Mostly: Classical

[Sexton O Blake]

Me luvicus ridith polith fromith Tedicus

Today I had an agent of Ted in my home. Nice guy. He took one look at my setup and almost fainted. I guess most of his customers are a little less tech savvy (meanwhile I feel I am low on the pole myself).

Anyways, I planned his visit for optimal effect. I was able to get the main splitter (2 way then feeds off into a 3 way) and the main area where the TV/CPU are connected w/2 way -- updated. He gave me a new "3 way" at the box, then a new "2 way" at my TV/CPU - gave me a few patch cables - and checked the signal in the kitchen and bedroom. Saves a second service call under the heading "wiring" (this was "high-speed internet install").

Anyways, the net is installed. Read HERE for the news changes I was inferring. According to Newsbinpro, I am getting those numbers (256Kbps) (Newsbinpro gives you that number plus "KBps" - I am sure the various measures were the marketing side of computers). You are allowed 2 channels for downloading - and Newsbinpro gives you that ability where Agent (the one I love and use 247) does not. Maybe down the road. The point is - I am hitting the MAX speed for the newsgroups - therefore, it appears my speeds are back to what they were summer 2003.

Kastelco: Easynews is still far faster by far (even with DSL) than this - but 10GB for $10US/mth - is just a bit more than I want to spend. As long as I queue my jobs up, ensure my HD has space, I will just let this run 247. So it takes a day versus 4 hours, I am not sitting on this all the time so that should suffice. But I was getting about 14-16GB/mth with the promotions they had. I would never hesitate to give them my business again.

As long as retention is excellent with Ted, then the speed is not a huge factor. But last year - I was queuing stuff up and by the time it got down a bit on the list - the post was gone (because my speed was pathetic). Further - if the stuff craps out you don't want to remember it a day later and lose the post.

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Blake