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Please indicate how you are connecting to the Internet. This is a multiple choice poll, so please select all that you use.
As for the LAN connection choice, with that I mean a connection at your work place or university, not your 'home' LAN which runs off your ADSL or Cable connection.
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As for the LAN connection choice, with that I mean a connection at your work place or university, not your 'home' LAN which runs off your ADSL or Cable connection.
I was nearly going to click the LAN box, as we use a ADSL modem router with built in wireless.
I am connected to the internet by a cable modem. But I have a wireless router connected to the modem so I can establish a home LAN.
My guess would be, since you use a cable modem *to connect to your ISP*, you should choose "Cable Modem".
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Originally Posted by jacrabbit
I was nearly going to click the LAN box, as we use a ADSL modem router with built in wireless.
... and you should choose DSL.
"Wireless ISP" would be for people who connect via some sort of wireless 900 MHz / 2.4 GHz / 5.x MHz device, such as the Motorola Canopy. These devices are typically used in rural locations, where DSL and cable aren't options.
Then again, those people who steal their neighbour's WiFi signal... might also be considered Wireless ISP. Just kidding.
HTH
Darren
Last edited by DarryDoo; 27th April 2009 at 13:58.
My guess would be, since you use a cable modem *to connect to your ISP*, you should choose "Cable Modem".
... and you should choose DSL.
"Wireless ISP" would be for people who connect via some sort of wireless 900 MHz / 2.4 GHz / 5.x MHz device, such as the Motorola Canopy. These devices are typically used in rural locations, where DSL and cable aren't options.
Then again, those people who steal their neighbour's WiFi signal... might also be considered Wireless ISP. Just kidding.
I do have "LAN connection" (no modem, no router, no nothing - only a cable into the socket in the wall)
Well... where does the cabling inside the home lead to? Whom do you pay $$$ to every month to for Internet access? Is there a 12-year-old in the home you can ask for details?
- Dial-up Modem
- ISDN
- DSL - usually ADSL
- Cable Modem
- FIOS (don't even know what it is)
- Wireless ISP
- Cellular/Mobile broadband
- Satellite
I do have "LAN connection" (no modem, no router, no nothing - only a cable into the socket in the wall) but at home. How do I vote?
Christer
Ummmm, Now K.Rudd Our Prime Minister is looking at giving all of us here in Australia 100mbps Internet no problem & are looking for someone to set it up, apparently Telstra (partly federal government owned), can't do it or don't want to do it?????
So how do you do it Christer????
For AUSSIE SAKE Email K.Rudd
Regards
Jac
Is there a 12-year-old in the home you can ask for details?
Nope but there's a sandpit outside that I can consult ... ... !
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So how do you do it Christer????
I just plug the cable into the socket ... ... !
The company, "Bredbandsbolaget" was the first in Sweden to offer 100 Mbps (both down and up, I think, possibly only 10 Mbps up). The price is high, SEK 150 a month but it at least includes the phone service. (SEK 150 is approximately USD 20)
This week, a competitor started offering 150 Mbps but I see no need for more than 100 Mbps (for a household). I very rarely get even 50 Mbps but that's not the fault of Bredbandsbolaget but the servers that feed it. In this respect, Microsoft takes the trophy, SP3 for XP (~300 MB) in less than 30 seconds.
I still don't know where to cast my vote but once I do ... ... it will get there quickly.
Christer
Edited: The guys in the sandpit told me that it is optical into the building but cable inside the building. Maybe FIOS would be my closest vote?
Glad you cleared that up!
Whoops!!!
So How???????
... !
... !
... it will get there quickly.
