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To: IdiotJed who wrote (1923)	1/9/1999 10:25:00 PM
From: Buckey	Respond to of 62348

Its the weekend - There was babbling here last weekend too - the other thread discusses this stuff in more detail - I will link in a second This is more a discussion on brokers, tech stuff - I think they have covered this - Subject 22429

To: IdiotJed who wrote (1923)	1/9/1999 10:42:00 PM
From: trilobyte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62348

FWIW ... i do have ADSL for few monts now , but for you who can't get it right know ... don't be to upset about it ... yes it is a hell of faster than 56k modem BUT !!! here in vancouver the charge for ADSL is $64.05 -- in this is included a gateway/sympatico plus gst/pst total $ 74.05 ... the gateway connection is provided by BC tel , BUT BCtel can't sell internet directly you have to choice one of 5 or 6 ISP providers which they have contract with -- that cost you $15.00 and it is part of that $64.00 .. no way around it speed .. ??? my fastest download was 80k/sec at average over 8mb program , but if start talking about connection to online broker it becomes a completly different game ... you who knows e*trade can get a picture from this ... i go to the order page put in my order and click for confirmation ( for trading password page ) AND it can take anything between 20 sec to 2 minutes just to get to the page to input my trading password ... i have a second account with Investors Edge - CIBC and the difference is nonexisting ... same slow and slower ... if it goes just a bit slower it will start crawling bacward ........ bottom line .. ADSL is great if you download from a site which has a proper hardware and there is not a heavy trafic at their end ... other way your ADSL changes to 14.4 modem and you can go make a coffee between reloading pages ... problem is ... 99% of financial sites thinks that a 386 - 25 Mgz is a scream of computer technolgi and that is what they are equipped with ... i guess .. 8-)) good luck and better speed to all of you .... tlb

To: IdiotJed who wrote (1923)	1/9/1999 11:13:00 PM
From: Cumbrian	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62348

I also have a cable modem, it screams. No problem with service interuptions either. I can't figure why anyone looking for fast download speed looks any further. Way faster than ASDL. Also with ASDL doesn't the speed drop as you move farther away from the main backbone? Geoff

To: IdiotJed who wrote (1923)	1/10/1999 9:32:00 PM
From: Nabeel S.	Respond to of 62348

" I have access to both service here and I would so like to get rid of the #@$% 4 Gb/month transfert limit that I have with my cable connection. " Do you mean they only allow you to download 4GB/month ? or 4GB transferred? I was unaware of any limit through the wave, and use it for accessing the office, and frequently upload large files. Therefore ADSL can't work for me as nice as cable. I haven't hit the limit yet, but out of curiousity, what do they do when you do? charge for additional MG's or something? nabeels (sorry for the OT post Chief)