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01-12-2005, 07:33 PM
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TheMajor
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WOW! They doubled my speed!!!
My ISP doubled my internet connection speed. For free!!!
I had:
1Mb/s|256Kb/s
I have:
2Mb/s|512Kb/s
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01-12-2005, 08:03 PM
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Shumway
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Now you just need a better comp to feel the real power of the net
01-13-2005, 12:11 AM
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willsko87
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lol...did they tell you that they were changing it or did it just happen?
I wish they would double my 256kbps/64kbps for free!
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01-13-2005, 12:16 AM
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TheMajor
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I received a mail.
And I did a speed test and got up to 2111Kbps !!
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01-13-2005, 12:22 AM
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beedubaya
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If they doubled my speed I'd still only be at 18kbps.
willsko87 - Be happy with your 256k. When I had mine, I thought it was slow, but now I would do anything to get it back.
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01-13-2005, 12:24 AM
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The Rage
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Yeah, SPEED is good!
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01-13-2005, 12:26 AM
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Roshi229
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lol... congrats Major.
roshi is now on Firefox what's the big deal?
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01-13-2005, 12:27 AM
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willsko87
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If they doubled my speed I'd still only be at 18kbps.
willsko87 - Be happy with your 256k. When I had mine, I thought it was slow, but now I would do anything to get it back.
yeah true...i forget that im better off than alot of people. Are you saying that you only connect at 9kbps?
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01-13-2005, 12:33 AM
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TheMajor
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KB*8=Kb
Kb/8=KB
KB=KiloBytes
Kb=KiloBits
KB/s=KiloBytes per second
Kbps=KiloBits per seoncs
8Mbps=1MB/s
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