# Woo Hoo DSL! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451 "2000-09-17T02:48:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/1 "2000-09-17T02:48:58Z")
I just got 106 k/s download on a song from Napster from someone on a T3. I think that’s the fastest I’ve ever seen. I love DSL! ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/2 "2000-09-17T02:53:26Z")
[bragging] I have cable modem and the other day I got 147K a second from someone with an unknown connection. [/bragging] Broadband is GREAT!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/3 "2000-09-17T03:01:34Z")
Sissies. 365k downloading some Sheryl Crow. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/4 "2000-09-17T03:45:24Z")
Oh screw you all! Go to hell! I hate you! –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/5 "2000-09-17T04:10:18Z")
I’m jealous of all of you bastards! I really need to get a DSL line. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/6 "2000-09-17T04:17:55Z")
I don’t know how I ever lived before my DSL connection! And today I just 128mb more of memory! ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/7 "2000-09-17T04:21:24Z")
DSL - it’s a way of life. That sure sounded funny before I wrote it… ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/8 "2000-09-17T05:23:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Cynical \* > \*\*Sissies. 365k downloading some Sheryl Crow. > \*\* 365K…and you use it for SHERYL CROW? Damn this 56K modem. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/9 "2000-09-17T06:16:47Z")
I’ve done some wild DL speeds. Like, 150k+ from a DSL line. 🙂 Love my DSL. (worship) ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/10 "2000-09-17T06:23:55Z")
Love mine, too, especially since it took forever and three visits from the Covadman to install it. I’m getting, on average, 110k/s. I’ve discovered myself getting pissed when I “only” get 75k/s downloads. How far I’ve come from 2400bps. ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/11 "2000-09-17T09:02:44Z")
**Montfort** , you getting pissed when you “only” get 75k/s downloads. What about me then, who have a modem and the highest I come up with is around 5k/s. That I call slooooooooooooooooow. It’s not fair. It’s not fair. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/12 "2000-09-17T09:16:30Z")
Well I got 5.3k/s the oth… Hold on a sec. You’re all a bunch of non-modem bastards :mad: ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/13 "2000-09-17T12:08:19Z")
My rotten lousy sorry worthless good-for-nothing scum-sucking fifty-dollar per month DSL service from Bellsouth has not worked for the past seven days. Calls to their “service” department are answered with a recording reporting “trouble” but with no anticipated date of repair. I would kill for a cable modem. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/14 "2000-09-17T12:27:20Z")
don’t get me wrong I love my dsl from Bel…Verizon but it limits me to no more then 62kb/s dl … while my friends using cable pay $5 less per month and have topped 300kb/s (since I don’t have cable it would be more expensive)and they rarely get slowdowns due to overused networks. when I start a DL sometimes it starts at apx 130 kb/s but quickly drops. I think the system allows full bandwidth and monitors - if one exceeds it’s limit it slowes it down :(. I wonder if there is a way to trick it into thinking I am allways starting (and allow the higher bandwidth) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/15 "2000-09-17T17:04:13Z")
I should have mentioned this earlier… go to [http://www.dslreports.com](http://www.dslreports.com) click on tweaks. You can optimize your machine for dsl use. I love my dsl. ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/16 "2000-09-17T17:38:43Z")
I wanted to get DSL, but with the way that Pac Hell botched hooking up up my phone line when I moved, I didn’t feel like waiting 6 months for the installation. So I went with a cable modem instead. I love it!! I have consistently gotten fast connections, even during peak usage times. According to the [Bandwidth Speed Test](http://computingcentral.msn.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest.asp), I’m getting download speeds of up to 4533.3 Kbps (555.6 K Bytes/sec). I have to agree, Napster has turned into a pleasant experience! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/17 "2000-09-17T20:44:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\*My rotten lousy sorry worthless good-for-nothing scum-sucking fifty-dollar per month DSL service from Bellsouth has not worked for the past seven days. Calls to their “service” department are answered with a recording reporting “trouble” but with no anticipated date of repair. > > I would kill for a cable modem. \*\* MMMbwaaahahahahahaha! We love keeping you disconnected! Theme song, to the tune of Offspring… “Gotta keep 'em disconnected.” Call 888-321-2375 option 2 then option 2 under that. or dial option 1 then option 1 under that and ask for me. hehe. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/18 "2000-09-17T20:48:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enright3 \* > \*\*I should have mentioned this earlier… > go to [http://www.dslreports.com](http://www.dslreports.com) > click on tweaks. You can optimize your machine for dsl use. > > I love my dsl. \*\* true true… BACK UP your registry and there will be no problems… very simple, very easy. Some people see no effect, others see 100% improvement. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/19 "2000-09-17T21:08:28Z")
I’m downloading Atomic dog(extended version) as we speak. I’m getting a blinding 1.57k/s At this rate, my 9 minute song should be done in another 20 minutes. It’s already been going for about 90 minutes. Oh yes this is the life. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451/20 "2000-09-17T21:22:19Z")
You are all Shameless Internet Whores. The lot of you. People with a REAL life don’t need anything faster than 64K ISDN. Everybody knows that. Bastards. I hate you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-dsl/33451.md?page=2)