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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Wed Sep 14th at 5:50pm 2005

That's not a problem Underdog, Windows 98 has been, less mature than he used to act.l

Until later...


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Posted by Windows 98 on Wed Sep 14th at 10:14pm 2005

Or, i just made a picture and someone had dia up and everyone flipped out.

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Posted by Underdog on Wed Sep 14th at 10:19pm 2005

Somehow I doubt that I am the only 56k user present. Be that as it may, we both now know exactly where we stand on the subject.


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Posted by Crono on Wed Sep 14th at 10:23pm 2005

Actually, Windows, it's not just for 56K users. It's also to use the least amount of bandwidth off the server as possible. It already gets loads of traffic as it is. Adding something like that doesn't help and is a little above negligible.


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Posted by Windows 98 on Thu Sep 15th at 1:26am 2005

how do you play HL2 or a mod of it on a 56k?



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Posted by Crono on Thu Sep 15th at 1:33am 2005

You tend not to play online and you use the offline feature for steam.

Chances are, if you had a 56K you probably didn't do much online gaming anyway.

On a side note, I just got a notice in the mail that my neighborhood is wired for fiber optics! Woohoo! Cheaper then cable, almost 5 times as fast, I'm in!


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Posted by Underdog on Thu Sep 15th at 12:02pm 2005

? quoting Crono

On a side note, I just got a notice in the mail that my neighborhood is wired for fiber optics! Woohoo! Cheaper then cable, almost 5 times as fast, I'm in!

It is my understanding that its not the lack of fiber optics any longer. Its the lack of hubs that support DSL. A customer must be within 24,000 feet to be able to have DSL in their homes. Given the cost of installing the hubs, (I am assuming here cause there are so few available) it would take ages for the phone companies to recoup their investments. My last home had fiber optics 3 years before DSL became available to me. So, although I believe you will get your wish, its not a sure thing because the phone lines now support it in your location.

Good luck, I miss my DSL.




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Posted by wil5on on Thu Sep 15th at 12:11pm 2005

Fiber optics and DSL are separate technologies as far as I know. You connect to the optic line directly, DSL uses unused frequencies on the phone line.

There are a couple of reasons you cant get DSL. It could be that your phone interchange doesnt have a DSL hub, or the phone lines in your area cant handle it. I know older lines just dont have the signal/noise ratio you need at DSL frequencies, and in some areas (here at least) they cheaped out on the lines before DSL was available, apparently they split the same line between 2 houses (pair splitting... something with pair in it) and those lines dont support DSL.




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Posted by Underdog on Thu Sep 15th at 12:19pm 2005

You are probably correct Wilson, but my comment stands. Its not the lack of optics, its the shortage of hubs. As I said, optics were in front of my home 3 years before I was granted DSL.

You comment sounds more plausible than mine if thats any conciliation.




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Posted by Crono on Thu Sep 15th at 7:39pm 2005

Wilson is right.

We've had fiber optics for awhile, just not as Internet service. They used it for digital phones ... waste of the line, to be honest.

As for having it before DSL ... no. Not here. There's no problems with DSL hubs. In all actuality, the most common reason to not have DSL available is that the phone company that owns the lines is not offering it.

But, optics is faster so ... what does it matter? If there aren't DSL hubs? I mean, the connection I have now is faster then local DSL.

The only reason the Optic will be cheaper though, is because Comcast, our cable company, are Nazis. They want you to pay $55 for a basic connection ($60-65 if you don't have cable TV too) that is about a 4-6 Mbps connection. If you pay $90 a month, it'll be uncapped. Which is a rip off, since they have way too many people on their network as it is.

I'd like to switch to something that can handle more.


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Posted by Hench on Fri Sep 16th at 10:44am 2005

lol

anyway my problem is fixed now .. i didnt see the add new map button, dunno why but now its back , dunno why either <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

maybe it was a IE problem or something and it had nothing to do with the site so xcuse me for the somewhat unfriendly first post , i love you all XXXXXXXX

hughs, Henchie

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