# It's about bloody time..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 2, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858 "2000-08-02T16:50:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/1 "2000-08-02T16:50:41Z")
Almost nine weeks ago, my cable modem was installed. Today, it finally started working. I have had the cable guys out to my house countless times, but they could never figure out the problem. Today, they finally figured out the problem and fixed it. So here I am, coming to you at 130 kb/sec. :: Happy Dance :: ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/2 "2000-08-02T16:54:06Z")
130 kb/sec? Bitch šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/3 "2000-08-02T16:55:31Z")
Not bad. I get 150+ on my ADSL. Fun, ainā€™t it? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/4 "2000-08-02T16:56:52Z")
Two words come to mind: Streaming Porn. Probably best I donā€™t get a cable modem. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/5 "2000-08-02T16:58:04Z")
Well Iā€™m coming at you at a rather leisurly 2100 kb/s. šŸ˜‰ Keith ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/6 "2000-08-02T16:58:31Z")
But you still love me, right Coldfire? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/7 "2000-08-02T16:59:42Z")
Of course, at home it is a mere 28.8 modem ā˜¹ Keith ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/8 "2000-08-02T17:43:23Z")
I just found a web site that will test your bandwidth and according to it, I am actually getting 330 kb/sec. (not that Iā€™m gloating or anything) ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/9 "2000-08-02T18:05:55Z")
Lucky You!!! Mine is slooooooooooooooooooow. It is awfull. ---
**Author:** ![wacky\_ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wacky\_ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wacky_ninja)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/10 "2000-08-02T18:07:27Z")
ethernet such a lovely thing ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/11 "2000-08-02T18:09:53Z")
Ethernet at school and Iā€™ve gotten songs on Napster upwards of 350 kbps. Where is this site at which you can test your kbps rate? ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/12 "2000-08-02T18:11:26Z")
They are installing broadband (is that what it is called, BTW?) where I live. Iā€™m counting the days until I get to toss my 28.8 modem out the window. (59 days to go) ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/13 "2000-08-02T18:14:28Z")
ADSL was up 'n running in two hours. Wait, it was actually 1 1/2 hours, including the internal wiring. Nice little 192K connection. The T3 from work is also nice. * * * Disclaimer - no teasing or taunting of those with slower connections was intended in this post. Any occurrences of teasing or taunting are strictly coincidental. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/14 "2000-08-02T18:15:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Ethernet at school and Iā€™ve gotten songs on Napster upwards of 350 kbps. > > Where is this site at which you can test your kbps rate? \*\* I found it on the CNET download site. [http://webservices.cnet.com/bandwidth/](http://webservices.cnet.com/bandwidth/) As to how accurate it is, I donā€™t know. Iā€™ve been trying to download from Napster, but the best I seem to be getting is 20 kb/sec. Of course, there are a lot of people on the site now, so that may have something to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![wacky\_ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58956e/32.png) [@wacky\_ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wacky_ninja)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/15 "2000-08-02T18:20:17Z")
it says something about 1105.7kbps i love ethernet. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/16 "2000-08-02T18:32:13Z")
Mine said 777.1 kbps. I wonder if itā€™d be bigger if the PC lab Iā€™m in werenā€™t half full. But still, substantially better than 28.8. ---
**Author:** ![Philbuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Philbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philbuck)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/17 "2000-08-02T18:44:06Z")
Hitting between 2100 and ā€œYou have a connection speed which is greater than most connections.ā€ All rightā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-bloody-time/27858/18 "2000-08-02T21:23:51Z")
Heh. 1149.3 kbps. T1 from work. My ISP is 50 feet away. > [@](#): > > They are installing broadbandā€¦ I suppose you could call it that. What you are probably getting is whatā€™s called an HFC network. HFC is Hybrid Fiber-Coax. Fiber optic cable transmitting digital data spreads out from the head-end, is converted to an analog signal at the optic/power node which serves approximately 500 homes, and finally comes to your house via analog RF signal on coaxial cable. Broadband really just refers to the transmitted RF range. CATV/Data HFC sytems are now sending signals ranging from about 50MHz through 850MHz. At least thats what my clients are doing. [Edited by UncleBeer on 08-02-2000 at 04:31 PM]