Dial-Up Users Poll!

**Lost** · January 4th, 2005, 01:36 AM

Yep, dialup is kill yourself bad, specially when your sharing a line with three others

, but until "middle of nowhere" is considered a profitable location, I'll just have to keep on staring at that loaded .38 on top my monitor.

**Cleetus** · January 4th, 2005, 04:19 PM

What about those of us who don't have internet at home?

**Stalemate** · January 4th, 2005, 04:26 PM

ADSL at home.

**MorseLady** · January 4th, 2005, 04:31 PM

I had my broadband installation booked but I cancelled it because of location problems. I need to connect my husband upstairs but I do not want all that cabling and resultant loss of efficiency and I do not want to use WiFi because I do not trust it and next door use broadband on the same ISP and their computer is the other side of the wall to mine.

I hate dial up, ntl times out after two hours or less and has interrupted my MCP practice sessions when I attempt a two hour exam simulation. I find ntl dial up very unreliable and a nuisance when you have to keep giving your mobile number to people because you know the phone will be tied up on the Internet.

**Stalemate** · January 4th, 2005, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by MorseLady

I had my broadband installation booked but I cancelled it because of location problems. I need to connect my husband upstairs and I do not want to use WiFi because I do not trust it and next door use broadband on the same ISP and their computer is the other side of the wall to mine...

With a proper security configuration (WEP key, no SSID broadcasting, etc.), there should be no risk at all.

Or, running a Cat 5 cable from your router (or even the broadband "modem" itself, if it has multiple ports) to the other locations in the house could do it.

Personally, I'm going all wireless as soon as I can.

**TechZ** · January 4th, 2005, 04:45 PM

Im Wifi ON.

**NooNoo** · January 4th, 2005, 04:52 PM

Wifi is great! WEP is useless, turn off the ssid and use mac filtering. The only time you will notice your hubby is if he downloads huge files from fast servers.

**TechZ** · January 4th, 2005, 05:00 PM

MAC filtering is the way to go, its excellent. i use it and the guy nearby keeps asking why he cant connect to my network, hehe

**MorseLady** · January 5th, 2005, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by a d e p t

With a proper security configuration (WEP key, no SSID broadcasting, etc.), there should be no risk at all.

Or, running a Cat 5 cable from your router (or even the broadband "modem" itself, if it has multiple ports) to the other locations in the house could do it.

Personally, I'm going all wireless as soon as I can.

To be honest, with this MCP course driving me mad and 70-290 Server 2003 Exam next week I can do without having to configure anything at home, I just want a quiet life without blasted boxes and cables, they drive me mad

and there is one thing to be said for dialup, it's simple and unobtrusive.

**paraflyer** · January 5th, 2005, 08:31 AM

Dialup at home, T1 at work.

Verizon won't get off their collective asses and get DSL service in my area...keep getting the standard "should be available in 12-18 months", althought they've been saying that for 3 years...

**andiol** · January 5th, 2005, 10:51 AM

Bradband both at home and work

**3fingersalute** · January 5th, 2005, 03:18 PM

At home, DSL.

At work, we have a point to point wirless connection with 3MB bursts, plus a 3MB DSL line hooked up through a load balancing router.

**ilovetheusers** · January 5th, 2005, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Cleetus

What about those of us who don't have internet at home?

How do you live??? I'd die. No ****. I'd die.

When the net's down it's like I have no clue what to do at home. I just stare at the walls.

**thirdfey** · January 5th, 2005, 03:39 PM

I gotta agree with iltu. the internet is more important than tv, phone, cell, car, food (i could stand to skip a few meals), family, people, animals, earth, anything and everything except for Al Gore, because he invented the internet