Ye' old general discussion board. Basically, for everything that isn't covered elsewhere. Come here to shoot the breeze, shoot your mouth off, or whatever suits your fancy. This forum is not for asking programming related questions.
Just got adsl activated yeeehah! The modem is still in the post so fingers crossed there won't be any install problems.
For anyone in UK looking at broadband, check out plusnet. http://www.plus.net. Customer service seems very good, and adsl accounts come with lots of features including 250mb of webspace, shell access and php/mysql.
Just read on your site that you moved to Singapore. I lived there for 10 years. I remember when Singapore finally got ADSL (Magix) modems, and even then cable modems weren't popular in many areas. Kinda ironic for being the most wired country in the world.
LOL, country's like Thailand are famous for other things. Heh, enjoy yourself there. Anyhow, I've got a 512 kbps DSL modem and it's crap I tell ya. I was downloading at 250.............bytes per second the other day <_<.
Plus, USB modems are more popular here since the ISP just drops you a USB modem with a CD and walah. Yeah, heck, that's windows. I'm hoping to get a Ethernet modem soon though.
Yea, Everytime I visit my grandmother in midwest Texas, her phone lines are rotary/pulse, and I can only dialup at 24.6k at the most. Spent most of my high school either using email through BBS's or dialup to a local ISP. Never understood broadband until I moved to the USA. Dialup isn't bad though, I don't mind it, as long as I have a dedicated phone line with an unlimited account with the ISP, i'm good to go.
Just for the record, ADSL and 500kb/s is available in the UK for only £25pm - only a tenner more than surf-all-you like dial up. ISPs are falling over themselves to sign you up - deals with free modems and activation etc are easy to find.