Your name!

[XBL]

Well, to discribe the connection you have in holland, from the slowest till the fastest:

28.8 till 56.6: Modem, sucks . Is the slowest you have (I think)

Cable: I think from 64 till 2048. The problem is, is that you *share* the line with your neighboures. So when they start using internet, you're speed drops.

ADSL/SDSL: from 256 till 8mbit (and sometimes more, not really for *normal* use).

Cable rent (or whatever): With this, you can choose what speed you want. Only for big companies.

But maybe your dad can tell what he thinks broadband is...

Jochem

[Solfius]

Broadband is via a cable, but it can be got via telephone wires. It allows you to be online and use the hpone (if over the same telephone line) on average it is 10 times faster than a 56k modem

[XBL]

Well, than ADSL is exactly the same as the broadband you discribe...

ADSL at our place goes over new cables (glasfibre or whatever), and it's possible to make phone calls, when connected to the internet.

And I also said broadband is for me about 512kbit/s download or more... 56 * 10 = 560kbit/s download. The same, as you see.

Jochem

[Solfius]

well, I'm sure there is a difference to it

[Darth Tiberius]

I know ISDN is similar to broadband./ I kniow a few people that have that. ASDL however I've never heard of.

[XBL]

ISDN is almost the same as Broadband, I believe the difference is that ISDN can't get to the high speeds broadband can get.

ADSL is the same DSL.
Adsl: Asymmetric Digital Subscribers Line.
Sdsl: Symmetric Digital Subscribers Line.

Some info on ADSL.
Even more info.

Jochem

[Darth Tiberius]

I think XBL is a very knowledgable person on computers.

[rklenseth]

And I think this topic has gone way off from what it was suppose to be.

[XBL]

happens sometimes .

Jochem

[Darth Tiberius]

What was this discussion about again?

[rklenseth]

I'm not sure. I forgot.

But I think this happens more than just sometimes, XBL. Maybe we should use the word often.

[sammigurl61190]

And I think this topic has gone way off from what it was suppose to be.

Exactly--I saw this coming a mile away, though! =)


Oh, and the discussion is about how you chose your screen name and what it means.

[oddedd]

Out of most of you mine is quite simple,

ODDEDD,

well do i really need to explain, Ill give you a hint, my name is Edd

[sammigurl61190]

LMAO That's a nice name--I would have never put that together if you hadn't said your name was Edd! LOL

[thingnumber2]

Mine is thingnumber2...because, all my friends, never could tell me and my twin bro apart, so they just called us thingnumber1 and thingnumber2, which, for some reason, worked....