# How does my home connection affect access? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 23, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807 "2003-11-23T05:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/1 "2003-11-23T05:40:29Z")
I’m well aware that the hampsters are on starvation rations. Nevertheless, I have to wonder how much my home dial-up connection is affecting my ability to access the boards. Do all you DSL and cable folks spend a lot of time watching the blue bar before you get the time out message? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/2 "2003-11-23T05:50:27Z")
The speed of your connection won’t make much, if any, difference when accessing the SDMB - the server is the bottleneck. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_s_Fool)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/3 "2003-11-23T13:45:20Z")
I just switched to DSL from dial-up and I must say things seem to move alot faster on the board. Sure there are times that it is still slow but not the horrible slowness where I could go put a load of laundry on and come back and the page had still not loaded. So yes, I do believe speed at home helps. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/4 "2003-11-23T23:47:40Z")
Pistols at dawn! :mad: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_s_Fool)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/5 "2003-11-24T04:26:40Z")
25 or 50 paces? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/6 "2003-11-24T05:59:36Z")
I had DSL back in NJ, and dialup now, for the time being. I see little difference between the two, in terms of board access. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Nobody\_s\_Fool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_s_Fool)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/7 "2003-11-24T12:47:41Z")
Well then maybe it was changing from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 but I am telling you things are moving faster for me. Or maybe it is just my imagination. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/8 "2003-11-27T00:07:55Z")
I have just recently come back to the Board after months away, mainly because it sucked having to wait so long on my 32.2 dialup. Now, with the cable, it’s unbelievably better. Still some wait time, but nothing like before. Whether this is due to an improvement in thet server as well as the faster connection, I dunno and I doncare. I’m just glad to have the chance to read and post again. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-my-home-connection-affect-access/214807/9 "2003-11-27T00:27:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Pistols at dawn! Bah! Real men duel with cannons! Maybe it’s the hours I use, but I find that my modem freshes the SDMB faster than the university’s T3 connection. [shrugs]