YAY !!! At last I have ADSL at home now

[Jabba]

Damn it doesn't seem like much now but when you have had to put up with a 56k modem for the last 6 months and trips back to the office to upload Top Gear at 1 am...it kinda seems like the fastest connection in the world right now...and its only 1MB/256

I was getting some good upload speed's last night - between 30-32 kB /sec and managed to upload the following videos.

Tyson vs William (inc pre & post fight analysis)

KGB - Secret UFO Files PR 1

KGB - Secret UFO Files PR 2

Prepare yourself for plenty more videos over the next few days.

[TT]

That's great news!! And upstream is kinda enough even for 100 to 200 MB files IMO!

Can't wait for the next load to come

[yg60m]

They took their time, it was schedule for june isn't it ?
Anyway, that 's a good news, i don't know how i could do if i had to do with a 56k connection
Hopefully you had DSL in work !!

[Jabba]

The exchange was enabled on 28th July and I got activated on the 3rd of August so I guess I cant complain.

[yg60m]

No, you can't I thought it was scheduled for june.
BTW, what are your speeds in your workplace ?

[Jabba]

Not much better 2MB/256....but we are looking at bonded ADSL right now that would give us upto 8MB/1MB

http://www.nildram.net/pdf/bondedbroadband.pdf

Just imagine being able to UPLOAD Top Gear in about 25 minutes.

[ARMAN]

Tyson! ...sounds good
It must be a releaf to surf with faster net

[jon_s]

Nice one! It has been a long time coming! I am waiting for our free speed upgrade from NTL still not as quick as yours though lol

[Jabba]

To celebrate I couldnt resist buying a wireless notebook for browsing JW in the garden.

It felt kinda weird though last night uploading videos from outside that are flying through the air over to my router and then onto the JW server.

Not a bad price and I am 100% happy with everything so far.

Toshiba A30-921
Intel Pentium 4 M 2.8GHz processor
512Mb DDR RAM
40Gb Hard Drive
DVD-RW / CD-RW Drives
15"TFT Screen
128Mb ATi Mobility Radeon 9000 Graphics
1 x Firewire Port
MS Works, MS OneNote, Drag n Drop,
Windows XP Home Edition
1 Year Free Warranty

£899

Belkin wireless router 54mb £89

Belkin wireless notebook network card 54mb £29

[cho_888]

hey jabba you should look at a toshiba tablet. My father has one and it is really cool. he just installed an 11G wirless card so it can keep up with our nework connect some what. anyway that is a nice laptop. how far does the wireless system allow you to go?

[Jabba]

Originally Posted by brembo its great when you can relax in your garden with the sun up, a cold one in your hand and JW on the lcd..... how far from the house do you have accses to the net? btw thats one very clean carpet........"jabba the housekeeper"....

hahahah you don't miss a trick !!!

Well its a room that I don't really use hence the carpet has remained in its "new" state

On the subject of floors....after all the work that was put into my wood flooring...it all had to be sanded down and re-done...as the first attempt didn't work properly (the top layer started to mark badly).

Anyway...after a lot of mess (a mini sand storm) having to pack all my computers away (another reason to buy the notebook) it is all finished...and ready for a different type of wood varnish...that so far looks much better.

[Jabba]

It has been a real nightmare....as prior to the sanding they all had to be stripped with a paint stripper type chemical (nitro moors).

I should think it added another £3K onto the whole project...that makes me feel absolutely sick...(probably a couple of doors on the M3CSL that I am dreaming off)

Anyway as you say....as long as it looks good in the end....then thats the most important thing.

[Jabba]

I have tested the wireless network out to around 100ft and it dropped down to 11MB...I am going to try alot more testing tonight....I also have a few phone sockets that I can move the router to that might improve the performance slightly.

[mindgam3]

Who is your new adsl connection with??

[Jabba]

Nildram