Dial up or broadband?

Discussion in 'Science, Technology & Car Chat' started by kfong1, Jun 1, 2007.

  1. kfong1

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    Would youu guys prefer dial up or broadband internet? I am using dial up now... And its killing me.... Can't download anything...-clapclap
     
  2. reno

    reno Well-Known Member

    dialup still exists??
    oh wait.. ur in aust too... *sigh*
     
  3. BabyRain

    BabyRain Doppelgänger of da E.Twin

    I don't think anyone in their right mind would say they prefer dial-up.
     
  4. SUSIE-DANG-1988

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    dail up?! omg! soo noisy when connecting to the net!
    is all about broadband now these days!! lol
     
  5. brown_bear

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    hahahaha dial up what a joke....its now BB all round...woot woot.....
     
  6. reno

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    brown bear's everywhere now aye?? :p
     
  7. brown_bear

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    ^ im everywhere?? -huh? mm ming wor
     
  8. zylo

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    yep dial ups the best. everyone knows your on and
     
  9. Ju$t!Ce

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    i wish america has fiber optics like the rest of the world!
     
  10. kakenx

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    Broadband all the way lol! would be hell for me if i'd still used dial-up haha!
     
  11. ab289

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    broadband ... on 24/7 ... life would really be boring with dial ups. no offense
     
  12. BabyRain

    BabyRain Doppelgänger of da E.Twin

    Not boring, it's expensive!!!!

    I used to spend like 200 bucks or more on dial-ups, but with broadband, i just pay 66 bucks and get to use it 24/7 ... lol
     
  13. ab289

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    shldn't it be more expensive to have broadband cmp to dialup? how do you spend $200 on dialup and only $66 for broadband?
     
  14. BabyRain

    BabyRain Doppelgänger of da E.Twin

    bcoz dial-ups are cents per minute; whilst broadband is unlimited.
     
  15. Kqc84

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    woah, dialup still exists...
    definitely broadband is better. even cellphones are going into 3G/3.5G/4G now.

    the prices for broadband in Australia seems to be kinda high though. $30 for 256kbps ASDL is too high. if you do get broadband, try going for cable there.
     
  16. gawain187

    gawain187 Well-Known Member

    Its obvious that broadband will be the favourable one. Who would want to be browsing at turtle pace.
     
  17. reno

    reno Well-Known Member

    u said

    bb = u :p
    lolz
     
  18. mr1nice1guy

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    Best to get broadband, but not everyone can afford broadband depending on the country they're in. In Australia broadband is very expensive compared to other countries like US, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. I can tell you broadband in Australia really suck!!!!!...it is never unlimited. Worst they do is really cap your speed depending on your plan and the speed end up being like dial up speed. There are cheap broadband plan around but the quality of the service is really poor. They may be cheap ones for 35 or 40 dollar a month with 15 or 20 gigs of download. Anything cheaper than that you actually pay even more cos you get those plan with 200 Mbytes download limit with 15/20 cent per megabytes extra you download.

    Dial up is still the cheapest option in Australia for those who can't afford broadband plus you can go almost anywhere with it within Australia and use dial-up as long as there is a telephone connection. With Broadband you can't do that, have to wait for activation on the exchange for 1 week before you can use it.
     
  19. lammy29

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    hahah yea def go for broadband
     
  20. dragong87

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    broadband all the way!!
    i've got a couple of friends still on dial up and they always complain!! lol
    for me dial up and broadband are about the same price. constantly dialling is a phone call per dial lol. and it wasn't even untimed and had 4hr limits.. did any1 else hav that? 4 hrs then it was compulsory to dc wait 15mins then recconect again? :@
    don't know if it's still like that now tho.

    yeah i'm in australia and i thought my plan was cheap!! how much is it in all those other places?

    also read somewhere that australia's broadband isn't even consider broadband .. it's "fraudband" lol.
    256 here is considered broadband but in other places it's not considered broadband unles it's 1.5mbps?

    Australia's so behind!