Comments on: My Geek Rite of Passage http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/05/12/my_geek_rite_of_passage/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sat, 26 May 2012 18:07:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: obscurestooge http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/05/12/my_geek_rite_of_passage/comment-page-1/#comment-25854 obscurestooge Mon, 14 May 2007 13:30:02 +0000 #comment-25854 <p>> Of course next week the phone company will probably add DSL</p> <p>Well, now that you've paid to install all those repeaters, why wouldn't they? I'm sure your neighbors will appreciate it!</p> > Of course next week the phone company will probably add DSL

Well, now that you’ve paid to install all those repeaters, why wouldn’t they? I’m sure your neighbors will appreciate it!

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/05/12/my_geek_rite_of_passage/comment-page-1/#comment-25853 Julie Sun, 13 May 2007 22:47:46 +0000 #comment-25853 <p>Joshua:</p> <p>You're very lucky and I'm envious. Unfortunately for me, I live in the woods. 12 acres of woods to be exact. It's a rural area with no DSL, no Wireless and no Cable. I've been using HughesNet satellite as my ISP for several years. I finally decided I deserved something better and went on a T1 adventure. :o)</p> <p>Of course next week the phone company will probably add DSL and the cable company will run cable to my area. ;o)</p> Joshua:

You’re very lucky and I’m envious. Unfortunately for me, I live in the woods. 12 acres of woods to be exact. It’s a rural area with no DSL, no Wireless and no Cable. I’ve been using HughesNet satellite as my ISP for several years. I finally decided I deserved something better and went on a T1 adventure. :o )

Of course next week the phone company will probably add DSL and the cable company will run cable to my area. ;o)

]]> By: Joshua Wolf http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/05/12/my_geek_rite_of_passage/comment-page-1/#comment-25852 Joshua Wolf Sun, 13 May 2007 22:05:46 +0000 #comment-25852 <p>I live within 1 mile of a CO, and to get a T1 it would still cost more than my cable connection. I still get about 7 to 11Mbps download and 1Mbps upload.</p> <p>So my upload is slightly slower than a T1, but my downloads blow it out of the water.</p> <p>Plus. it only costs me $60/month. 1/10th what a T1 to my house would be.</p> I live within 1 mile of a CO, and to get a T1 it would still cost more than my cable connection. I still get about 7 to 11Mbps download and 1Mbps upload.

So my upload is slightly slower than a T1, but my downloads blow it out of the water.

Plus. it only costs me $60/month. 1/10th what a T1 to my house would be.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/05/12/my_geek_rite_of_passage/comment-page-1/#comment-25851 Julie Sat, 12 May 2007 21:29:45 +0000 #comment-25851 <p>Yeah, the price for the installation was crazy considering that I am 90,000 feet from the central office and they had to put in 7 repeaters... The monthly is also 'out there', but this is so much better than my satellite. It's like night and day! :o) </p> Yeah, the price for the installation was crazy considering that I am 90,000 feet from the central office and they had to put in 7 repeaters… The monthly is also ‘out there’, but this is so much better than my satellite. It’s like night and day! :o )

]]> By: Rob Tillotson http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/05/12/my_geek_rite_of_passage/comment-page-1/#comment-25850 Rob Tillotson Sat, 12 May 2007 19:07:34 +0000 #comment-25850 <p>I have to admit I'm jealous of the static IPs, upload speed, low latency, and 24/7 reliability. But not, I'm sure, of the price :)</p> I have to admit I’m jealous of the static IPs, upload speed, low latency, and 24/7 reliability. But not, I’m sure, of the price :)

]]> By: Tyler Puckett http://the-gadgeteer.com/2007/05/12/my_geek_rite_of_passage/comment-page-1/#comment-25849 Tyler Puckett Sat, 12 May 2007 17:50:30 +0000 #comment-25849 <p>Crimping cables is always an exercise in frustration for me. It is very rare I get a cable that works the first time.</p> <p>I'd do anything for a T1 line :-)</p> Crimping cables is always an exercise in frustration for me. It is very rare I get a cable that works the first time.

I’d do anything for a T1 line :-)

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