Trains.com Reader Poll - February 2004

[joecool1212]

Verizon DSL on my home network. To many kids here for dialup. Cant wait till kids are old enough to make them pay for a t1. Joe

[rogerhensley]

Suggestion: Put an expiration date on all polls. You should get an increase in participation when people realize that the poll will not go on forever. Now, there is no way of knowing and I can always take the poll later. :-)

[Anonymous]

I ONLY WISH I COULD AFFORD DSL. MY MONEY GOES TO MY TRAINS.

[Anonymous]

I read Trains.com from work when I'm not busy. [:)] We use a broadband T1 connection. I have used 56K at home and it is VERY slow compared to what we have here. MH

[Anonymous]

I use the DSL at the local library,nice and fast. It make it handy to watch the web cams here in Rochelle, I get to watch and hear them at the same time.

[Anonymous]

I use 56k through the free Jana caching proxy hooked to a wireless/wired switch (smc) for a home network. Before the proxy, everything was slow, but once the site was cached on the server, everything flew. I have a T1 through a 100baseT LAN at work and occaisionally I'll peek at Trains.com. There is no difference in speed from my 56k.

Just don't try to upload/download files or games on a cached 56k.

[IRONROOSTER]

I use cable, it's a big improvement over 56k modem.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

Mine is 115.200 BPS with a web accelerator 56k modem.I like so the pages come up quick for me I Love It

[Anonymous]

I'm on a 3000/256 Cable Modem with Adelphia Powerlink here in Northwestern California (Redwood Valley, near Ukiah), I get 3200 down and 240-260 up on a 24x7/ 365 basis and very low latency, sure makes watching rail cams (especially the one at Willis Steel in Galesburg, best one by the way, no refreshing, this baby's live!) nice!

[dballard]

I access this site mostly from home via cable, but sneak in a few times while at work over their broadband net.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by PINPULLER

I USE 56K MODEM, AM NOT MARRIED TO THE COMPUTER (OR ANYTHING ELSE!), CAN'T JUSTIFY HIGH COST FOR ADDED SPEED GIVEN AMOUNT OF USAGE. I DO NOT FIND THE RESPONSE TIMES THAT SLOW.

HELLO HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS STUFF YOU WORTE IS FUN I LOOKING AT IT

[Anonymous]

HELLO THERE DO YOU GUT DOWNLOADING THE GENESIS LOCOMOTIVES FOR TRAIN SIM IF YOU DO PLEASE SEND ME A COPY OF IT SEND IT T0 JERRY PUMPHREY 1700 NORTH MIDWAY ROAD ROCKVILLE IN 47872 MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO WWW.3DTRAINSTUFF.COM I HAVE OWNED 2 OF THERE STUFF THE CAJON PASS IN MARCH I WILL BE ORDER MORE STUFF FROM THAT SITE MORE STUFF I LIKE THEM TO MAKE STREET RUNNING FOR MICROSOFT TRAIN SIM

[Anonymous]

I have LAN and it is GREAT! Fast and I am always connected! I LOVE IT![:)][:)][:)]

[Anonymous]

this is railroadc27 just saying i use the local library and just feel unless you need a
computer for work ,( website on line business) etc. why not use the local library.
i know a lot of us would like to see our taxes be put towards railroads in general other
than just blowing some highway somewhere but you can't have it all right
so save your self some money use your local library ...

thanks for for your patience: tim reno douglas ,wyoming if have personal ?,s contact me
at [e-mail] or p.o. box 1611 douglas , wyoming 82633 [C):-)]

[Anonymous]

Well everyone is blowing their horn on what they have, and how much it cost them.
We all see much the same thing. I started out on a 486 with a connect of 9800.
Wow! have we come a long way. Oh yea the cost was $30.00 a month back then.
Who knows what awaits us in the future.
I pay less with DSL now.
I just had to get my two cents worth in.
Dave