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BT is very easy to use. There are several different clients to choose from. You'll find one of your liking. Just scan all downloads as Mactron stated. I posted something on the boards a while back about BT and spyware. Read this for more info: Spyware Floods In Through BitTorrent

Guess not.

Welcome to the site Chais82. While your cable looks damn good, FIOS will be blazing. Don't forget to post scores. Enjoy your new speeds!

I thought the same thing. Admins are saying different though.

If you don't say anything to them about it, you will stay at the current speed. No changes will be made to your account. Comcast will grandfather you in. If you move or make any changes to your account, you will no longer be able to get 6000/768 again...ever. Being that you don't subscribe to phone or cable tv, and you request an upgrade to 8000/768, you will have to pay $77.95. If you upgrade and decide that you don't want the 8000/768 anymore, you will not go back to 6000/768. You will go to the 6000/384. Reason being is that the current config file will remain if effect and stay in Comcast's system database as long as you don't change your service. If the account is changed and a new config file applied, the 6000/768 config file will not be restorable being that it will no longer be offered as a package. The only config files that will be available will be 4000/384, 6000/394, and 8000/768. Hope that helped.

Doesn't look like it.

I was hoping for at least 10000/1000, But it seems that it's not planned as of yet. Might change soon though. Official announcements here: Speed Upgrade Announcement (July 12, 2005)

Yeah, wireless would be great, but the connection would have to be solid. It does seem way too unsecure receiving your connection through powerlines. Lightning strikes the very source that carries juice to the consumer, and your internet along with everything else that needs power goes down. That would suck big time!

There is supposed to be a 3rd tier, but it's not mentioned in the article. I'm hoping that it's 16000/2000.

Google invests in powerline Internet Goldman, Hearst also investors in company that provides Web access over electrical power lines. July 7, 2005: 1:43 PM EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A company that provides high-speed Internet access over electrical power lines said Thursday it has received a major investment from Google, the Hearst Corp. and Goldman Sachs. Current Communications Group said it would use the financing to accelerate its deployment of voice, video and data services in domestic and global markets. The company declined to disclose financial terms of the investment, though the Wall Street Journal reported that it approached $100 million. Current's service is available primarily in Cincinnati, Ohio, through a partnership with Cinergy Corp. (Research), with smaller deployments in Maryland and Hawaii. "Clearly the technology is ready to be pushed into new markets and we are spending a great deal of our time trying to do that," said Scott Bruce, managing director of Current and its major backer, Liberty Associated Partners. "It's already commercial and ready for prime time." Full story here: Google invests in powerline Internet

When downloading, dsl/cable fast is your best bet. Just set the Max uploads to 10 and leave the Upload rate at 40kB/s (50kB/s wouldn't hurt either). You can still surf the net in a timely fashion, plus get great speeds on the torrent. If you set the upload too high, your download speed will suffer. Usually, 80% of your total upload is the sweet spot.

Google Readies Its Toolbar for Firefox Free toolbar, available tomorrow, matches Internet Explorer version. Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service Wednesday, July 06, 2005 Google's new toolbar for The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser, containing almost all of the features found in Google's toolbar for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, will be available tomorrow, according to a company official. You can download the free toolbar here starting Thursday at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time from Google, and you can download two free extensions for Firefox here, said Sundar Pichai, product manager of client software at Google. The Firefox toolbar will have all of the features found on the IE toolbar except for two that are already included in the Firefox browser: a pop-up blocker and browse-by-name functionality, which lets users jump to a Web site by entering its name rather than its Web address, according to Pichai. This should be nice for FF users.

Sure there is... Google Earth (Torrent) Google Earth Plus (Torrent - Must register) Absolutely no need for a torrent though. The file is so small in size that the direct download will be much faster.

That's correct... my mistake. I'm not sure about the standard for cable, but several networks are not even at Docsis 2.0 yet.

Of course You can run a tank with a ps of that caliber.

At least go for a 400 watt PS. I purchased this one: Logisys Glacier Aluminum & Arcrylic Moded Gaming 500 Watt Power Supply This is an even better one from PowMax (as far as wattage): POWMAX 580W POWER SUPPLY WITH RED LED LIGHT RETAIL Check them all out here: Power Supplies 1 of 3

I usually keep my ports at the default settings (which are ports 50000-60000). If you have SP2 installed, you'll get slower speeds. I couldn't take it as my speeds wouldn't get over 50KB/s. The fix that is supposed to correct the number of open connections allowed by SP2 didn't help my speed at all. It was too frustrating, so I went back to SP1. I use Bit Torrent U-0.8.5 (UPnP and Fast Resume BT Client with Multilanguage). It's one of the first alternatives to the original BitTorrent and is a couple years old. Some trackers don't support it anymore through certain protocols, but I use it whenever it's accepted (lots of trackers stll support it). If not, I use BitTornado also. Well seeded torrents produce speeds like this without SP2 (finished in 36 minutes 34 seconds):

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ only comes in socket 939, so it will work perfectly on that board. AMD Athlon 64 3000+ comes in 2 models. 1.) Socket 754 (not compatible with a socket 939 motherboard) 2.) Socket 939 (fully compatible with socket 939 motherboards) If you are looking to save a few dollars, get the 3000+, but be sure you select the 939 pin processor.

I've always been faster with IE. Tried FF, but it was all the same for me (browsing wise). No pages loaded any faster for me with it, and I didn't put up faster speed tests, so I uninstalled it. I personally find FF to be more inaccurate on speed tests. It gives users a false sense of speed. On a fresh system, not infected with useless garbage like spyware, adware, trojans, etc., IE will dust FF off easily. Hands down. Not to mention all the end users that are not that computer savy. You know...the users that shouldn't be exploring their "Program Files" folder and accidentally deletes an important file from the "Internet Explorer" directory.

As far as I know, Cox premier package depends on the region. Certain users in AZ are getting the 9000/1000 package. Users in VA are getting 16000/2000 on Cox which directly competes with FIOS in it's area. Cable connections, once the infrastructure is in place, can do everything that fiber can and better. Right now, as netmasta pointed out, DOCSIS 2.0 can offer anywhere from 38Mbps - 43Mbps downstream and 10Mbps or better upload. Most networks are still using DOCSIS 1.0 - 1.1. DOCSIS 3.0 will offer speeds unheard of. Comcast, as I'm sure other cable companies are too, is striving to give users 200Mbps downstream. This is probably a few years away. Their is even talk of skipping DOCSIS 2.0 altogether. Using standard coax, cable connections won't be able to compete with fiber when it comes to pings being that it's a shared connection, but, if cable companies replace thier lines with fiber (which is what we've come to expect), the sky is the limit.

Tokyo, Japan & Bali, Indonesia are both on google earth. Tokyo, Japan is in perfect detail just as the U.S. cities are. Bali, Indonesia is not.

Happy 4th everyone!! Be safe...

Figured out why my scores were lower than they should have been (minus the el cheapo memory & outdated graphics card

Enter FDISK and remove all partitions. Create a new one. Reboot to floppy. Be sure that FORMAT.COM is on the floppy. Try the format again. Format Primary Partition: From the "A:" DOS prompt, issue the following command: "format c:/s". Do not forget the "/s", as this is what will make your C: drive bootable. You will get a "scary" warning message such as "WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST. Proceed with Format (Y/N)?". Since of course there is no data presently on drive C:, just enter "Y" and the system will format the hard disk. The program will prompt you for a volume label. Enter one if you wish. EDIT: Looking at the command that you typed in, you are trying to format C: while you are actively on the C: drive causing the conflict. You typed: C:/Format C: The "C:" command is switching you to that drive and leaving you there indefinitely. The "Format C:" command now tries to carry out a format, but stops because the drive detects an active presence, which is you.