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[Soldier4Christ]

I thought the ISP that I have been using was pretty fast. It was a 4 Meg connection with 384K maximum download speed. They just upgraded without charging any more for it. I now have a 10 Meg connection with a maximum of 1Meg download speed. Downloading files is now as fast as getting a web page used to be. I can't keep up with my computer for sure now. I would sure be at a loss if I had to go back to a dial-up and I feel for those that must still use a dial-up.

[Shammu]

I thought the ISP that I have been using was pretty fast. It was a 4 Meg connection with 384K maximum download speed. They just upgraded without charging any more for it. I now have a 10 Meg connection with a maximum of 1Meg download speed. Downloading files is now as fast as getting a web page used to be. I can't keep up with my computer for sure now. I would sure be at a loss if I had to go back to a dial-up and I feel for those that must still use a dial-up.

You could have gone on all day, without saying this brother..........

[Soldier4Christ]

You could have gone on all day, without saying this brother..........

 

[Shammu]

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[nChrist]

 

Would it be redundant if I asked if you were happy with your provider?

By the way, who is your provider? I'm really wanting to make some changes, especially after some folks make fun of us still using stone-age technology.     My best connections are usually around 38.8 or less, and the old dial-up discourages me from even looking at a lot of the web sites with heavy audio and video. One of the first things I would want to do is listen to some MP3 sermons that I've found in several places. I could also look at family pictures stored several places on the web without waiting 20 minutes for a single picture. I'm ready to join the fast lane and give up the old dial-up.

[Soldier4Christ]

Course you know whats coming......................

Completely expected.

 

[Soldier4Christ]

Would it be redundant if I asked if you were happy with your provider?

By the way, who is your provider? I'm really wanting to make some changes, especially after some folks make fun of us still using stone-age technology.     My best connections are usually around 38.8 or less, and the old dial-up discourages me from even looking at a lot of the web sites with heavy audio and video. One of the first things I would want to do is listen to some MP3 sermons that I've found in several places. I could also look at family pictures stored several places on the web without waiting 20 minutes for a single picture. I'm ready to join the fast lane and give up the old dial-up.

I use Insight Broadband that belongs to a company called Insight out of Indiana that also provides cable TV here. I'm not sure of where all they serve but I know most of central Illinois and parts of Indiana is covered by them.

[Joey]

Thats a very impressive speed Pastor Roger...My ISP offers an 8meg broadband speed but sadly i cannot take full advantage on that, as the phone line going into my house isn't able to take those speeds. But BT plan to upgrade this area shortly and then I'll be able to take advantage fully on the 8meg speed. But even now, i am totally satisfied with the speed of my broadband connection and its very fast, so i cannot imagine what 8meg will be like 

I changed ISP in the summer. The company who i have my cell phone with have now gone into the internet market and they had an offer where any customer who has a cell phone contract of at least £30 a month could then have broadband for free. So i looked into that, as it would save me £25 a month that i was paying at the time for my connection. I discovered that the free offer did give you a monthly allowance of what you could download and since i have two teenage children whose laptops i have networked to my system, i wasn't sure that this deal would be of any use. So looking into it further, i discovered that you could have unlimited useage for just £10 a month, so thats what i went with. I am still saving a lot of money each month and the service is excellent....And last week it got even better. I got an email from my ISP telling me that i can now plug a phone into my livebox (similar to a router) and then make phonecalls to any landline within the UK, day or night, 7 days a week, for free plus i can phone any mobile phone on there network for free also, and the price for my connection stays at £10. One of the best deals i have seen here in the UK 

[Soldier4Christ]

Hi Joey, yes that does sound like an excellent deal. I haven't heard of anything like that here as of yet. At least not within my availability. The phone company here just got the ability for broadband not too very long ago. They are trying to compete with the cable company but so far haven't been able to do a very good job at it. Those that have broadband through them have been experiencing a lot of downtime, delays and various other problems. There is a package I could get through them where the broadband is considered free but I would have to also get Direct TV to get it which brings the price back up to $100.00 a month. Even though the package also includes phone service with unlimited long distance within the U.S. (which I already have) it is still not worth it to me.