# Broadband **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [June 13, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149 "2003-06-13T17:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kitiara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ab992/32.png) [@Kitiara](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kitiara)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/1 "2003-06-13T17:00:48Z")
It’s in and it’s working and it’s sooooo cool. 🙂 Seriously, I am just in Heaven right about now. 🙂 Blueyonder, how did I live without thee? It’s amazing what a difference a 1MB pipe makes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/2 "2003-06-13T17:02:48Z")
Welcome to heaven ! It is great to have broadband ! Happy for ya Kit 🙂 ! I know what’s it like to get broadband =) [EDIT] Were you too excited to type broadband decently ? 😛 I would’ve been 😛 [/EDIT] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/3 "2003-06-13T17:05:29Z")
Curses… \_Edits subject_\ I can’t believe how fast this thing is… See, it’s so fast it’s causing me to make typos. :sure: This is going to make my life so much better. My social life is going to die a death of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/4 "2003-06-13T17:14:33Z")
> \*Originally posted by Kitiara \* > \*\*Curses… \_Edits subject_\ I can’t believe how fast this thing is… See, it’s so fast it’s causing me to make typos. :sure: This is going to make my life so much better. My social life is going to die a death of course. 🙂 \*\* hmmm…to die a death? That must be a brit thing. Because all Americans know that in order to die it has to involve a death… 😉 Crazy brits always over explaining things… BTW…welcome to broadband land. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/5 "2003-06-13T17:14:47Z")
haha, true true 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/6 "2003-06-13T17:18:30Z")
Once you go broadband there is no going back!!! I can’t live with my broadband. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/7 "2003-06-13T17:19:08Z")
you cant live with it? well that kinda contradicts your previous statement im lost in confusion ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/8 "2003-06-13T17:20:24Z")
You can’t live with it? I suggest relationship counselling. 🙂 Has no-one ever heard of “To die a death” before? I mean it’s kind of an obvious statement, I’ll admit, but I’m sure it’s common among us ‘crazy Brits’. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/9 "2003-06-13T17:21:19Z")
I meant to say without it…lol. See, perfect example of its so fast I make typos 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/10 "2003-06-13T17:21:46Z")
never heard of it you crazy brit but congrats on the broad band haha… broadband could be a bunch of girls singing ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/11 "2003-06-13T17:23:13Z")
Maybe I ought to change my avatar text to “Crazy Brit”? 😛 Weeeee! Time to download some huge files just for the sake of it! :beam: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/12 "2003-06-13T17:25:51Z")
Kit, it’s normally “to die a painful death” or “to die a slow death” as a pose to “to die a death”. Either: a) You misunderstood it at some stage and as a result, missed out the describing word (such as painful, slow, etc.). OR b) We Brits. really are wacko :). ps. Congrats. on the broadband - I’ve had mine for about 18 months now and I love it :thumb: :). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/13 "2003-06-13T17:27:01Z")
make sure you have a firewall… now it’s much quicker for a hacker to plant thier stuff on your hd… ::speaks from experience:: Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/14 "2003-06-13T17:28:03Z")
Fortunately, some/most broadband routers have firewalls built in (like mine :)) and they seem to work well and don’t cause any huge problems. But those hackers are real losers because you gain very little from hacking random people - I mean, why don’t they hack some intelligence agency? Then again, they have to start somewhere :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/15 "2003-06-13T17:31:28Z")
they stuck over 10 gigs of schtuff on my hd, with my “ISP firewall” in place… You still have open ports, which can be accessed by anyone with a little instruction… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/16 "2003-06-13T18:16:07Z")
Mine should be going down tonight… upgrading to 2Mbits/sec. :drools: for 2mbit connection ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/17 "2003-06-13T18:37:49Z")
what ?! I’m having ISDN at home, but maybe I get Cable too. It is such a nice thing to upload your hp and stuff 😃 It is like when I play new songs on my Mp3 player once with USB2.0 and then with Firewire !!! AHHHH 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/18 "2003-06-13T18:59:23Z")
i have cabel internet. i remember the first day i got it, i tried downloading something off of Kazaa, and my rate was like 120kb per second, compared to my 3kb with dialup. btw, does anyone here have Comcast for their internet? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/19 "2003-06-13T19:37:34Z")
I have Comcast. Well they started as @home, then went to ATT Broadband, and now Comcast… 😉 Makes no real difference to me as long as the link light stays lit. Plus they have yet to change pricing. Cheers! -Niann ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149/20 "2003-06-13T19:54:01Z")
> \*Originally posted by Kitiara \* > \*\*It’s in and it’s working and it’s sooooo cool. 🙂 Seriously, I am just in Heaven right about now. 🙂 Blueyonder, how did I live without thee? It’s amazing what a difference a 1MB pipe makes. 😛 \*\* :beam: [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/broadband/23149.md?page=2)