Are my pictures slowing down anyone's browsers?

[GreenQ45a]

I try to use a Hi-res picture with a lot of compression.

Just to spruce up the place but I don't want to bug anyone out their. but some people have a lot of spyware and adware on there computer using up all of there bandwidth and they can't load a small little 55kb photo.

So I will stop posting a picture with every post if you ask me to.

OR

I can decrease the amount of compression

[elwesso]

Doesnt bother me.....

[Jesda]

Theyre heavily compressed small files. I dig 'em!

[AlabamaDan]

It's not a problem for me....

[IvoryJ30t]

10,000 Kbps.

no problem.

[elwesso]

If anyone has a problem, tell them to get broadband, get out of 1997.....

Broadband in most places is only an extra $10-20 over what AOL costs....

[PoorManQ45]

Broadband in most places is only an extra $10-20 over what AOL costs....

Bull$hit! I pay $5 a month for Dial-up internet. I would like to have Broadband, but there is really no point unless I were going to be hosting a website. Yeah, it's nice to be able to download things very quickly, but then you run into other problems.

I have two 120Gb hard drives in a raid 0 array. I took my computer over to my old High School. They have an OC 3 line. I was able to get download speeds of 8MB per second. I filled up my harddrives completely in a very short time. Damn there's alot of p0rn out there .

But seriously, Broadband is cool and all, but I have no need for it. I have plenty of friends that have RR. So I can get anything I need from them.

BTW, I don't have Cable or Satellite either. Those two things are completely useless. Oh yey. Let's sit are Over weight children infront of a TV, for a few hours. They arn't running around, doiing kids stuff mindyou, they're just sitting there being "good". If I sat in front a TV for 4~10 hours aday, like most people, my dad would kick my a$$ out of the house.

To wrap this rant up. Broadband, cable, and satelite tv are all leading to the obesity of American People.[/rant]

GreenQ45a :

I like the pictures that you post. But some of them are on the large side. You can usually save pictures "To Post On the Web". That usually gets them down to 25Kb and below. Just try to keep them below 50Kb. It does slow me down a little bit, but hey, I have to have some time to look at all those pictures that I downloaded

[elwesso]

In the eyes of PMQ:

Dialup > BroadbandConventional > SyntheticHome stereo in the rear seat of Q45JB weld on a cooling system partsNot learning anything from Q45tech... BTW buddy, no offense, but you got TOLD by Q45tech..... "blatent ignorance is not an excuse for the lack of learning" or something like that...

What will PMQ say next...? Join us next week for another episode of NICO

[PoorManQ45]

In the eyes of PMQ:

Dialup > BroadbandConventional > SyntheticHome stereo in the rear seat of Q45JB weld on a cooling system partsNot learning anything from Q45tech... BTW buddy, no offense, but you got TOLD by Q45tech..... "blatent ignorance is not an excuse for the lack of learning" or something like that...

What will PMQ say next...? Join us next week for another episode of NICO

Dialup is not better than Broadband. I just said that it is unneccesary.

Conventional oil can be as good or better than synthetic oil. Did you ever read that last post on the thread where we were argueing about Conventional vs. Synthetic?

Don't even try to put down my home stereo in a car. There is nothing wrong with putting a High-Fidelity stereo system in a car to get awesome sounding, and Loud music.

"What will PMQ say next...?"

You're a stupid poopoo head

"Join us next week for another episode of NICO"

If you really wanted to put me down, you should have said, " Join us next week for another episode of 'Stupid Things Said on Nico' ".

[GreenQ45a]

Bull$hit! I pay $5 a month for Dial-up internet. I would like to have Broadband, but there is really no point unless I were going to be hosting a website. Yeah, it's nice to be able to download things very quickly, but then you run into other problems.

If pictures are your only current drawback I have a solution for you.

You need a Proxy server that has image compression.Like Propel's* (the one People PC uses for "5X faster dial-up") Proxy server software.

http://www.propel.com/index.jsp

I live in the stix( Stix= no broadband).I am the owner of New Mexico's first Direcway dealership.I have used two-way Direcway satillite for 5 years.my warranty ran out on a ITU (Internet Transmitter Unit) and it blew about six months later. I ordered a new one and could not stand not being fully connected and ordered a free trial of there software with the Accelerator.and I was blown away it pulled data off the net.

NOTE *Proxy serving is not allowed on SSL sites(IE ebay,Online banking so on)

It was faster because of the lower PING (2-way sat PING 20000ms dial up 150-300ms ), MAD Image compression and Serving of Cached pages (pages visited before)

The only real drawback to dial is File Transfer Protocol and Streaming Media.

Cable is better in all way but:Always on !!MUST be in area!!So much bandwith most people don't know how much spyware they have on there systems coming and going.and COST$$$!!!.

I still install a few systems now and then but with the new "5x faster" (ALL DONE WITH PROXY SERVERS)ISP's.Not so much demand.

PS.

I'm contracted by PeoplePC as a Tech Support Trainer.

[Jesda]

I use PeoplePC for traveling. Been a member on/off (same email address) ever since that little kid was on TV selling their computers. It works I guess. I gave the login to a friend and its how he gets online now. I was going to cancel it and save 8 bucks a month, but then he'd be without a connection.

So anyway... without this DSL line, I wouldn't be able to steal music, movies, TV shows, and games. I'd end up spending a few hundred extra each year on those things. Though arguably, if I actually had to pay, I might not bother anyway. I might also have been more reluctant to post on NICO if I had a slower connection.

SBC DSL is $30 these days. I upgraded the bandwidth, so its now $44. Not a bad deal, and phone service is cheaper by about $20 a month after upgrading the DSL service (package deal).

-Jesda

[IvoryJ30t]

well, i pay $45 a month, but that is the best deal around here considering the speed of my connection.

my line is rated at 10,000 kbps down/1,000 kbps up. when downloading from a fast server, i can exceed 1.15 MB/sec [yes, megabytes per second]

considering the amount of data that i download [drivers and software for customers computers] i could not be without it.

if i go to someones house with dialup, i will not even go on the internet, its too much of a hassle.

one thing i do agree with, however [because i see it all the time] is that broadband in the wrong hands leads to an insane amount of spyware, adware, and other resource hogs.

for instance, i had to wipe and reinstall the entire system on a 1 year old dell because the lady's son had downloaded so much junk from p0rn sites that the machine was overrun with trojans and spyware that it would hardly run. there were so many redirects that the machine would crash if you opened internet explorer.

[PoorManQ45]

well, i pay $45 a month, but that is the best deal around here considering the speed of my connection.

my line is rated at 10,000 kbps down/1,000 kbps up. when downloading from a fast server, i can exceed 1.15 MB/sec [yes, megabytes per second]

LOL. I like the way that you typed that. You used 10,000kbps. At first, it seems like alot, but if you calculate it out, it's about average. 1.2MBps.

the lady's son had downloaded so much junk from p0rn sites...

Is that so bad

If pictures are your only current drawback I have a solution for you.

You need a Proxy server that has image compression.Like Propel's* (the one People PC uses for "5X faster dial-up") Proxy server software.

http://www.propel.com/index.jsp

I live in the stix( Stix= no broadband).I am the owner of New Mexico's first Direcway dealership.I have used two-way Direcway satillite for 5 years.my warranty ran out on a ITU (Internet Transmitter Unit) and it blew about six months later. I ordered a new one and could not stand not being fully connected and ordered a free trial of there software with the Accelerator.and I was blown away it pulled data off the net.

I know exactly what you are talking about with software supposedly speeding up your connection. This software programs to not work like they are advertised to. They to not Speed up your connection. They usually just disable or compress things.

Netzero advertises that their software is "5x faster" than standard dial-up. They gained this "increased speed" by tweaking registry settings.

I just went into the registry and changed the buffers, send/receive packet size, and a few other things. I noticed a huge increase from doing this, and I am only on dial-up.

I edited the registry on one of my friends computers (he has cable broadband). Before I changed anything, he was getting an average of 1.12MBps. After the change, his average speed increased to 1.4MBps. Quite significant, considering that his maximum download speed is supposed to be 1.2MBps (supposedly limited by Cable Company).

NOTE *Proxy serving is not allowed on SSL sites(IE ebay,Online banking so on)

My High School had the main servers set up as proxies. It's amazing how stupid kids are. I gained acess to these servers, and ran a simple packet scan. I must have picked up everthing from SSN to Mother's Maiden name. Kids really are oblivious to the "appliance" they are using.

The only real drawback to dial is File Transfer Protocol and Streaming Media.

Cable is better in all way but:Always on !!MUST be in area!!So much bandwith most people don't know how much spyware they have on there systems coming and going.and COST$$$!!!.

I don't like the idea of an "always on connection". I've dabbled in the "game" of hacking. It's amazing how "easy" it is to gain administrator privileges when you can "work" on the host from 12AM through 7AM undisturbed.

So anyway... without this DSL line, I wouldn't be able to steal music, movies, TV shows, and games. I'd end up spending a few hundred extra each year on those things. Though arguably, if I actually had to pay, I might not bother anyway. I might also have been more reluctant to post on NICO if I had a slower connection.

Sure you could still do all of that stuff. I "Steal" all that stuff even though I am on Dial-up. I just go to a friends house who has RR.

[GreenQ45a]

Standard 2-way Sat internet speed is 2.5 - 4.5 Mbps far faster than DSL and most cable streams.

Here are the pros:

Can get it most anywhere.Faster that Cable and DSL and T1!!! THATS RIGHT I SAID IT.Super Fast File transfers (look ma no wires)and THAT'S IT.

Here are the cons:

Cost 59.00-89.00 per month (if you buy the Hardware)

Snow or HEAVY rain can cause a "white out" no signal where the dish is installed or the NOC (Network Operations Center).

F.A.P. Bucket (Fair Access Policy) limits the amount of MB you can download in a 4hour period . IE... basic plan 169MB in a 4 hour span,With Static IP 350MB in 4 Hours and so on.If you go passed the amount limited by your account type you get slowed down to 56KB ish speeds untill you FAP Bucket refills (@ 56KB per min)

and thats not all we haven't talked about the PING from HELL.20,000ms I understand why it does have to back and forth from space and all it just sucks for Online gaming and VPN. and there a lot of packet checking

IT DOES NOT SLOW DOWN FTP (File transfers)

So it's kinda like a Infiniti Indy car with a 5 gallon gas tank super fast and no FUEL

Satallite is a LAST resort for most and the ONLY choise for others (the people who live in the Stix).

I like it only because I have to and I can exploit it.I would Jump on Cable or DSL (DSL class 3 @ 1.5MB+) like a 2005 Q45 for $5,000.00

I only say use the "Image Compression Based" Proxy server if you must use Dial up and PeoplePC uses said ICB Proxy server not a simple Reg hack. NetZero SUCKS and so does there reg hacking.


Modified by GreenQ45a at 4:46 AM 11/26/2004

[GreenQ45a]

Buy the way PMQ45

250KB+ hack is sick good job!

It's amazing what you can do with stacks hacks, MTU tweaks.

Try increasing "Thread Count" . Mucho Good results.

If you need to speed up file transfers on ANY connection 56K - 4.5MB+

Try Metaproducts Download express it's free and no ADWARE

PS

86% of computers in shops across US and the WORLD are in there for outta hand Spyware and ADware no more good old hardware failure (unless caused by "Hard-Booting" from lock up's from said Spyware)

[metaverse3]

Just run Linux lol.. Linux fixes everything ! On a serious note, Linux on dialup is definitely noticeably faster to windows dialup.. IP stack seems to be superior. Keeping up with the times, broadband is the only way to go. Too bad politics with the baby bells and cable providers have kept penetration low/slow in the USA. Check out korea where DSL can be had everywhere and for a couple of dollars..not to mention 100MB fiber to the doorstep in sweden..finland.. USA is currently testing fiber, a system already in place in europe for years..Sad, for the internet is a US product (Darpanet, arpanet etc.) .still out of reach to most of its citizens..

[SUITE E]

DIALUP AND AOL ARE SO...1996 I just upgraded my SBC DSL and get 2.4M down and 400k up. no limits on use, it's there all the time, no spyware problems cause I run adaware weekly. Been problem free. Gaming is the best. My DL's seem limited by traffic congestion, and server abilities, but even on a bad day speedtests show 1.7 meg down and 330k up. DSL over cable any day!

[PoorManQ45]

I like Linux too. When I can actually get my Modem to work with Mandrake 9.0, it is fast as heck.

Windows has way to many services/programs/crap running in the background that steals bandwidth. I like that in linux, you can close out eveything but the Shell and still get online. This frees up about 2KB per second. <-- For dial-up, that is alot.