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Author Topic: What do you use for internet access? Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-09-2000 03:20 PM                        For the moment, I'm stuck on the end of a dialup line and am suffering from "low-bandwidth disorder." I have an account with a surprisingly decent local ISP (widomaker.com)--dialup shell and PPP access for about $20/month. I signed up for 192k SDSL service from Flashcom (the DSL provider that people love to hate, but not as bad as Bell Titanic, I'm told), but it'll be at least a few more weeks until that gets installed. For mail and usenet, I ssh into a Linux box at my parents' house that's connected to the net via mediaone.net cable service (1.544M down/300k up - $40/month), which is where I run my web/mail/ftp servers (every ISP I've ever used has had mail server problems...I quickly learned that it was easier to run my own, which I've done since October '96 or so; since that time, I've had at least one *NIX box on the net full-time through various forms of connectivity). My desktop hardware seems to change every few months; at the moment, it's a dual-processor Sun Sparc 20 workstation with 512mb RAM, 20" monitor, 2x 4gig drives, and a 4mm tape drive. A CD burner is on the "stuff to get" list. This hardware is about 4-5 years old, but was the best that money could buy at the time; performance is decent and this stuff is now fairly cheap on the used market (so mere mortals like me can get our hands on it...).  |  IP: Logged Stephen Jones Master Film Handler Posts: 314 From: Geelong Victoria Australia Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-09-2000 10:17 PM                     I use a V90 56 k modem and use Optus net isp which I find is very good and fast.I use IE.5.5 which suits me fine,I tried the latest Netscape but it kept crashing most times so I removed it. Stephen ------------------  |  IP: Logged Russ Kress Expert Film Handler Posts: 202 From: Charleston, WV, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 10-09-2000 10:33 PM                        Gateway 300mhz processor, windows 98/IE 5.5, 56k dial up to Intellos, Microsoft Outlook 2000.  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-09-2000 11:49 PM                     AOL and Freeinet.com and both are running at a crawl with just 28k connections.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 10-10-2000 02:05 AM                     Anyone use DirecPC? www.direcpc.com  |  IP: Logged Dave Cutler Master Film Handler Posts: 277 From: Centennial, CO Registered: Jun 2000 posted 10-10-2000 10:30 AM                     I looked into DirectPC when I went the cable modem route. The thing I didn't like about DirectPC is that it still ties up your phone line (used for upstream) so you don't have a constant connection. At college I got used to being 'always on' so that was a big plus for the cable modem to me. You also have to either go with one of their ISP's or find one of your own, so the DirectPC cost is on top of the ISP's cost. Then again, it would be a great idea for people in more remote locations that need a broadband connection. As long as their was a local isp to use along with it.  |  IP: Logged Tom Kroening Expert Film Handler Posts: 214 From: Janesville, WI USA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 10-10-2000 06:47 PM                     Be careful on those one way connections. Sure they *may* give you fast download speeds, but remember you still use uplink for data correction while you download. I've found that Roadrunner seems to be the best cable system around, @ home second, and charter third....  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-10-2000 07:01 PM                     At the shop I use a P160 with a 28.8K modem at home I have a AMD 450 with a 56K and at the booth a P160 with a 56K modem the laptop also has a 56K modem  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-11-2000 12:13 AM                        Work: Timex Sinclair, Bell 103 modem. Home: Morkrum Model 12 KSR ------------------ William Hooper Junk drawer: http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/theater/3622 Theatre Empire: http://members.xoom.com/saenger.1  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-11-2000 06:40 AM                        I'd recommend that Mr. Hooper upgrade to one of those newfangled Bell 212 modems. I hear that 1200 baud communications is quite zippy!  |  IP: Logged David M. Huskinson Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Las Vegas, NV, USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 10-11-2000 12:23 PM                     Earthlink with a 56K Winmoden  |  IP: Logged Josh Jones Redhat Posts: 1207 From: Plano, TX Registered: Apr 2000 posted 10-11-2000 10:07 PM                        56K dialup, 400MHz HP "almost a computer"(tiny chassis). World record transfer rate,8k/s time maintained: 12 seconds average: 2-4k/s school has ISDN or T1, slow as hell. Josh  |  IP: Logged Gracia L. Babbidge Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 709 From: Bowdoin, Maine Registered: Aug 2000 posted 10-13-2000 07:41 AM                        I have two computers at home... One is something of a dinosaur that I've had for over four years, pieced together by someone that knew what he was doing, and for the time was a great machine. Not so great now though... The other machine is a not-quite-new HP Pavilion. Both use dial-up connections, the dinosaur has a 14.4 bps modem, the HP has a 28.8 bps modem. My ISP is a local provider - MidMaine Communications - very reliable, inexpensive, no time cap per month, etc etc... Hey, it works for what I need it for, so I'm not going to complain. ~The projectionist with the purple hair! ------------------ In some cultures, what I do is considered normal.  |  IP: Logged Martin Frandsen Master Film Handler Posts: 270 From: Denmark, Europe Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-14-2000 09:21 AM                     I have a Cable Modem for my main computer, and a dial-up 128 kb modem for the back-up computer. My Cable modem downloads the pic's in the warehouse with the blink of an eye!  |  IP: Logged Jason Burroughs Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 654 From: Allen, TX Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-16-2000 04:33 PM                     At work, multiple T-3's at home 56k (yeah right) dialup. Unfortunatly I live in a broadband black hole. Too far from a CO for DSL, and no cable internet in the area. and I REFUSE to use anything that uses PPPoE.  |  IP: Logged

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