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Old 09-20-2004, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomag' date='Sep 20 2004, 11:26 PM
I'd say that generally 512 - 1024 Kbps up/down is "fast enough" for most people.

Fast enough for me!
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Sep 20 2004, 04:32 PM
[quote name='Lomag' date='Sep 20 2004, 11:26 PM'] I'd say that generally 512 - 1024 Kbps up/down is "fast enough" for most people.

Fast enough for me! [/quote]
nothing is fast enough for me
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Originally Posted by Viper786' date='Sep 21 2004, 07:45 AM
[quote name='Iceman' date='Sep 20 2004, 04:32 PM'] [quote name='Lomag' date='Sep 20 2004, 11:26 PM'] I'd say that generally 512 - 1024 Kbps up/down is "fast enough" for most people.

Fast enough for me! [/quote]
nothing is fast enough for me [/quote]
Old 09-25-2004, 03:15 PM
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oh yea, i used to have 5mbps cable in Canada. (I just moved to america about 2 years ago)

and that internet was cheap, i believe it was 44.95 CDN.
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Originally Posted by Lomag' date='Sep 20 2004, 04:26 PM
Ahh.. poor guys...

Cable - 10 Mbit download, 1 Mbit upload (damn cap!)

I'd say that generally 512 - 1024 Kbps up/down is "fast enough" for most people.


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Sounds like Cablevision, which I have and they claim they have the fastest internet access in the US, besides T1-T3.
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Originally Posted by kigerka' date='Sep 20 2004, 02:55 AM
I could never go back to dial up.? It would make me crazy
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LOL when I fisrt started using a computer I had a 300 baud modem.
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LOL when I fisrt started using a computer I had a 300 baud modem.
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me, too!
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Originally Posted by Jimbo' date='Sep 26 2004, 01:46 AM
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LOL when I fisrt started using a computer I had a 300 baud modem.
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Or worse yet, no modem at all . . . and mainframes only.
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As stated before, i am 17 yrs old and i have no idea what speed my first computer was. Just know that it was a "Gateway 2000"
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My first computer had a 20mb harddisk and was 20ghz fast... hahaha it only used Dos. Glad things are faster then in those days.


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