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johnnymk
08-16-2002, 01:07 PM
On Wednesday, my phone line started developing severe static. I would call people and they could just barely hear me talking. Sometimes I couldn't even get a dial tone.
And the Internet connection. Forget it! I have an icon on my desktop to check my connection speed. Many times I was connecting at 9K. I kept getting booted off, too. It took about fifteen minutes to receive 20 EMails in Outlook Express. And I couldn't connect to any web sites at all.
A Verizon service rep was out a few hours ago and got the outside line fixed. I never thought that I would appreciate dial-up service the way I do now.
DoPeY5007
08-16-2002, 01:11 PM
:eek: 56k is fast? :hmm: have ya ever touched DSL or cable?
Hiro
08-16-2002, 01:16 PM
Originally posted by DoPeY5007
:eek: 56k is fast? :hmm: have ya ever touched DSL or cable?
heh, i used to dream about ISDN until I got DSL. :)
johnnymk
08-16-2002, 01:19 PM
We had fast service at work. But for the few sites I visit while at home and the few downloads I make, it's really not worth the extra money.
hang10wannabe
08-16-2002, 01:47 PM
aol dsl is fast in some aspects... but when it comes to games... hell might as well be 56k:D
Cantacuzene
08-16-2002, 02:18 PM
Originally posted by hang10wannabe
aol dsl is fast in some aspects... but when it comes to games... hell might as well be 56k:D

What do you connect at?
hang10wannabe
08-16-2002, 06:39 PM
Originally posted by Cantacuzene


What do you connect at?

well it connects at when i check my bandwith like 632 kb/sec... but my ping sucks major ballz b/c my connection is being routed from pasadena ... all the way up north to washington state and then back to me... aohell is an understatment :angry: