Thread: So long AOL, Hellooooo High SPEED

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    So long AOL, Hellooooo High SPEED

    So its happened!!!! The comcast high speed is officially up and running in my dads house, now over the next two mornings (i work after 10 oclock) i am going to run some cat 5 up here and ill be all set.

    O yea baby, RoD has gone CABLE!!!!! WOOT!!!!! Aol, KISS MY <radio edit>!!

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    YAAAH!!!! one step closer to removing aol from this earth!

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    why people go to AOL in the first place is beyond me...

    thank god theres no COL.. (Canada Online) that ... would make me...aug... im gonna have nightmares now!!
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    Is it not just the fact you had a 'slow' connection that you were unhappy about?

    Or you just dont like AOL?
    Such is life.

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    Congratulations. In my little town we have to share an ISDN connection between 3 or 4 computers, so it sucks. Let's see if the government gives us the stellite, although it's not very likely.
    And congrats on your departure from AOL.
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    Originally posted by -=SoKrA=-
    Congratulations. In my little town we have to share an ISDN connection between 3 or 4 computers, so it sucks. Let's see if the government gives us the stellite, although it's not very likely.
    And congrats on your departure from AOL.
    See if the government gives you satellite? Are you serious? What country do you live in?

    edit: if your title is correct... I guess you're from Spain. Do they not allow you to have satellite internet over there?

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    finally........... damn no more prolonged file transfers with RoD...yey! I was getting tired of transfering 500kb for 20 minutes.

    some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com

    there are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - franz kafka

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    ....hahaha

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    haha i cant wait to get some time to run the cable up here, just for curiosity how long can u go with cat5 and not lose speed? Its like under 300 feet, my tv cable works fine...

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    Originally posted by ober
    See if the government gives you satellite? Are you serious? What country do you live in?

    edit: if your title is correct... I guess you're from Spain. Do they not allow you to have satellite internet over there?
    OK, maybe it wasn't the best way of explaining it.
    I live in a very small town (~300 people, most old farmers) and so the phone company won't enable the phone exchange for broadband because it doesn't see any chance for profit. No other phone company will either for the same reason, plus, Telefonica used to be government-owend (and monopoly untill not so long ago) and it owns all phone lines in Spain except in really big cities.
    So, some government organization is going to apply for money from Europe so they can give us satellite internet cheap, as there's no other option. And that's what I meant by `giving us satellite'.
    And I say it's unlikely because they're asking for 7 million euros just hold a contest to choose a provider.
    The other option would be getting it through the power lines, but they were talking about that 4 years ago, so I doubt it'll ever get here.
    The best part is that the government had a plan for having all of spain covered with broadband by 2002. Guess how well that is going.
    Last edited by -=SoKrA=-; 03-03-2004 at 08:38 AM.
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    haha i cant wait to get some time to run the cable up here, just for curiosity how long can u go with cat5 and not lose speed?
    pretty long, I believe it is rated at 1k-2k feet.

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    pretty long, I believe it is rated at 1k-2k feet.
    Eh no. http://episteme.arstechnica.com/6/ub...6&m=5760980942
    Of course once you hit a computer/switch/router/ etc the signal is recreated and retransmitted so you get another 364 ft.

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    too bad its too far for wireless....

    some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com

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    There is no such thing as too far for a pringles can.
    If that fails, you could use an air ballon for relay.
    Or a couple of APs.
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    broadband pr0n......nice! no more 5sec flicks huh rod?

    some entropy with that sink? entropysink.com

    there are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. - franz kafka

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    omg i forgot about the PR0N.....WHERE to START??????

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