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  1. February 24th, 2003, 10:05 AM #1
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    Finally got it back!!!

    Well, I had to drop my DSL when my wife and I bought our new house becuase Bellsouth doesn't run lines in this area. The only DSL service we can get is through the local phone company for $99 a month for 512 down and 128 up. So I decided to go with Comcast which is turning out very nice thus far.

    Here are your results. Status:
    Test completed...
    Bandwidth = 1602.3 Kbps

    The lowest I've seen it go - Saturday evening around 4-5 was 1295 Kbps

    w00t!
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  2. February 24th, 2003, 10:25 AM #2
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    Feels like your messages are appearing much faster now too!

    That's excellent speeds, BTW. I'm guessing it's less than 99$ a month?
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  3. February 24th, 2003, 10:26 AM #3
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    It's a little more expensive than my last DSL service. It's $55 plus $5 rental for the modem and I haven't decided whether or not I want to buy a modem (prolly won't considering it's only $5) since I'm not a cable subscriber... I'm not giving up my DirecTV
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  4. February 24th, 2003, 11:07 AM #4
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    Originally posted by A+Tech
    I'm not giving up my DirecTV
    That's the smartest thing anyone on this site has ever posted. DirecTV pwnz.
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  5. February 24th, 2003, 12:13 PM #5
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    Originally posted by Cobra Tha Funky Homo Sapien
    That's the smartest thing anyone on this site has ever posted. DirecTV pwnz.


    werd!

    toss in an UltimateTV reciever and yous' gots da bomb!!!

    UTV/DTV rulez!!!
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  6. February 24th, 2003, 12:42 PM #6
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    Originally posted by Cobra Tha Funky Homo Sapien
    That's the smartest thing anyone on this site has ever posted. DirecTV pwnz.
    I couldn't do without it. We have a small TV in our bedroom just for watching movies and whatnot but it has rabbit ears on it too (local channels come in really well there and I like watching seinfeld before I go to sleep)... I still try to find the guide button on that remote
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  7. February 24th, 2003, 02:45 PM #7
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    DirecTV = NFL Sunday ticket =

    I'm thinking about buying a DirecTV TiVo unit, cuz sometimes I don't feel like staying up late on Sundays to watch the Brak Show, and I could watch shows I actually like over and over and over again without having to screw with a VCR.
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  8. February 24th, 2003, 11:29 PM #8
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    Originally posted by Cobra Tha Funky Homo Sapien
    and I could watch shows I actually like over and over and over again without having to screw with a VCR.
    Remember when owning a VCR was considered a luxury and operating one was considered rocket science?
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  9. February 25th, 2003, 01:14 AM #9
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    Bell Canada licenses DirectTV as ExpressVU here in Canada and my wife won a dish (Bell Sympatica/McDonalds contest) about a year and a half ago.

    I just looooove the ability to watch shows at a time convenient for me.

    Oh yeah, and the 24/7 access to cartoons just rocks.
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  10. February 25th, 2003, 01:45 AM #10
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    Had to give up my dish when we moved up here last year from Tucson. We went with the local cable company for everything - digital cable and internet access. It's pretty darn good, but I do miss MY DISH . The reason I couldn't use the dish is there is a 7,500' mountain that blocks the whole southern sky a ½ mile south of the house!
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  11. February 25th, 2003, 02:22 AM #11
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    Originally posted by Major Kong
    Had to give up my dish when we moved up here last year from Tucson. We went with the local cable company for everything - digital cable and internet access. It's pretty darn good, but I do miss MY DISH . The reason I couldn't use the dish is there is a 7,500' mountain that blocks the whole southern sky a ½ mile south of the house!
    Three words for that mountain: portable nuclear device.

    Seriously though, when would you have time for TV when you can quite literally watch the sun set or rise for hours?
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