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Old 03-30-2006, 05:14 AM   #11
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I'm on half a megabyte [img]tongue.gif[/img]

So shut it
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Old 03-30-2006, 07:23 AM   #12
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6.1Mbps is mostly pointless since most servers won't give you that much throughput anyway, they have other users to support. The exceptions be large companies like MS servers
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Old 03-30-2006, 10:45 AM   #13
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6.1Mbps is mostly pointless since most servers won't give you that much throughput anyway, they have other users to support. The exceptions be large companies like MS servers
Well, would you believe me when i say that i download files of 6, 7, or even 8 Gigabite in less than three hours ? I'd like to see someone on 1,5 Mbps try that.
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Old 03-30-2006, 11:45 AM   #14
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1.5Mbps. 6.1Mbps. LOL, l4m3rz!!11!! I got 100Mbps.

Not that I ever get up to those speeds, but the difference in fees between 10Mbps and 100Mbps that my ISP is charging is minimal.
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Old 03-30-2006, 02:31 PM   #15
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Haha yeah yeah you and your Swedish connection - I'm jealous!

John - Glad to hear you're finally catching up with the real world! You'l notice such a big difference, I've been on Broadband for 2 years now, and I can tell you it's so much less agro!

As for Firewall - if you plan on networking a few computers, you'd be best off getting a router with a hardware firewall - I only use a hardware firewall and AVG Anti Virus (Free Edition) as a virus scanner.

I personally don't really like Norton - I have it on various computers, but it does tend to bog down older computers (especially if you have the full suite), although if you've bought it you might as well use it; settings should be fine as they are.

As for leaving the modem (were you meaning modem or computer?) on all the time - I wouldn't worry about it, as long as you're careful you'l be just fine! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Enjoy!
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Old 03-30-2006, 04:19 PM   #16
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Congrats, Wellard! The internet is your oyster now!

We've got Norton antivirus and I have BlackIce for a firewall, while my hubby uses ZoneAlarm (the pay version).
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Old 03-30-2006, 06:39 PM   #17
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The Ethernet standard is typically faster than the USB port, but you can't connect a modem to an Ethernet port, lol. Ethernet is a local area networking carrier sense collision detection-type protocol and ADSL or whatever you have uses a completely different, non-compatible protocol. Besides your connection to the ISP would be the bottleneck in the download speed, not your local connection between modem and computer
Thanks for the feedback Vakez [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] but my modem does come with the option of using a Ethernet connection to the computer. From what others have posted it may be the reason for choking my speed, the highest speed I have recorded so far has been 870 kbps.
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Old 03-30-2006, 06:48 PM   #18
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I'm not so sure anymore about Zone Alarm, it interferes with everything you want to install on your PC, it forgot it's intentional purpose, which is blocking out crap.

Wellard, you're joking on the 1.5 Mbps, right ? Because overhere we're at 6.1 Mbps.
Lol Johnny I know! But a starving man will not complain to loud about the scraps he has been offered. In the late 1980 early 90's our Telco was rated as one of the worlds best but since privatization it has gone to the dogs. Which other Telco company in the modern world is still constructing for brand new housing estates using crap copper lines, pair gain systems and 1950' era local exchanges.
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Old 03-30-2006, 07:08 PM   #19
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In the late 1980 early 90's our Telco was rated as one of the worlds best but since privatization it has gone to the dogs. Which other Telco company in the modern world is still constructing for brand new housing estates using crap copper lines, pair gain systems and 1950' era local exchanges.
At least you don't have BT in Australia!
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