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Dana - Jan 05, 2016 10:10:39 am PST #24718 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I think that's a typo, and it's megabits per second. And that's a pretty slow speed. You'd probably have trouble streaming or downloading anything.


flea - Jan 05, 2016 10:18:55 am PST #24719 of 25496
information libertarian

Yeah, here's my internet company's speeds and pricing: [link] I think we have 20mbps. We cannot really watch 2 streaming things at once, but 1 + general internet is fine.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2016 10:20:13 am PST #24720 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thanks! I'll ask if there is something faster.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 06, 2016 11:02:50 am PST #24721 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Weirdly, I can only get 3 mbp or 6 mbp. There are no other plans available at my house. I must live in a black hole.


Steph L. - Jan 06, 2016 11:05:38 am PST #24722 of 25496
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

We still have a 5 mbp plan, and we can stream shows through the Roku with no delays or buffering.


Sophia Brooks - Jan 06, 2016 11:21:23 am PST #24723 of 25496
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

That's good to hear, Steph! Somehow today, I got a deal where I am paying $19.99 for 6 mbps, instead of $39.99 for 3 mbps, but I have no idea.


Tom Scola - Jan 06, 2016 11:31:23 am PST #24724 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

"The Chevrolet Bolt, when it goes on sale later this year it will be the first long-range battery electric vehicle that's truly affordable. In fact, GM says that after the EV tax credit, the Bolt will cost under $30,000, making it cheaper than the average new-car price. Not bad at all for an EV with a 200-mile range."


askye - Jan 07, 2016 6:49:47 am PST #24725 of 25496
Thrive to spite them

Mom has DSL and it's around 7 mbp, which is way slower than I'm used to. For the most part we can stream Netflix through the xbox BUT we can't have 2 things streaming/downloading at the same time. Downloading takes longer and I'm not able to play certain games right now.

And sometimes things just slow to a crawl but that's usually in prime use times.


DXMachina - Jan 07, 2016 12:15:33 pm PST #24726 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I am looking for a new wireless keyboard/mouse combo to replace my ancient Logitech combo. So far everything I've tried has been unsatisfactory for one reason or another. For one thing I found that I hate low profile keys. For another, they all go to sleep to save power. I wouldn't mind if the sleep time was adjustable, but the Eagle Tec I'm using right now shuts down the mouse after only 8 minutes of inactivity, and simply moving the mouse doesn't bring it back. You have to press a button. Very annoying. I tried Logitech's current bottom of the line, but it came with a teensy laptop-sized mouse, and there turned out to be a huge lag problem with the keyboard. It was probably due to power saving stuff, but it was taking up to five or ten seconds for the keyboard to respond and actually start typing. It got returned. I've always gone Logitech in the past, so that was very disappointing.

I also have a newish Microsoft combo, but the keyboard is not just low profile, it's so low profile that it's chiclet function keys don't register until you push them through the surface of the keyboard.

So, any thoughts? I use Windows and a little bit of Linux. I want full profile keys, reasonable power saving settings (if any), and a full-size mouse.


Gudanov - Jan 07, 2016 1:02:47 pm PST #24727 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping

Well, I really like my Logitech M510 mouse which is wireless and full-size. I use it with Mac/Windows/Linux. I have a wired keyboard though. So not much opinion there.