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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 10-08-2000 02:44 AM

I'm curious as to what the viewers of this site use. Do you have a dialup modem with a free internet service provider (like Juno)? A dialup modem with an ISP like AOL? Cable modem? DSL connection? Anyone running multiple T1 lines into their home?

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Paul Cunningham
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 146
From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 10-08-2000 06:44 AM

I have a dial up modem and two free providers, they are Goconnect and freeonline. I used to use AOL Australia but it was too expensive and actually slower than the free ones.
Paul

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Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-08-2000 07:44 AM

I use Earthlink but I don't use their software. I use IE 5 and Outlook 5 (Mac). I also use IE and Outlook on my Toshiba notebook when I travel.

Loading pages is usually trouble free, except when the hotels I stay at have crummy phone lines. (Common occurrence) Downloading files is a bitch sometimes, I often only get 2.5 kb/sec download speed.

I'd get DSL but I'm not home enough to use it. I'd be paying all that $$ and I'd only use it about 10 days out of the month.

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George Roher
Master Film Handler

Posts: 266
From: Washington DC
Registered: Jul 99

posted 10-08-2000 12:22 PM

I have a dial up modem and use AOL.

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Ian Price
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-08-2000 01:21 PM

PacBell DSL at work, nothing at home.

Ky and I use the same DSL. He does a lot of research on the web and is emailed graphic files regularly. I manage our website, so the speed is appriciated.

I use IE5.5 as my primary browser but I just downloaded Nestscape 6 and it is looking good.

When I go on the road, I use a dial-up service and I bitch and moan about how slow it is.

I used a free dial-up service for about a day and was driven nuts by the ads. I'll pay, I'll pay.

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Joe Smith
Film Handler

Posts: 56
From: Dale City, Va. USA
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 10-08-2000 01:24 PM

I mostly use a 2-way cable modem

thru Comcast and Netscape Communicator 4.75. The cable modem does the job very quickly. If I'm at work it's usually a slow T1

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 10-08-2000 02:49 PM

It is AOL for me at the moment...it has the nice part about being available everywhere I go but as soon as Cable modems hit my neighborhood, I'll be gone...I have the oldest crappiest phone lines at home...I swear they are using morse code to send everything.

Steve

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"Old projectionists never die, they just changeover!"

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Mark Huff
Film Handler

Posts: 69
From: Springfield, IL, USA
Registered: May 2000

posted 10-08-2000 05:16 PM

I use AOL and IgLou at home. AOL and Winnet at work.

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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

Posts: 3836
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 10-08-2000 06:17 PM

Editted 11/2/02:

DSL, Opera and IE 6.0 at home.
Nothing at work.

Paul

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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!

Posts: 3061
From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 10-08-2000 09:59 PM

PacBell DSL/Netscape 4.75 at home

PacBell 56k dialup and Netscape on the laptop

Aaron
http://www.cinema-west.com

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Tom Kroening
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 214
From: Janesville, WI USA
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 10-08-2000 11:43 PM

ATT roadrunner cable modem (2mbits/sec down and about 40-45 kbits/sec up) about $50 a month ($40 with cable) althought i did read that it might be reduced to 20 a month

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-09-2000 01:44 AM

IE5 with a slow 56k dialup connection (all that's available here in the stix) at home and day job; Netscape 3 at the theatre on an ancient Windows 3.1 computer (which is only used to sell tix and check e-mail, so it can be old and ancient!)

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Paul Konen
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 981
From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 10-09-2000 08:10 AM

T1 - Netscape at Work.
56K - UUNet - Netscape while travelling.
56K - NetZero ISP - IE5 at home.

Paul

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 10-09-2000 09:44 AM

At work, I have Internet II access, but I'm not sure if it is used in getting to film-tech. At least T1 speed is achieved, though, if it isn't. At home, I use a dial-up provider with a 28.8 modem.

Equipment: work: 933MHz Pentium 3 with 45G hard drive and 256M RAM (Windows 2000 Professional with Internet Explorer 5.5). home: 200MHz Pentium Pro with 8G hard drive and 64M RAM (Windows 98 with Internet Explorer 5.0).

I also frequently use Sun Sparcstation 10s that we have in the department (running Solaris, Sun's version of Unix), and Silicon Graphics machines running IRIX (Silicon Graphics version of UNIX). I use Netscape on the UNIX boxes.

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Dave Cutler
Master Film Handler

Posts: 277
From: Centennial, CO
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 10-09-2000 01:43 PM

At home I have a cable modem and use Netscape for web browsing. 700MHz PIII, 256MB RAM, 30GB HD, 19" monitor.

I don't know what the connection at work is, but it's decently fast, I guess I should ask. Running Netsacpe on a 433MHz Celeron, 64MB RAM, 10GB HD with a 17" monitor.

I actually do most of my posting from work.

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