Just got broadband!

[n0aH]

Been stuck with horrible direcway for about 2 years now and been getting average of 4000 ping. Now i switched to Wireless dsl called virginia acces broadband. I have the level 2 servis which is supposed to be 800 up and down.
On a network im currently getting 778 down and 699 up. Not bad :) Ping in games is average of 130 which isnt great but the best i can get from around here. Much faster web page veiwing. very happy with my new ISP

http://vabb.com/services.htm

[Jacobman]

Congrats on the new connection, hope to see you online sometime.

[Scott9027]

Now you're going to have a hard time using dial-up.

I think it's an acceptable trade-off. Enjoy your broadband.

[evancold]

nice....i work for a WISP. I usually get about 128MB at work, so it sucks to go home and only get 1MB...lol. hope you enjoy your new connection. :D

[Captain Newbie]

Welcome to this century :cool:

[Antillian]

still stuck on dial-suck here, b/c of where i live, yes in the boonies or bfe or w/e you wanna call it. supposed to be getting WiMAX around here soon (i think), there was talk of it a few months back. anyway, enjoy m8!

[n0aH]

Today marks one year i have had broadband. Dont think i could EVER go back to dial up or satellite after a year of this lol.

[schnikies79]

Still on dial-up here at home. I was on broadband while at school so it kinda sucks going back to 56k, but it's not a huge deal. I don't do much on the net except read forums and news, so oh well.

Verizon is supposed to have DSL in the area by the end of the year. We'll see.

EDIT: Wow, just noticed this a year-old thread. LOL

[maddog39]

Actually verizons broadband is supposed to be Fibre Wire, Atleast as far as I know.

[imposter]

Actually verizons broadband is supposed to be Fibre Wire, Atleast as far as I know.
Well in certain areas. urban areas are going to be latter because it is :mad: PAIN:mad: for clearances/permissions/sign offs ETC to run that stuff underground.

ATM Verizon dsl only supports 3.0mbps, that is why i switched to cable @ 30mbps. I love how verizon dsl falsely advertises that they are faster than cable. When benchmarks show that cable is 5 or 10 times faster than dsl. They should get sued for false advertisement, or free internet =) Though i thought they are genius for having dsl @ 15 bucks a month, gets rid of people with dial up. i can't believe AOL is offering free service now..... they just refuse to leave the market......LOL

imp

[n0aH]

EDIT: Wow, just noticed this a year-old thread. LOL

Hence saying that ive had broadband for a year now :) lol

[cradivonyk]

Damn, I wish my broadband speeds were faster and I get 8mbps dl and 768kbps ul :/

[xTrEmEoVrClOcKr]

I get 1.3mb down / 300k up, don't even complain bud! My pings are very solid for this connection though, I don't ping any higher than 80 in the USA. I ping 18 / 20 ms to LA.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Well in certain areas. urban areas are going to be latter because it is :mad: PAIN:mad: for clearances/permissions/sign offs ETC to run that stuff underground.

ATM Verizon dsl only supports 3.0mbps, that is why i switched to cable @ 30mbps. I love how verizon dsl falsely advertises that they are faster than cable.

imp

Are you sure that it's the ISP's fault?
You may be getting dismal speeds because of the telephone wiring in the house.

[res0r9lm]

I don't know where people get ideas that cable is faster. I have both services and yes cable downloads faster but dsl uploads faster.

[imposter]

Are you sure that it's the ISP's fault?
You may be getting dismal speeds because of the telephone wiring in the house.
no they advertise 3mbps i got 2.95mbps

thats correct
I don't know where people get ideas that cable is faster. I have both services and yes cable downloads faster but dsl uploads faster.
Depends on the service.

i upload faster than my old dsl connection =)

5Mb upload is faster than a 3Mb download =)

optimumonline rulz in everyway possible.

[Hipcrostino]

i hate you all, complaining about "only" 3mb connections. 8Mbit down, 384Kbs up has only just been released on ADSL1 here in Australia, and that was because of political issues. I can't get cable, and the best ive seen is like 9mbits down on cable too. Only a few limited exchanges here had ADSL2+ (somthing like 20 out of the thousands there are)

Well, at least we have it at all (but i wish they would realise the importance of UPLOADS (384 is the highest you can get)). Telco is all one company here (Telstra). Other ones exist but the infrastructure is all Telstra. Some say it a blessing, others say its not.

[EmAn]

here is what i got this morning
http://www.speedtest.net/result/125230195.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

my highest was like 17mb down and 1.5 mb up