i ordered broadband tired of dial up-need advice

Reply #29

Rip Snorter — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:00:29 GMT

Hope it works out for you LottoMike

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Reply #28

KY Floyd — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:53:41 GMT

What kind of stuff do you want to be able to do on the computer? I just got a new machine a couple of weeks ago and it opened a few doors, but the old machine (7 years old, with an AMD K6-2 400, 256 MB RAM and a 16MB video card) could handle most of the things I wanted to do. Games and image/video manipulation are the only demanding things that most people do. Unless those are things you want to do (or are trying to do already), your machine will probably be fine until parts of it stop working o... [ More ]

Reply #27

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:46:52 GMT

my tools should be here sometime next week.just got the phone call.....

Reply #26

Rip Snorter — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:49:40 GMT

LottoMike, congratulations!

I'm hoping you won't brag too much about how great the new service is.

Until something happens I'm gonna be stuck with the dial-up for a while and I don't want to be moping about it.

Leonard Cohen:

The ponies run, the girls are young

The odds are there to beat.

You win a while and then it ends

Your little winning streak.

And summoned now to deal

With your invincible defeat

You live your life as if it's real

A thousand kisses deep.... [ More ]

Reply #25

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:46:35 GMT

thanks

Reply #24

four4me — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:24:48 GMT

Just about anywhere they sell computers. i usually look in the sunday paper and see which place might have it cheepest be it Circut city, best buys, staples, office depo., compusa, You will need to give them your make and model pc also bring any documtation you have for the pc which should list the type of memory you can use.

It goes inside the pc--- follow all the instructions in the package. It just snaps in a socket on the mother board.

Reply #23

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:01:07 GMT

thanks man.where can i buy a ram.where would i put it

Reply #22

four4me — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:56:51 GMT

mike thats great just buy some more ram for it and you'll be loving life.

Reply #21

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:55:01 GMT

this one is 2002 HP pavillion it has........1.29 ghz...256 mb of RAM...1300 mhz....

Reply #20

CalifDude — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:45:59 GMT

My PC is at least 5 years old. It came with 512 MB of ram. The cache memory is set by the owner and it uses a part of disk space. This computer has a 40GB hard drive and 1.69GHz microprocessor. All of that was standard.

The only thing I don't like about this computer is that it has USB 1 ports and everything on the market today is USB 2. My computer is a Toshiba notebook.

Reply #19

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:44:49 GMT

i don't have the finances just yet but when i do i think i am going to get a new one........

Reply #18

CalifDude — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:38:02 GMT

I did the test and here is what I got with my cable modem:

1.4 megabits per second

Communications 1.4 megabits per second

Storage 165.7 kilobytes per second

1MB file download 6.2 seconds

Subjective rating Good

T1 (which is expensive) was just barely better at 1.58 megabits per second.

I am glad that I had the cable company install my connection. It was a lot of work and required specialized tools to put the connectors on the fiber optic cables. They also ran fiber optic cable

Reply #17

four4me — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:35:51 GMT

Now just hope that 5yr old pc you have will have enough memory on board to handle broadband. Most all of todays pc's run circles around most 5yr old pc's.

In either event aol's software will make adjustments to your pc's components for you to have the best experiance. but your pc probably has 125 mega bites of cache memory and would need at least twice that to keep you pc running smoothly. Todays pcs out of the box have 250 megabites and higher. Also the have far superior processors than any... [ More ]

Reply #16

CalifDude — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:29:08 GMT

I have cable for my TV, my Internet, and my Telephone. I love it. When you download a file and it gives an estimate in minutes for the download to complete at a 56K modem, you can change the minutes to seconds and you will be very close.

Concerning the cable slowing down when there are more people on it, that is only if the cable provider is not doing it right. My cable provider has a limit of 10 on a node. There is never any noticeable slowdown. And I know at least 3 of my neighbors a... [ More ]

Reply #15

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:21:06 GMT

thanks everyone! ky floyd thank you for explaining this.i don't know a lot about computers.

Reply #14

KY Floyd — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:12:42 GMT

DSL and Cable are broadband, which is just a term for a connection with a lot of bandwidth. Setting up your own cable connection is usually pretty easy, but if you have any trouble unlimited tech support is one of the things you get for your money. If it goes smoothly it may be as simple as running a cable from the wall to the cable modem and either a USB or ethernet cable from the modem to your computer. There should be an installation CD that establishes any network connections that are necess... [ More ]

Reply #13

LottoChica23 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:58:17 GMT

Not to worry LOTTOMIKE... If you can pick winning lottery numbers, hooking up broadband will be a piece of cake.

Reply #12

lottolaughs — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:25:59 GMT

Oh,and LottoMike,FYI,chili cheese,no kids so no diapers,Dumb and Dumber,STONES RULE!,straight paper,side sleeper,bottle beer, and my conscience is clear--this week

Reply #11

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:43:38 GMT

great song pac

Reply #10

pacattack05 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:39:24 GMT

Heart lyrics...... Magic Man ......

Cold late night so long ago

When I was not so strong you know

A pretty man came to me

Never seen eyes so blue

I could not run away

It seemed we'd seen each other in a dream

It seemed like he knew me

He looked right through me

Come on home, girl he said with a smile

You don't have to love me yet

Let's get high awhile

But try to understand

Try to understand

Try try try to understand

I'm a magic man.

Winter nights we sang in tune

Played i... [ More ]

Reply #9

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:02:26 GMT

looking forward to this.i'm so sick of being knocked off.....

Reply #8

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:00:59 GMT

hey there snakeyes.they play 70's and 80's.make a request that they play magic man by heart for me,lol.i thought that a person had to come hook up this stuff.they say i hook it up myself with the stuff they are sending in the mail.thanks weshar,sir metro,lottolaugh.pacattack,snakeyes for the advice so far.appreciate it

Reply #7

Snakeyes — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:55:34 GMT

Theres a local group of girls around here that play 70's 80's music called Broad Band.

Yep, you made the right choice. I have had broadband for close to 7 years now. Can't imagine my net access without it. The only time I get knocked off is when I physically shut down my router.

Reply #6

weshar75 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:54:26 GMT

I have broadband service here in small town Willamina it is through a cable modem. I know if I lived in Salem the services that they could provide would have more because they are a larger city.-weshar75

Reply #5

SirMetro — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:49:47 GMT

I would have suggested you considered either one of the Bell companies or a local wireless service (many have unlimited service now). AOL is rather expensive and know that the base of AOL's broadband is on the backbone of the local Bell companies. A drawback with cable, that no one will tell you is, the more people on it, the slower it can become.

In regards to it failing, yes, it can. Either due to lightening or power outage at the local service. Generally, the most I have had to do is turn... [ More ]

Reply #4

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:45:54 GMT

what is the difference between broadband(which i'll be getting soon) and the cable internet. i'm getting aol broadband.they say they are sending me the stuff in the mail to hook it up....

Reply #3

weshar75 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:24:16 GMT

I have a Digital cable package through a small provider here in Oregon. Both the T.V. and the internet. I like it because I do not have to pay for a home phone any more. I just have cell phones. The only drawback is that once or twice a month the internet will go out for short periods of time. I take it because we live in a smaller rural area. So it works 99.9% of the month and it is worth all the enjoyment you get out of having faster service in my opinion.-weshar75

Reply #2

lottolaughs — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:19:56 GMT

Way to go! You did the right thing. You're gonna love it!! You shouldn't be knocked off. I guess it could happen in an extreme situation but I wouldn't worry about it. Just sit back now and enjoy

Reply #1

pacattack05 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:19:53 GMT

You've definitely made the right choice. And you'll never go back....

Knocked off?

What's that

i ordered broadband tired of dial up-need advice

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:16:26 GMT

i got tired of being knocked off.i wrote about being knocked off a lot with dial up.i ordered broadband from my company AOL.was broadband the right way to go? appreciate the feedback....

with broadband i can't be knocked off still can i?

please tell me i made the right choice,lol......