danyell Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 0.1 on upload and 1.6 on download Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 Can't beat that. Enjoy. So the pages are loading ok too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyell Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 better yes ty and yes sat. sucks but where i live it is that or dialup lol its a toss up somedays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 Same here, unless I want to make T-1 car payments. It works til something better comes along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyell Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 yeah between a 200 computer payment and then the 80 internet payment im spending enough dont need to add to it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 Well come back often. Not just when it is broken. We have some fun a lot of the time. This place is not snotty as I have heard other forums are. New years is coming, it might get sillier than it already is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyell Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 i will and yes it does seem to be alot better than other places most of them just make you feel stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 You know more than I knew when I first got here. I was a real ditz. They practically had to spoon feed me. So watching others taught me a lot. And I have some fun sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danyell Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 its not to bad except the days my five yr shows me up. he sits there and does the whole no mommy this and that not here and there thing lol those are the days i really feel i need the book computers for dummies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 Well that ( book computers for dummies ) is here. I figured if I was going to have to help my own daughters. I was going to have to figure this danged thing out. Besides frying out one copmputer. I could have saved it if I had known what I know now. And so far I am a cuple of steps aheadof them by staying on here a bunch. I almost choked down a comp class, but since I stared here. There is no reason to anymore. All I wanted to know was right here. And once I started helpingothers with what I had learned, I started learning a lot faster. So yeah, it is a pretty cool site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylvan Posted December 28, 2006 Author CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 To Wild Blue's credit, it appears that they have fixed the problem, at least for me. I can now access my web site and all appears normal. Let's hope it is not confined to just me and it continues to work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 Ah yes tommie...The 'steep learning curve' of early-times computing-at-home. Yipes!!! I also 'toasted' my first home 'puter. Such that well, it wouldn't ever acknowledge that it even HAD a C: drive anymore. Hahaha. It was used, and of 'tiny mind' but still, wah!! So, next day I was at the computer store with my shopping cart. That was over 7 years ago. I still can't decide if these are worth the work to keep 'em running smoothly...since that's about all we do. Hahaha. danyell, I can relate. My 3 year old grandson introduced me to PC's: "No Grammy, that never works!" "Look Grammy! (kaboom, etc. as he played with his CD games behind me). What little human these days *doesn't* instantly go for 'buttons' and 'knobs' on all electronic gear and know how to work stuff sooner than we do? It's kind of...coded somewhere :buck2:in the genes I think, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted December 28, 2006 CID Share Posted December 28, 2006 Oh great Sylvan...am SO glad!! We do get the jungle drums going here, eh? Congrats on not having to take them to court....yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 29, 2006 CID Share Posted December 29, 2006 Mine was crap full of spyware. It would not sit still for 10 seconds. And the (so I was told) brother in law with computer knowledge, said it could not be fixed. He also offered me $45. I think I might have been scammed. What do you think. Water under the bridge now. My kids have one faster than that old thing anyway. I think it was a Pentium 2 * 20 gig * HD. No biggie now though. By the way, my only protection was Norton. Kinda like a rubber with a hole in it. Told you I was a ditz. Boy have I learned a lot on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogramjo Posted December 29, 2006 CID Share Posted December 29, 2006 Ya know, sometimes my short-term memory fails me, like...I figure out how to 'fix' something but then later forget what I figured out, even though I got it 'fixed'...not that I *need* it by then...but it bugs me. What that has to do with the price of flour at this juncture? I'm not sure, what's the topic in this thread? Hmmm... Oh Yeah...presently: older and/or formerly busted computers. But it was the mention of 'Norton' that got me remembering. NO, I've never fallen for it...but sit at many computers that have it. I tell the owners as gently as possible: "You know some of us consider *Norton* itself to BE a virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 29, 2006 CID Share Posted December 29, 2006 I would laugh, but it is too true. It is very much like a trojan or worm. And about as hard to get rid of. If not worse. Kinda like AOhelL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm311 Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Oh great Sylvan...am SO glad!! We do get the jungle drums going here, eh? Congrats on not having to take them to court....yet Well actually, if you read WildBlue's terms and conditions the only thing they really promise is to take your money! Kind of sad for a company to do that isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Really, at least Dway promises to give me at least 200 kbps of butt kicking turd stomping speed. At least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 better re-read the contract Hughes.....the service or speed is not guaranteed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 That is what they told me at tech support. Then I guess I was told wrong. Oh well, they did that day. And I was glad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 better re-read the contract Hughes.....the service or speed is not guaranteed. he didn't say anything about a guarantee. he said they promised the speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm311 Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 That is what they told me at tech support. Then I guess I was told wrong. Oh well, they did that day. And I was glad. They can promise a minimum threshold speed *when service is up* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 OK fikester, you are right. I just called and I guess I was told totally wrong. Shit happens. Not even guaranteed to 1 kbps. And yes, I am also on a 500/50 account. I asked while I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm311 Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 OK fikester, you are right. I just called and I guess I was told totally wrong. Shit happens. Not even guaranteed to 1 kbps. And yes, I am also on a 500/50 account. I asked while I was there. Gotta love that fine print eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Well as long as she thought so and got me up to speed, that was all I cared that day. I think that would be reasonable though. Guess that is partly why we are waiting for something better. Me anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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