~How do you connect to the internet? - Wildlife Gardeners

Sage · 02-22-2009, 07:35 PM

How do you connect to the internet?

Cable/broadband/hi-speed
Dial-up
Mainly access from workplace

Sage · 02-22-2009, 07:39 PM

Trying to make this a poll!

Dave Stiles · 02-22-2009, 08:32 PM

I could have chosen workplace since my apartment is on the campus of the Teton Science Schools and I hook in through the campus wide wireless connection. But since my laptop is usually in my apartment I went with Cable/broadband/hi-speed

suunto · 02-23-2009, 06:59 AM

Actually, I would like to see a fourth choice; satellite uplink - this is what we have, and although certainly faster than dial-up, I do not consider it true broadband (I was spoiled by having a T-1 line at a former place of employment).

JennyC · 02-23-2009, 07:42 AM

I'm with Suunto. I've been mostly on a wireless modem, not a satellite, but the same principal applies. We refer to it fondly as "medium speed." We were glad to have it, though. We're fortunate to have a cell signal here, and the cost is much less than satellite. I work from home and rely on the connection, so dial-up wasn't really an option. Would've had to fork out for the satellite gear if we'd been over the next rise.

I can answer hi-speed now, though. DSL came through here just this month. Woo-hoo; I'm an early adopter

hazelnut · 02-23-2009, 10:22 AM

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Fearless Weeder · 02-23-2009, 12:35 PM

Looks as if we have an issue here. Members with wireless and satellite connections which have severe latency issues are selecting cable/broadband/hi-speed and two with satellite have now selected dial up. A T1 selected hi-speed.

Site Admins can view how members connect to the Internet. Our statistics are not consistent with that of other sites. We have an unusually high number of members on dial up and an unusually high number of members on T1 or higher. This can easily be explained. Many rural members and others without access to hi-speed and many members from government agencies such as USDA/APHIS/NAIS, EPA, DNR, and BLM.

Sage · 02-23-2009, 12:44 PM

I tried to make the first choice cover anything anything faster than a dial-up.

doccat5 · 02-24-2009, 12:10 PM

I got the DSL with Verizon and I love it! I use to have dialup until they finally got this hooked up. Am enviously eyeing Verizon's FIOs system, which is not in my area as yet, fudge!

Prairie Gal · 02-24-2009, 05:13 PM

Love the tone poem.

We have DSL from our small-town phone cooperative, and it just doubled in speed to 1000kps or whatever the proper letters are. Nothing super fancy, but at LAST we can do Youtube without aging much...

View Poll Results: How do you connect to the internet?
Cable/braodband/hi-speed	12	70.59%
Dial-up	4	23.53%
Mainly connect from workplace	2	11.76%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 17. You may not vote on this poll

02-22-2009, 07:35 PM	#1
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	~How do you connect to the internet? How do you connect to the internet? Cable/broadband/hi-speed Dial-up Mainly access from workplace __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

02-22-2009, 07:39 PM	#2
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	Trying to make this a poll! __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

02-22-2009, 08:32 PM	#3
Dave Stiles Naturalist/Photographer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Olympia, WA	I could have chosen workplace since my apartment is on the campus of the Teton Science Schools and I hook in through the campus wide wireless connection. But since my laptop is usually in my apartment I went with Cable/broadband/hi-speed __________________ ~ A good wildlife photographer studies everything about the animal before ever setting out with a camera in hand... ~ = = = = = = = = = = Dave's Wildlife Photography - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_stiles/

02-23-2009, 06:59 AM	#4
suunto The Bug Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Monroe County, WV, USA	Actually, I would like to see a fourth choice; satellite uplink - this is what we have, and although certainly faster than dial-up, I do not consider it true broadband (I was spoiled by having a T-1 line at a former place of employment). __________________ “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Henry Ward Beecher

02-23-2009, 07:42 AM	#5
JennyC WG Guardian Spirit Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The South	I'm with Suunto. I've been mostly on a wireless modem, not a satellite, but the same principal applies. We refer to it fondly as "medium speed." We were glad to have it, though. We're fortunate to have a cell signal here, and the cost is much less than satellite. I work from home and rely on the connection, so dial-up wasn't really an option. Would've had to fork out for the satellite gear if we'd been over the next rise. I can answer hi-speed now, though. DSL came through here just this month. Woo-hoo; I'm an early adopter

02-23-2009, 10:22 AM	#6
hazelnut WG Writer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA	d i a l u p

02-23-2009, 12:35 PM	#7
Fearless Weeder Administrator Join Date: Nov 2008	Looks as if we have an issue here. Members with wireless and satellite connections which have severe latency issues are selecting cable/broadband/hi-speed and two with satellite have now selected dial up. A T1 selected hi-speed. Site Admins can view how members connect to the Internet. Our statistics are not consistent with that of other sites. We have an unusually high number of members on dial up and an unusually high number of members on T1 or higher. This can easily be explained. Many rural members and others without access to hi-speed and many members from government agencies such as USDA/APHIS/NAIS, EPA, DNR, and BLM. __________________ Welcome to Wildlife Gardeners! Please join us today to participate in the discussions.

02-23-2009, 12:44 PM	#8
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	I tried to make the first choice cover anything anything faster than a dial-up. __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

02-24-2009, 12:10 PM	#9
doccat5 Big Fat juicy WORM Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia, USA	I got the DSL with Verizon and I love it! I use to have dialup until they finally got this hooked up. Am enviously eyeing Verizon's FIOs system, which is not in my area as yet, fudge! __________________ Earthworms are the intestines of the soil. –Aristotle

02-24-2009, 05:13 PM	#10
Prairie Gal Carbon Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northwest Iowa	LOL, Hazelnut. Love the tone poem. We have DSL from our small-town phone cooperative, and it just doubled in speed to 1000kps or whatever the proper letters are. Nothing super fancy, but at LAST we can do Youtube without aging much...

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