If you had DSL or cable modem, what would you do?

[Deja Q]

Well?

[EstimatedProphet]

1. I do, and I do

Except Kazaa. I don't feel like paying for it and the free version is choked with spyware.

[MrSlayer]

8. Get Kazaa Lite.

No spyware on there.

http://www.k-lite.tk/

[Lostmessage]

2. Can I make a suggestion

If they ask you to take out a bundled package rethink it before you do.

If you fall behind on your bill all three of them go off which means no telephone, cable or Internet service.

[Deja Q]

4. Oh crud...

I signed up for Qwest DSL ($26.99) and switched back to their phone service (ultimately $1 more per month than my previous phone carrier.) I might have been able to get Qwest DSL for $31.99.

As it stands, if I lose my job (despite an approved budget, the (incompetent) department head - who'd given out a lot of promotions several months ago - still wants to lay a bunch of people off and bring in more project managers for some reason) I'll lose pretty much everything anyway. So I wouldn't care if it all gets shut down.

[Lostmessage]

7. I had some medical bills to pay for

I couldn't pay my bill one month and the cut all three of them off. I made a deal with them and I don't have a phone.

I have a cell phone but I don't have a home phone.

The bill was going $180.00 per month with taxes, etc.

[Democrats unite]

3. I have a cable modem and will never go back to dial-up!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Other

Download Linux ISOs and experiment new distros ad infinitum.

[Deja Q]

6. Good point!

I need no longer be a slave to SuSE!! :D :cry:

[Xithras]

9. I'd cry!

At work I connect via 45Mbit fiber. At home I connect through 11Mbit wireless to work, and piggyback on their connection.

Broadband would be a HUGE step down :cry:

[Deja Q]

10. Ever try 56k?

:evilgrin:

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm rather envious of you right now. :D

[Don_G]

11. Maybe Get XP Updates In Hours Instead Of Days

That and maybe burn a few Cubs baseball games to my DVD burner while I'm at work.

[Lostmessage]

12. DSL is the best

You turn your computer on and you are online.

[Don_G]

13. Or Never Sign Off?

At $30 a month, I think I can afford a LCD/CATV/Notebook with unlimited world-wide access.

Besides, I have a good Shortwave Reciever that provides back-up for independant news outside of the opinions and control of the FCC.

[Lostmessage]

15. That's a better Idea

:evilgrin:

[scottcsmith]

14. Comcast...

...just doubled my cable modem bandwidth! Woo hoo! Now I can get porn twice as fast!

[Deja Q]

17. How much are you paying?

I looked up their services and, for me, I'd be shellin' out a whopping $78/month after adding all the fees they told me upfront (how about those they never tell you until after the first bill arrives?), and that's because I'm an existing customer, don't they luv me?

Now I live an in apartment... Cable modems are not based by individual account but by groupings of people. All my apartment renters would access the same segment. Other people in the townhomes across the street might just be a part of the same segment too, as would the people in the apartment complex next door. :scared: Or the other apartment building 100 feet across the street, potentially... Now if they're all playing games or downloading porn or whatever, that takes away from everybody's total speed. Not that it would happen, but it can. Also makes it easier to hack into their computers as well, unless comcast puts in a firewall to make other computers rudimentarily inaccessible in "Network Neighborhood". :evilgrin: I wouldn't do that though, that's illegal and some people are smart enough to have firewalls (either software-based, hardware-based, or both like me.)

I'm hoping I'm adequately close to the DSL hub (within 3 miles being the range as I recall) so I can get all that juicy speed, but they say I am in range...

[Nikia]

16. We have cable modem

What sucks is that we have cable television also. We rarely watch television anymore. That's what's available here though.

[ConcernedCanuk]

18. Stick with dial-up here - it's more secure

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I know, it's not REALLY more secure,

but so slow that most "hackers" won't bother with dial-up cuz it's too slow to be bothered with

seperate line with long-distance blocking, so dialers and phone availablity are non-issues.

any major download, just start b4 I go to bed

BUT

I do miss out on some of the DU threads that get too long for my patience

Oh well !

[Zech Marquis]

19. I have DSL now

and it's soooooooooo good! Especially with Xbox Live, I love it :D