and after all this...

Member 945

Level 11.22

Mar 2006

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Mar 27, 2006, 05:49 PM
Local time: Mar 27, 2006, 05:49 PM
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At home, I have 1.5 mbit downstream/896 kbit upstream Qwest DSL. It's not a bad deal even if the maximum bandwidth is a bit low, because there aren't any transfer caps or restrictions on the service and it's ultra-reliable. Cable internet is cheaper here, but Mediacom is a horrible company with no customer support and lousy reliability...I'll stick with DSL, thank you very much. The best thing is that Qwest is supposedly rolling out VDSL and HDTV services before too long. ^^
Right now, I'm stuck using the University of Iowa's dorm line. It's a T3, and I've managed to download files at over one megabyte per second, but it's split up among a couple thousand people in my specific dorm building, so it can be a bit slow at times. The worst part is that the university monitors traffic INCREDIBLY tightly. They don't actually block Torrents or P2P services, but heaven help you should you actually use them.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
- won't you give me a smile...? -
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