| Sunday, April 24, 2005 |
| How Did I Do It? |
I was over at my Aunt Grace's place for a couple of hours yesterday and today. Her computer recently started getting slower & slower, things stopping working like they used to, etc., etc. When this happens I don't even try to figure out what is inhabiting the computer. I format and re-install everything.
Naturally, the fresh install really pepped things up. I also put anti-virus, firewall, anti-ad, and anti-spyware software on. She's set to go now.
The one thing I didn't do is the Windows Updates and the Norton Live Updates. Why you ask... because she has a 56Kbps dialup connection!!! God I've become spoiled. I have a 10Mbps (10,000Kbps) cable connection. Doing updates is nothing because the stuff downloads in a minute or less. When I noticed the download times for the updates were 90 minutes here, 65 minutes there, I said No Way.
Aunt Grace is now taking care of the updates. I figure she should be done sometime late tonight with Microsoft's never ending patches and patches to patches.
The point today... I've forgotten how painful dialup was/is. I take 10Mbps cable modem speeds for granted. I now know first hand just how wonderful high-speed internet access really is. It's worth every penny I pay for it! |
posted by David Snyder @ 4:39 PM    |
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Wow, 10Mbps?? I only have 4Mbps here in the Lone Star State. 10Mbps can't be the standard service, can it??
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Chris, 10Mbps is premium service... 7Mbps is standard service. RCN is the cable company.
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Friday I had to do an upload for a client over a dial-up connection. YAWN!
Sunday I had to access AOL via dial-up at the store because they don't have broadband there. WOW!
Point is, I don't care what I pay now... it's worth it. I will NEVER be able to go back to dial-up!!!
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RCN's standard service is better than Comcast's, though I LOVE my cable modem service and have no complaints. 7 - 10Mbps would be better though!
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Wow, 10Mbps?? I only have 4Mbps here in the Lone Star State. 10Mbps can't be the standard service, can it??