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Old 11-December-2006, 10:55 PM
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Unhappy i have to move...no internet

yep...january the 16th.
now everyone dont start crying at once. i know you all love me!

besides the spell check person. hmm


its either i move or go to prison... LOOONNNGGGGG story. but im innocent..it sucks so much...but *bad word* happens right?

i just thought id tell you all, thats all.
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How can there be a place with no Starbucks???
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How can there be a place with no Starbucks???
I take it you mean an internet cafe
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How can there be a place with no Starbucks???
...or a library? There must be some in the province of cyril.
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I take it you mean an internet cafe
Yup; fully half the customers I spotted in a local mall store yesterday were fully engaged in their laptops, lattes in hand, in surreal contrast to couples who were actually facing and talking to each other. Not one customer was reading a (physical) Sunday paper.
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Yup; fully half the customers I spotted in a local mall store yesterday were fully engaged in their laptops, lattes in hand, in surreal contrast to couples who were actually facing and talking to each other. Not one customer was reading a (physical) Sunday paper.
I don't do Starbucks, but you just made my winter break. There's a new Starbucks about two-three blocks from my parents' place, so I can take my laptop down there while I'm home. My parents still have dial-up, so I plan on spending some quality time with my laptop in a coffee shop somewhere in Salem. Thanks.
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All those comments presuppose the existence of a laptop, which still isn't something everyone has.

As someone who hasn't got one I can sympathize with the problems of other people bound by the laws of the connected copper.

Ok, at least partially Where I live I pay ~9$ per month for a shared 166Mbps line with no traffic cap, which means I do tend to have a somewhat different look of the Internet that others. (It's the other end that's slow, not me)
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...I pay ~9$ per month for a shared 166Mbps line...
Just out of curiosity, can you report what this speed test registers, if at all? Got into it with my ISP a few years back over their claimed speed, with them going on about "Well, that's not our test, and besides, there are computer set-up/configuration variables to consider...".
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Try this link instead...

(yours leads to a result page, not the test)

Oh - and on comcast, I get consistent 10-12Mbps results

Also, I tend to prefer this speed test, as it gives upload as well (I have a slow upload - fairly typical result is 12500kbps down, 350kbps up)
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Ha, ha---your link gives me 3,350 kbps down; C/NET reports 798 kbps---arghh!
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What does your ISP claim?

Mine claims 12000/364, so I get close to rated results with speakeasy (my second link)
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All those comments presuppose the existence of a laptop, which still isn't something everyone has.
Soylentgreen's doesn't. Libraries usually have internet-connected computers that you can just sit down at and use.
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What does your ISP claim?...
For "a limited time only"
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The 12-day trial is here and it's the start of..Your free upgrade to faster Internet speeds. It's Fast, up to 7Mpbs...We hope you enjoy the faster speeds. Your Value package speeds will return on Dec. 19, 2006 --- Cox Cable e-mail of 08 Dec 2006
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All those comments presuppose the existence of a laptop, which still isn't something everyone has.

As someone who hasn't got one I can sympathize with the problems of other people bound by the laws of the connected copper.

Ok, at least partially Where I live I pay ~9$ per month for a shared 166Mbps line with no traffic cap, which means I do tend to have a somewhat different look of the Internet that others. (It's the other end that's slow, not me)
you understood.


i just read tghe rest of the posts on this thread. you all changed subjects like a mofo.

and i went to that comcast thing and got.

1236.4 Kbps - You 1236.4 kbps

but i dont have comcast. eh, oh well.

i get side tracked easily. i came here to post a second edition is this babble but im typing this instead...

makes you think dont it
shifty is my favorite face. it just looks...adorible?

something like that.
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