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I voted DSL (my home connection) but I often use my Blackberry and my workplace computer. I am so grateful for you and others who support a mobile version of their sites. Some websites are virtually useless on a mobile browser. One thing I can’t do on the BB from your site is view most videos because they require a flash plug in. Hopefully my next phone will be able view the videos.
I put cable even though my apartment’s LAN connection I use is probably a fiber optic T-something or other.
I usually connect with my mobile device via wifi (which is connected to cable). The future of the web should be HTML5 all the way.
I voted DSL but I’m using my Droid phone more and more.
I’ll just give you a basic diagram. It’s easier than explaining, and our setup is weird
3G Card –> Dedicated PC –> Wireless Rounter -|–> A Computer
|–> Another Computer
I voted DSL. We have Earthlink DSL for the home wireless network. Great service.
Carrier pigeon??
Being Head of National Networks for a major corporation I don’t have a single Internet connection – I have dozens, mostly DS3 circuits. My tentacles are everywhere!
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DSL, however, as I use my Blackberry to keep up to date, sites (and particularly email) that are not mobile friendly are at a huge disadvantage. I get bulk emails from my church via e-invite that are impossible to look at or even connect to on my mobile. I have lost touch with a couple of groups as a result.
Call me crazy, but isn’t it simply the average connection speed we want to know? Granted, some things are never going to be as fast as others normally are — but even good internet services don’t always translate to a good connection speed on the very end of the receiving end.
I don’t have Internet at home-used to have dial-up until my sister had it disconnected-so I go to the library or the local B&N to connect. The latter’s connection ‘sucks’-the library is usually better.
I voted ‘cable/fiber optic’.
Hope you’re feeling better, Father Z!
The Cobbler makes an interesting point. I voted DSL but I use AT&T U-Verse service. They offer four levels of speed, 1.5 Mb, 3 Mb, 6 mb, and ~12 Mb download speeds. I believe cable and other phone companies offers various levels of speed.
I’d be interested to learn what download speeds are capable with mobile devices.
Brian, I have the “up to 6 mb” version of AT&T U-Verse, but voted “Cable” because it’s vaster faster than the DSL I’m familiar with. And, technically, I understand it’s not DSL (whatever DSL technically is).
DSL, though I have used Cable in the past.
One point to make here is that folks who read blogs on a regular basis are much more likely to have a high-speed internet connection, so the poll may be a little skewed. People who just use email and check their bank accounts online can do fine with dial-up, especially if they have voice mail on their home phones.