RE: Roll-up roll-up, get your PHAT-BOY broadband connection here :)

[Tony Butler <lists@xxxxxxx>]

> > you just need to push him over to make a crater big enough :-))
>
> <sharp intake of breath> oooh, fightin' talk! :P

Yoo started it pal!

> > Yeah - an extra £15 a month from my toy budget :)
>
> Good, at least they're making you pay for it ;)

Thank heavens for small mercies eh? :D

> > Thing is, I don't really _need_ 2mb at all.
>
> Grrrr!

Seriously though, I would actually be more than happy with 512k both ways -
and
of course, always on. I don't do the kazaa thing, so huge d/l bandwidth is
not
a requirement at the moment.
I do, however, want to stream my MP3's from my home network to whereever I
happen to be.  Just about did that with 256k upstream (I encode at high
bitrates) but 512 wil give me a bit more head room.

I don't think there's a "killer app" out there yet to take
advantage of these
increasing bandwidths available to the home.  TV over IP rather than
traditional broadcasting methods would be an obvious use, but I think we'd
need
much higher bandwith still for this to be a realistic proposition.....

> > I got it for 2 reasons:
> > 1/ It's supposed to improve ping times in Counterstrike (getting
25-20
> > atm, waayyy too high!)
>
> <insert expletive> "person"!

Do you play then?  Wanna get whupped? :D

> > 2/ Because I can :-P
>
> For the moment >:)

To paraphrase a travesty of a film based on one of your more colourful
local's, "You can take my life but you'll never take my 2Mb
connection" :-)

T.