denslexusgx470 Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 i've been searching around for a good DSL/Broadband company, and I duno which company performs good. I'm really *BLEEP*ed off with my AOL dial-up (yea yea i knoe it's dial-up but it did pretty good until last week) and am thinking of switching to Comcast Broadband. Is it a good company?? :whistles: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted October 10, 2004 Author Share Posted October 10, 2004 wow, i know this is off subject, but the new features now censor some words??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMF Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 yeah, comcast is pretty good, at least in our tristate area, they provide cable service that is very reliable and speed is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted October 11, 2004 Author Share Posted October 11, 2004 yeah, heard from some of my bros that it is a good company. I'm going to sign up with comcast this week. thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 i don;t like cable as it is info being sent from your house and to all your neibours on the same line I find it more secure to use dsl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMF Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 only old cable systems did that, cable service that they provide these days dont have this problem, it is completely safe and much faster then the dsl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 How is it doesn;t go to every other neibours house if it is on cable. Since the basis of cable is the one cable to multiple users. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMF Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 the hardware that they use now does not let you see other users, it doenst even let you sniff other ppls packets. eg back in the days, you can set your network card in the mode that it will receive all the packets on the network and you will be able to get every1s data, now you cant do that with ur cable. you are gettin only your own packets no matter how you set your network card. i tried already:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobieG Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 I've had PacBell DSL (now SBC) since it's been available in SoCal - about 5 years now. It's never failed me. In fact, every year it keeps getting better and better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMF Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 it used to be that every connected to the same cable in the building, now there are splitters and terminators and cable uses star topology that comes out from the hardware that sits on the end of the backbone. it is as safe as DSL and it is much faster than DSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvermate Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 i have comcast cable modem........works great, and very fast i have a T3 at work though, lightning fast B) dial up just isn't worth messing with anymore :whistles: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 hey guyz, i'm having Comcast Cable TV (using Dish right now) and Broadband internet installed one of these days. thanx for the input guyz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amf1932 Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 i don;t like cable as it is info being sent from your house and to all your neibours on the same lineI find it more secure to use dsl ← I'd like to mention that I used a Verizon DSL connection for many years. During that time I had a lot of outages and speed slowdowns. The very best I could do speedwise was about 700kbps down and 90kbps up. I finally switched to a cable connection(Optimum Online) about 6 month ago, and during that time I had 1 outage that lasted less then an hour. This is a screen capture that shows the type of speeds I'm getting, day or night. I think you'll have to agree that it blows DSL away. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexls Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Man this thread is certainly misleading. It says wireless internet company but you're all talking about wired services. Here's the new wave of internet service, it's called WiMax. My father works one of the leading companies developing this new technology, http://www.nextnetwireless.com/, it's broadband wireless internet service. They are bringing internet service to people all over the world. This is very cool technology, true wireless internet service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 Man this thread is certainly misleading. It says wireless internet company but you're all talking about wired services.Here's the new wave of internet service, it's called WiMax. My father works one of the leading companies developing this new technology, http://www.nextnetwireless.com/, it's broadband wireless internet service. They are bringing internet service to people all over the world. This is very cool technology, true wireless internet service. ← thanx, but i think that service is unavailable to the Fresno, California , 559 area though.. <_< <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexls Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Yeah, Nextnet WiMax is very new technology and so it's probably not available in most areas of the USA...yet. I think they have deployments in Minnesota, Iowa, and Arizona...I think. I'm just giving you guys a heads up for this new technology because I think it's going to be great for many people. Having wireless internet service can bring the internet to people who otherwise could not get service. The main problem in the US is that there are tons of frequency spectrum restrictions or something like that...since there are so many restrictions it takes longer to get these things going. Anyway, I can't talk about it too much more, I just want people to know it exists and will hopefully be an option throughout the USA in the very near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted October 26, 2004 Author Share Posted October 26, 2004 oh man, already having problems just REGISTERING my new comcast broadband internet! :chairshot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKRC-2003 Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Am using Time Warner Road Runner (Fiber optic) cable service and am very pleased. DSL is OK as long as you are close to the CO. otherwise it is not worth the trouble. was a beta tester with cable back in the days when you could see all of your neighbors' computers on the same line Oddly enough, all the wi-Fi networks that are out now these days...most everyone runs them unencrypted and broacasting their SSID's...I can see (and connect) to over 6 home networks from the second floor of my house right now....makes me wonder how many people have WI-FI cards that are borrowing internet services from their neighbors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 Am using Time Warner Road Runner (Fiber optic) cable service and am very pleased. DSL is OK as long as you are close to the CO. otherwise it is not worth the trouble. was a beta tester with cable back in the days when you could see all of your neighbors' computers on the same line Oddly enough, all the wi-Fi networks that are out now these days...most everyone runs them unencrypted and broacasting their SSID's...I can see (and connect) to over 6 home networks from the second floor of my house right now....makes me wonder how many people have WI-FI cards that are borrowing internet services from their neighbors... ← doesn't that depend if ur neighbor's router is capable of a far distance, right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKRC-2003 Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Yes, to a certain extent...also the position of the router and how much interference between the antenna and your receiver. I live on a cul-de-sac on a oddly shaped lot that has 6 other lots touching mine. All of the houses around me (on the cul-de-sac) have windows facing my house at some point. I would be willing to bet that most of my neighbors have their routers upstairs and near windows, hence the ability to pick up their signals so easily... I can only imagine how crazy this must be in an apartment complex full of college students... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denslexusgx470 Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 I can only imagine how crazy this must be in an apartment complex full of college students... ← well, that will be good for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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