Dial-up Vs Broadband

[Mikkel]

I'm happy with my dial up

Clearly, the man is insane!

[kiwifruit]

Clearly, the man is insane!

It does everything i require it to....
*is content*

[Mikkel]

It does everything i require it to....
*is content*

Good thing not all of us are addicted to porn... There may still be hope for humanity

[Subike]

Telescum dsl connection here in Greta Valley is sweet as

But that could be because I am only 100 meters from my exchange booster box at the top of my drive!
Bugger!

[Swoop]

I'm happy with my dial up

Likewise. When NZ finally gets broadband I might consider upgrading then. The pathetic excuse for the current service is a ripoff price for shit product/service.

[HornetBoy]

Couldnt use the internet without some sort of broadband speed ,gets me too pissed off useing dialup ,sit their for hours trying to load up youtube videos ,and search kb etc

But the amount of times the bloody service collapses is shocking

[idb]

Likewise. When NZ finally get's broadband I might consider upgrading then. The pathetic excuse for the current service is a ripoff price for shit product/service.

Same...and agree.

[Jantar]

I'm 10.3 km from the exchange by road, over 12 kms by wire (it goes around a loop, and I believe we may get broadband in about 20 years time.

[Number One]

When NZ finally get's broadband I might consider upgrading then. The pathetic excuse for the current service is a ripoff price for shit product/service.

+1! AND everyone bloody knows it. Compared with the rest of the world we are living in the dark ages and getting shafted for it too

[merv]

Once we had broadband and networked all the PCs in the house its been magic - never looked back. Dial up - sheeeeezzz, glad I've forgotten it.

[Jeremy]

One significant downside to broadband:

WE CAN NOT FUCKING GET IT AT OUT HOUSE!!! FFS, we're talking 2008 and "sorry, the local exchange does not support anymore broadband connections..." is what we get from the ISPs.

I'm pretty pissed off by this and have been considering willfully sabotaging the exchange until they chuck a new one in... Alas, it goes against my nature.

have you asked Telecom? They reserve slots for their customers, so try to get DSL with them and then switch to a different isp.

[Slicksta]

Bring on full nz coverage wimax (like that is every gonna happen) what was it 2006 when woosh said they would bring it to Hamilton, the problem is this country is to small for anyone to really care about us. So i guess we will have to live with it crap pings ect makes online gaming on the ps3 a nightmare.

[paulj]

Cry babies - I use dialup - wonderful - only on the way out - the other bit coming in is from 35,000kMs - my last account was $150/month for 5.5Gb - yeah - 5.5Gb of tits and ass .... whaaroooooooo hoot hoot hoot - sheesh - my eyes are gotting bid ....

Byeeeeeeeee

[OV Lander]

have been considering willfully sabotaging the exchange until they chuck a new one in.

You may have noticed the discussion around new roadside cabinets in the media? Each cabinet is a "mini exchange" so your new exchange is not that far away now! Each cabinet will offer broadband to more people at higher speeds. The cost? $1.4bn over 3-4 years.

[OV Lander]

Wairarapa Rural DSL subscribers get better broadband speeds in both directions than Wellington City subscribers.

Please explain.

Some basic DSL facts:
A - the nearer you live near to the exchange/cabinet the faster the speed
B - the fewer users who share your network branch the greater the speed

So....
- to have DSL you must be less than 5kms from the exchange/cabinet
- how many neighbours do you have?