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broadband speeds?
Name: John B Date: September 8, 2002 at 13:42:28 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 1.8 / 256
Comment:
i am kinda new to computers and i have been concidering getting broadband pipex say it is 512k but i have no clue what that means all i know is at current i download at 5kb so how fast will broadband download?
Name: Dave Date: September 8, 2002 at 13:49:31 Pacific
Reply:
I currently run a 1Mb Cable internet connection, but before I upgraded I had a 512k connection and was usually reaching download speeds of up to 70k/s, over 10x faster than your current setup!
Hope this helps!
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Response Number 2
Name: speedy Date: September 8, 2002 at 14:13:12 Pacific
Reply:
I use DSL. Download rates vary depending on the site you're downloading from. Most of the time, however, 150kb/s is obtainable. 160k seems to be my sustainable maximum when doing multiple downloads.
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