[silverwolf]

you don't need an ethernet card i know some routers/gateways come with a usb cable

[Grimloq]

you still gotta pay for the service...

[Cobra]

Yeah, but why do the flippin' conning bastards charge so much for internet?

Oh yeah, you're probably thinking I don't know what STFU. It's Shut The F*** Up. I used to go to a school where the main words were b****, f***, and m*****f*****. So, I pretty much get the idea.

[Grimloq]

who, sounds like my school. i quite literally shed all emotion after that year, since i lost use for it after hearing people swear that much. yes. thats how bad it was

they charge so much because the human race is a disgusting parasite and doesnt deserve to exsist. we spend all our pathetic lives trying to get more money, and then we die, and it all goes away. its futile.

its like how at the state fair, it costs to park, then to get in, and then to get into smaller events, and also for food, etc.

BTW, hadnt any doubt that yo uknew what STFU meant

[Cobra]

Hey, thx again for signing up. I set up a thread for Pathways discussion and member sign up, so we can talk there. By the way, what school do you go to? You talk (or write ) like a friend I have at mine.

[Liberator]

Cobra, I'll be as nice about this as possible, you've been rather rude.

Youth or inexperience is no excuse for poor manners.  These people have tried to help you and answer you're questions, and you've ridiculed and insulted them.

Now, onto you're tech questions.

There are too commercial forms of broadband that are available for public use: DSL, or Direct Subscriber Link, it comes into the house over the phone line but at a higher frequency than standard telephone service so it doesn't interfere with the telephone.  Then there's Cable, a connection that comes in over the same coaxial connection that you get you're tv from.  DSL maxes out at 1.5 megabits per second.  Cable on the other hand is available up to 3 megabits per second.  By comparison , you're modem transfers data at a maximum of 5.3 kilobits per second.  Broadband is effectively 100 times faster than a modem under perfect circumstances.

Both these services are available from ISPs, or Internet Service Providers, at various rates.  These rates seem exhorbitant at first, but if you can afford $15 for a dial-up you could probably afford $25 for a low-end broadband.  Check with you're cable company.

Again, try to be a little more polite when people try to help you.  They don't have to.

[Cobra]

I actually ws being polite, I just can't express myself properly on the internet.

[Getter Robo G]

I pay $ 45.00 total for cable modem I made a deal with my landlord. He lets them attach the cost to the cable bill and I just add it to the rent at the beginning of the month.

As to how I can afford this wonderful service... Don't eat much...

As you can see I have my priorities right...

[mitac]

Originally posted by Liberator
DSL maxes out at 1.5 megabits per second.  Cable on the other hand is available up to 3 megabits per second.  

I guess that depends on the place. My ISP offers DSL at 4 mbit downstream.

[Liberator]

Charter only guarentee's 3mbps.  4 though, that's faster than the server can send it to you usually.

[mitac]

I consider testing it for a month, since they're reducing prices in January. 4mbit downstream for 30 Euro total, that's worth the try.

[Cobra]

How much is 30 Euros?

[mitac]

BTW, Google is your friend.

At today's rate, it's about 40 $.

[pecenipicek]

man... tis hilarious.... i remember my first days on teh net...2years ago with my *EXTREMELY* bad english.
then again now my english is still rather bad

as for the ISP... i have 64KBits/s but i pay it only less than 30$...
then again... tis croatia...
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