What about this idea... make the software work such that you could use all that unused space on toasted CDs. I have loads that crapped out after just a few meg, thus the crap track is only a tiny width, and there's lots of real estate left for pictures. Now THAT I might use!
AT&T Broadband Cable in eastern Mass, USA. I think it's about $40-50/mo. $10 off for having one of the other broadband services (cable tv/digital phone). I have all three. Just tested, and got 577kbits down. Estimate up speed at around 256kbits (only basis for measure is the ability to stream 2 128kbit mp3s at once:-). I find burst speeds to be very good up and down.
Had DSL service a year ago thru Flashcom (tanked) and Covad at ~$50/mo I think. Service was solid when up, speeds were maintained. 640/128kbits. Service did seem to go down more than cable has or had before. Only real benefit was the fixed IP. Got DSL cause I moved somewhere not serviced by cable (big mistake!). Best part about that experience was that I got 1) about 1.5 months of free service after Flashcom tanked and stopped billing, and B)A reasonably decent DSL modem. Lot of good it does me now though.
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What about this idea... make the software work such that you could use all that unused space on toasted CDs. I have loads that crapped out after just a few meg, thus the crap track is only a tiny width, and there's lots of real estate left for pictures. Now THAT I might use!
AT&T Broadband Cable in eastern Mass, USA. I think it's about $40-50/mo. $10 off for having one of the other broadband services (cable tv/digital phone). I have all three. Just tested, and got 577kbits down. Estimate up speed at around 256kbits (only basis for measure is the ability to stream 2 128kbit mp3s at once :-). I find burst speeds to be very good up and down.
Had DSL service a year ago thru Flashcom (tanked) and Covad at ~$50/mo I think. Service was solid when up, speeds were maintained. 640/128kbits. Service did seem to go down more than cable has or had before. Only real benefit was the fixed IP. Got DSL cause I moved somewhere not serviced by cable (big mistake!). Best part about that experience was that I got 1) about 1.5 months of free service after Flashcom tanked and stopped billing, and B)A reasonably decent DSL modem. Lot of good it does me now though.