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to: Robert Comer
from: Glenn Meadows
date: 2006-05-26 12:06:52
subject: Re: Microsoft `metered` PC - Wave of the future?

From: "Glenn Meadows" 

How old is your modem?  Some of the older ones are not upgradeable to the
higher/newer speeds I've heard.

Just a thought.

--

Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:4476361f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 350Kb is the very fastest I've ever seen. :(
>
> They're getting worse and worse too, several outages in a day and
> slower...
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> news:2h9c729f7dailb20n4l5htjhn4q4b9ss84{at}4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 25 May 2006 08:16:05 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>>  Just dl-ed Vista Beta 2 ( 3.3 gig ) in somewhat over an hour.
>>>
>>>I've been downloading the combo 64/32 bit versions together for two days
>>>now -- crappy comcast cable......   (Still says I have 8 hours to go and
>>>it'll probably bomb out a few times)
>>
>> Comcast is not my favorite of customers, however, I routinely get
>> 780kBytes/sec on downloads over their service.
>>
>> /m
>
>

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