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"Broadband"

I really really really want this, and Ive almost persuaded my parents to get it.

Ive fed them with a load of crap, at how it will make the internet go faster, therefore allowing me to do my "Homework" more efficiently... (Yeah right!)

Anyway, theyve said if I can find out all the information about getting it then I can have it. :-D

So im asking you, could you give me some decent information on Broadband, costs, and how its set up etc.

We're using Eurobell at the moment, so I think we'd have to stick with that, rather than going for BT.....

So any information you can give me, Id be very grateful.

Thanks

David

Er, 1.0 and 2.0? Get the full mod version - the file name is csv14full.exe. That is, if you want the full mod version...filenames for reference:

csv1314.exe - CS Mod version 1.3 > 1.4 upgrade
csv14full.exe - CS Full mod version (if you don't already have cs)
cs1004.exe - Full retail upgrade (updates any version that originally came on a CD in the generations pack)
cs10031004.exe - 1003 > 1004 retail upgrade (updates a version from the generations CD that was previously 1003)

Fogmaster wrote:
also if you get ASDL I doubt you'd be using the
> tiny telephone cables you do with 56k modems, my Broadband cable is
> easily a cm thick, thats quite a difference.

On my Alcatel modem, there's one thick lead, which then splits into two - the USB lead and the phone lead. The phone lead is exactly the same as normal phone leads...just green.

Also, i'm downloading CS 1.3 and 1.4, do I need 1.0 and 2.0???
I've just had a go, it's a bit different to TO and UT.

Nah, just keep your dial-up connection for Freeola somewhere and connect your phone line whenever you need to, wouldn't have thought it would be difficult, also if you get ASDL I doubt you'd be using the tiny telephone cables you do with 56k modems, my Broadband cable is easily a cm thick, thats quite a difference.

Just say I get ADSL from BT next month, and keep my moden in the machine for my Freeola Web Space uploading, etc...

How do you connect back up through a dial-up, of the machinchas you down as being online all the time??? Is is easy to change back???

Woot, now get cs1.4, I need matches damnit :D

Your probably find yourself not coming online as much then, you'll have to format your hdd and start downloading everything again just to occupy yourself :D also, I HAVE HALF-LIFE!

I just hate waiting now, heh...most sites can supply this, any large mirrors at least, very few at cable speed. Excellent if you know somewhere nice to leech from, does 100mb in about 15 mins..

I must admit the only problem i've ever had is haveing to buy 2 40 gig hard disks to keep up. I don't see the point in 1 meg yet as a lot of places carn't deliver fast enough and even at 60k a sec I can download practically anything in a day. I just set it going in the morning and when I get back from work there it is.

/me grins

Got 1mbit a few days ago. gone from 30gb > 500mb free on an 80gb hard disk...I'll start backing some stuff up, but it's a damn sweet connection. The cap really is 1024kbit, which is annoying (NTL 512k cap is actually at 600, allowing downloads up to 75k/sec). This always hits its peak speed, 128k/sec...downloaded CS 1.4 full mod + upgrade before I went to school :D

£50 is fairly pricy considering it isn't actually twice the speed, but this should come down fairly soon..512k was priced high for a while. Anyway, I'm not paying, so I can't complain..

Got caught in the standard NTL system, early adopters...without any service for a while, then back down to 512k, but worth it when it came..256 upstream is nice too. Shame it's not available everywhere, but NTL do offer a 128k service now as well for £15/month...not bad, as some people are still paying that for dialup, and this is always on and twice the speed..