How do you connect to the Internet?

Dial-up

Me too, Aceex 2814 rocks!

Oops, I didn´t notice this was a multiple choice poll, well I do have ADSL also, but right now I´m using my "retro" PC.

 

Don't knock it,

I rarely go out with my laptop but my old Jornado can usually be found in my pocket and has been handy on more than one occasion.

 

I am connected thru a DSL provider, with a router and 3
computers at home with wireless connection. By, Paolo.

 

20 USD is about what we pay for bottom-of-the-range ADSL in the UK (with phone calls extra).

 

Pleasant suprise from Virgin Media this morning

"You may remember we wrote to you recently... ", Erm, no you didn't.

"telling you we're going to upgrade your broadband speed from up to 2Mb to a whopping up to 10Mb"

I don't care that they never wrote, a nice suprise anyway.

 

Gee Wildfire, that's pretty cool.
Now I realise it's quite a jump, but could you have a word w/ them for me? I could use a bit of a boost myself.
Thx buddy!

 

Same here (in Calif), only I wonder if yours is as slow as mine?

 

Sorry Chas,

I wouldn't know who to talk to

I knew they (VM) were upgrading their 10Mb/s customers to 50Mb/s but didn't know about the 2Mb/s-10Mb/s upgrade. I assumed they were probably going to bring out a new 10-20Mb/s package to fill the gap.

In reality I'm averaging 6Mb/s from networks across the pond and 8Mb/s here in the UK. And Virgin Media are now trialing a 200Mb/s service

By the way the above is for their cable network, I don't know what's happening with their ADSL service.

 

I checked here...
http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp

And it shows me speeding down the internet highway at 200kbps

 

Oh dear! I just checked with your link to see how fast my base model motability scooter would go and I got 500kbps . However, speed isn't everything. Since I don't need great speed I would happily choose a slow connection (within reason, and so long as it was reliable) if it came with a price advantage. I always feel that in the UK ISDN was a big lost opportunity.

 

I don't have any faith in that link, it also said I have 500kbps downlink. Real usage however, does show 6-8Mb/s.

 

It would be interesting to compare these poll results with a similar one a year or so from now.