Internet Poll

[pig75]

Ok what do people use to view this site most of the time

[geeves]

this could make interesting reading. Ive always assumed about 70% on some sort of broadband. Soon we will know the truth

[kcsoft]

why are people still using dial up?

surely by now most people have moved to wireless bb if they can't get adsl.

even my 56yr old mother has moved to wireless bb through dodo. cost her the same as dial-up and she gets more data per month.

[geeves]

Is it worth breaking wireless into fixed wireless and cell phone wireless? Where I live both are available.
I still have a dial up connection on my work laptop although I havent used it in a long time. Im quite often in places where cell phones dont go but I can still get a internet connection. Most of the time it gets plugged into my switch at home

[turnturn]

I have both landline DSL2 and Mobile Broadband (Telecom T-Stick).

I suspect that a few that have a "wireless modem" may select wireless by mistake without realising what form their actual connection to the internet may be.

[kcsoft]

clarification:

Wireless at your home is not wireless per-say.it is just an access point which uses an ADSL, satellite or cable modem to connect to the internet. this feature is in most new modems including telco provided ones. (802.11a/b/g/n)

Wireless where there is a dongle/stick or usb/ethernet modem that plugs into your pc which is really wireless as you can use it anywhere your mobile carrer has service. (runs off 3G/Next G mobile phone network and requires a sim card in nearly all cases)

shouldve put 'mobile broadband' insted of 'wireless' in the poll
just thought it needed clarification

edit: this is gonna confuse some people - some mobile broadband modems also serve an 802.11 access point, so if your modem (internet box thingy) doesn't plug into the phone line, tv socket or satellite dish and has 2 or more antennas on it it is probably one of these modems

[geeves]

In Wellington we have Woosh wireless that is a city wide wireless internet service that operates in much the same way as dsl but it is delivered wirelessly Woosh supply a wireless modem which you plug in to your pcs ethernet port. This is not mobile and although it uses cdma technology it is not part of a cellphone network.
Im on good ole xtra adsl2

[wbski007]

I'm wireless as I'm on the road alot

[steveNZ]

due to living to far from the exchange to get bb i was useing dialup for a long time im now using my Iphone 3gs jailbroken (means i can use apps not from apple) set up as a wireless hotspot alowing me to use the 3 gb of data that comes with phone contract on laptop
unfortunately the local mobile transmitter is not 3G so get about twice dialup speeds

[Yarno]

Slow need more!!!

[muzila]

Beat you....

[slightlydodgy]

T stick

[kcsoft]

T stick

is true wireless (3G)

[kcsoft]

In Wellington we have Woosh wireless that is a city wide wireless internet service that operates in much the same way as dsl but it is delivered wirelessly Woosh supply a wireless modem which you plug in to your pcs ethernet port. This is not mobile and although it uses cdma technology it is not part of a cellphone network.
Im on good ole xtra adsl2

IMO this is 'wireless' and you could make it mobile if you wanted to

[geeves]

only within the limited coverage areas

[kcsoft]

only within the limited coverage areas

agreed. we had a similar system here once. scored a heap of gear from auction.
you could use a whopping big dish with 25db of gain for reception outside of the target area. just be sure it can hear you by increasing output power (amplifier)

oops off topic again

[daisy]

Am i the only one still on dail up ? Well not for long made the call today . So in a few days should be a heap faster not that i care much I was paying $17 for unlimited dial up , but it needed to be unlimited cause it would take all night to view a 4wd slide show and you would lose trade me auctions because you couldnt bid fast enuff! But we well see.

[daisy]

Well still not on broad band Telecom havnt any more "units" available in my street/area! dont know what they mean by not having any units left? and they cant tell me how long i have to wait so im staying with dail up or might try slingshot they do a home ph and broadband package about the same price as Telecom. Any thoughts

[Captcol]

they may be saying that the hardware in the cabinet can not support any more broadband connections which would mean you either have to wait until they upgrade the cabinet or someone in your area disconnects their broadband

[geeves]

Basicaly thats what it means but its worse than that. Slingshot Orcon and the rest resell telecom broadband so if telecom cant supply then the others cant either. Only hope if you live in the right street is Telstra cable. If any of your neighbours have Saturn Telly this could be an option. Telstra also resel Telecom broadband in places they dont have there own cable.
I shouldnt be advertising Telstra as I work for a contractor to telecom but your options are limited