usually find that my connection at work is slower than my cable modem at home, since I'm not sharing it with 100,000+ users.

 

[Piratecat]

Like Bront, my connection at home is faster than my connection at work; I work in a video game company, but that's thirty other people all trying to simultaneously access high-def game videos every time I'm trying to download anything. Or so it seems.

We don't have cable TV, but we do have a cable modem! I tried using dial-up when I was last at my Mom's in Vermont, and it started to make me twitch. How I survived the days of 14.4 baud modems I have no idea.

 

[LightPhoenix]

We don't have cable TV, but we do have a cable modem! I tried using dial-up when I was last at my Mom's in Vermont, and it started to make me twitch. How I survived the days of 14.4 baud modems I have no idea.

Leaving stuff to download overnight.

I have Roadrunner, but I also use SU's T3 (I think) line when I'm on campus.

I do have to take issue with the title of the thread. Bandwidth is (basically) a measure of total speed, and isn't indicative of any particular range of internet access. Broadband is, IMO, kind of a misnomer - broadband/narrowband is like above/below - they're relative terms.

If I'm on a T1 line with a million other people, I have a more broadband access than dial-up, but probably have less bandwidth available.

I'm done being a total PITA geek now.

 

[drothgery]

Cable modem @ home (for the last seven years); T1 @ work. And even though I don't visit my parents often (them being on the other side of the country), I'm very glad they got broadband...

 

[Nonlethal Force]

We don't have cable TV, but we do have a cable modem!

We don't have cable TV either, but we do have a cable modem. I love my cable modem. I also love my satelite TV. The ability to make my TV guide channel go where I want it to rocks. You know, as opposed to the forced scroll of cable TV's TV guide channel that now makes me twitch!

Anyway, we have a cable modem, and our company offers 2 packages. There's the fast and the slow variety. Even the slow variety is way faster than dial-up, because that's what we have! [Granted, I also live in a county with more deer than people ... so it isn't like I have a ton of competition for bandwidth or anything. bless rural PA and its "more deer than people" counties!

 

[Bront]

We don't have cable TV either, but we do have a cable modem. I love my cable modem. I also love my satelite TV. The ability to make my TV guide channel go where I want it to rocks. You know, as opposed to the forced scroll of cable TV's TV guide channel that now makes me twitch!

Digital cable has had that for years... (not that I have it mind you)

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Huh. Never heard of digital cable. I've never lived in a place that pushed it, probably. I've only heard of normal cable.