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[Scroll_Lock88]

Been a reason why I have not been on lately on vent or anything. That is because in the subdivision where I bought my house they ran into a zoning issue to lay the cable lines. Now there is doubt that they will even be layed this far due to various issues, ones that obviously the consumer is not privvy to.

So in my endless pursuit of internet I have tried the following:

1. T-Mobile broadband card, those little cards that connect into the cellphone networks to give internet. While I am in the 3G access area, it was prone to frequent dropouts, and absolutely horrid transfer speeds during peak hours. Which happened to be right when i get home from work and right to the point I go to sleep. So, I dropped that, as it blew dick. It worked for browsing the net, and it had decent ping for online gaming, just the dropouts and speed issues make it less desireable.

2. Wireless Direct Line of Sight DSL internet, uses a direction antenna pointed towards a central tower and you get your internet. Friend of mine runs this and it was very playable, 50-60ms ping, even during rainy weather. Unfortunately, I was a 1/2 mile out of the service range :(

3. Regular DSL, out of range from the central office by about a mile :(


Which left me to my final option which is what I'm using right now. ISDN, old, but it beats dialup. Unfortunately I'm getting random dropouts that my ISP said will get fixed. Ping times are kinda horrible, for obvious reasons.



Argh! :D

[Novahawk]

Owned!

[Black_Lotus]

Damn, that sucks broski. I bet you're like my friend, and live out in bum f*ck egypt .
On a brighter note, most of us have been on those fun non-cable providers lol.

-Good luck with resolving it.

[Sniprwulf]

wellllllllllllll, this is the f*cking sh*t i have to deal with:




thats f*cking ownd.

[Scroll_Lock88]

wellllllllllllll, this is the f*cking sh*t i have to deal with:




thats f*cking ownd.

Negative



thats rickf*cking ownd.

[WhiteRabbit]

That sucks man.

[Novahawk]

Well at least your upload is twice your download!!

[Novahawk]

This post was definitely supposed to be here.

Edited by Novahawk, 04 June 2009 - 08:21 PM.

[SoulWind]

sucks man

I'll take the opportunity to post my speedtest too :)

[Sgt. Bojo]

[wondergod]

Meh.

[Killian]

Do I win?

Edited by Killian, 04 June 2009 - 10:14 PM.

[Black_Lotus]

Do I win?

[Lotus fail]

Nooo... ah crap...yes...lol

[MainEvent]

[MainEvent]

Good job choosing f*ckin' Nigeria and cropping it out.

[wondergod]

if I could get one of my work servers CDE running it'd be even sexier.

[Jack]

[Ezekiel]

[Chris82]

ISP: Cox Communications

[J.Pizzack]

TWC guy i know openly told me we are throttled because I pay extra for phone and tv, so my internet is the "sh*ttier version" what kinda bullsh*t is that?
We have 3 HD boxes, and pay for all 3 services(which suck anyway) and they stick me with the sh*t internet connection.

oh, btw....my ACTUALL download speed are ALWAYS 175 kpbs. Never changes. thats the max. regardless of torrents or not. That's just what I get.

Edited by J.Pizzack, 14 June 2009 - 09:16 AM.