August monthly poll

[Computer Hope Admin]

LOL, Nathan screwed it...hehehe

Heh well it's obvious I cannot count.. Sorry all

And if Nathan wishes to do so, I believe he may be able to rearrange the options without screwing up the votes.

First, thanks for helping me out on that and adding the option. Unfortunately even with all my abilities I have no *easy* way of arranging the order of how the options are displayed without resetting the poll values to 0. I did some searching on SMF forums and apparently the only method currently available would require me to manually edit the MySQL values.   

He seems busier than usual...

Sorry. Dating seems to be occupying a lot of my time recently. Trying to shift to a better schedule so I can do both more efficiently.

[CBMatt]

And if Nathan wishes to do so, I believe he may be able to rearrange the options without screwing up the votes.

First, thanks for helping me out on that and adding the option. Unfortunately even with all my abilities I have no *easy* way of arranging the order of how the options are displayed without resetting the poll values to 0. I did some searching on SMF forums and apparently the only method currently available would require me to manually edit the MySQL values.   

I finally started messing around with SMF this week, so I totally understand.  It shouldn't be too difficult to do, but it really isn't worth the hassle.  Some of those MySQL tables get big and scary!  Heh.

We miss you around here, but I think all is forgiveable when it comes to the ladies.

[Computer Hope Admin]

Thankfully this is real easy to do in HTML, and the main Computer Hope page and what's new page containing this poll has been updated and corrected and placed in the proper order.

[Archer]

Note: 'About $30 for the month'... If you take in your attention quality of my connection - it will be too much.

[Tripti]

I live in a hostel, so I get free internet connection.
But our LAN is really slow.

[herbalist]

I pay $18.95 for DSL, 864/160 from i2k. No limits, blocked ports, connection throttling, etc. Several e-mail accounts included. Yearly contract. When I first subscribed, they had some reliability problems but for the last 2 years, they've been excellent. Very satisfied.

[ChrisXPPro]

Forgot to post here ......... I think I must have the highest of anyone - without checking back thru every post ..... it's $69.95/mth!!!    Yeah ouch!

This is for a Direcway satellite which uses Hughes net, and Earthlink as actual ISP.  No cable or DSL where I live - and doesn't look like phone cables will be renewed any time soon.  So it's a case of no real choice. 

I resent paying so much but as it is partly for business I have to suck it up.

[Zylstra]

I resent paying so much but as it is partly for business I have to suck it up.

Will your business pay for part of it, if its used quite a bit for your business? I'd ask.

To Human Resources!

[ChrisXPPro]

I work for myself so - factor in the cost and make it a tax deduction.

[Kryptonite]

Cost to connect is not just measured in dollars and cents...indeed to make sense ( pun intended ) of it all the equation should take into consideration what you have to deal with trying to connect ( dial up ) and staying connected ( mostly dial-up ) and basic performance.

Not all providers are created equal and not all area's of the country or the world for that matter operate at the same or even similar performance levels.

Of course there are issue related to "the cost of connecting" that have to do with you and the condition of your wiring and lets not forget the condition of you computer and the related hardware involved.

The thing is, most people don't think about "cost" as something other than $ or whatever your symbol for cash_ola is ( the only way that i have the sign for the British Pound immediately available to me now is by finding it elsewhere>copy>paste='s ££; an aside that in my pea brain speaks on some level to "the cost of X" ( X may be "living" or "doing business" etc or is it "etc"; whatever...)

A brief history of time as it pertains to this theory: 1994 2400 baud modem connecting to either Prodigy or AOL. AOL was a toll call and Prodigy was local. Sometimes the connection "shook hands" as an Apple EggHead called it ( i was using a Mac exclusively back then and became aware of a user group 20 miles away that i used to drive to just to learn as much as i could about my computer ) the club members also suggested to check my wires from the wall back to the telephone company's box where their line became my line. Buying new wire and changing everything back to their box improved a 2400 baud connection soooo much that it was  a whole new experience that i never knew until i invested in the best 22 gauge copper wire into a new connection receptacle ( RJ-11 ). After that i got SNET ( my phone company in CT ) to run a new wire to the house and the updated their stuff ( the box ) and that also resulted in a noticeable difference. However if one is to accurately figure out "the cost" of anything time invested has to count for something.

By 1995 i had spent mucho dollars to buy new modems ( every time a new speed came out it was time to consider up dating as as everyone knows it costs more for a MAC and more for everything associated with MAC. So that was part of the cost to connect. And for you young folk; back then we paid for our service by the hour or depending on the policy of the company, by the minute if it was close to an hour + or -. My cost to connect back then had on one or two occasion's been over $100.00 Others that i knew on AOL or Prodigy told me of monthly bills over $500.00!!!! i knew of 3 divorces that happened over the internet bill.

So now " How much does it cost you ? "

How about a poll rating providers. i've had Adelphia ( the first cable connection provider ) Comcast, TimeWarner, and iO. iO was the best hands down!

[Bones92]

27.73 (Thats what you get for converting currencies) per month for unlimited broadband, though admittedly not very fast. But hey, its better than the dialup I grew up with.

[itsupportcell]

Hi,

I am paying around $17. I am using Reliance internet.

Regards
Susan
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[fore43]

I pay $56. for Verizon dsl 1.5/384. My kid pays the same from Verizon, but has fios 19000/6000. Who says life is fair.

[Dairyman]

I voted "$30 - $39.99" because that's how much we pay for the wireless connection. Though if something happens to the wireless (For example, the service is down for more then a day), then I switch back to DSL.