# I just got broadband, now what? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916 "2003-10-11T22:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/1 "2003-10-11T22:52:41Z")
After years of using a dial-up connection. We finally brokedown and signed up for broadband thruogh a cable modem. What sites do you suggest we go to that we couldn’t before? (for entertainment / downloads / etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/2 "2003-10-11T23:23:58Z")
If you like movie trailers, short films and softcore porn try [www.ifilm.com](http://www.ifilm.com) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/3 "2003-10-11T23:26:54Z")
First, you want a firewall if you don’t have one yet. An excellent free one is at [www.zonealarm.com](http://www.zonealarm.com) . ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/4 "2003-10-12T00:17:02Z")
**Porn!** ---
**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/5 "2003-10-12T00:25:45Z")
Just for fun go [here](http://www.pitstop.com) and check out your download speeds. ---
**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/6 "2003-10-12T00:27:11Z")
Crud. [Here](http://www.pcpitstop.com) sigh. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/7 "2003-10-12T00:34:29Z")
[http://www.liquidgeneration.com](http://www.liquidgeneration.com) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/8 "2003-10-12T16:31:53Z")
“First, you want a firewall if you don’t have one yet.” My ISP has a DSL FW already. So I don’t need a software one. Also, I get to keep my regular dialup account too, should I need it. MrTuffPaws, who is your account from? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/9 "2003-10-12T17:57:56Z")
gaming is alot better on broadband. Counterstrike, team fortress, day of defeat, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/10 "2003-10-12T20:05:39Z")
You can do some free online gaming with “Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory”. [http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/](http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/) ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/11 "2003-10-13T02:55:59Z")
Kazaa ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/12 "2003-10-13T05:00:33Z")
hmmm… i tried the PCpitstop thing and my clock speed was in the 100th percentile. Didn’t think it was THAT fast… ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/13 "2003-10-13T07:08:20Z")
Or for more movie trailers and stuff: [http://www.apple.com/trailers](http://www.apple.com/trailers) (you’ll need quicktime) ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/14 "2003-10-13T11:12:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > [http://www.liquidgeneration.com](http://www.liquidgeneration.com) Dammit, **Q.E.D.** , you’ve just made me want to report a bug to the Mozilla Firebird developers. Their built-in popup blocker didn’t block the new window opened by JavaScript on the page you linked to. I can prevent the popup from occurring if I disable JavaScript, but then other [pages without annoying popups](http://www.cut-the-knot.org) might not work the way they should. Unfortunately I don’t have a BugZilla account (yet), but if it bothers me enough I’ll register for one and report it. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-broadband-now-what/206916/15 "2003-10-13T13:00:17Z")
**amore ac studio** , are you speaking of the non-ad content popup? Surely it should not be blocking that, and perhaps it is intelligently let it through? I presume you are assuming “if it lets that one through it will let ads through too”, but maybe it’s detected it’s not an ad somehow.