do half of b3ta have dialup internet connections?
i've never noticed a problem, even from home with my crappy 2 meg connection
( WOLF .™, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:19, archived)

RUELZ IZ RUELZ
think of the poor people dialing in from 1998!
(Prof UnderCover Wants an advice column in a tattoo magazine, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:20, archived)

Maybe not, but many have capped bandwidth.
If something can happily be made smaller with no great loss in quality, it may as well be.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:21, archived)

i've never understood the capped bit
forgive my ignorance but are 5x100k gifs any bigger than 1x500k gif, i do understand the dial up bit.
( god save the queen wouldn't know an AT-ST if it bit me, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:23, archived)

I presume they're more or less the same

( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:25, archived)

i think i've worked it out.
i guess you get to see more little gifs and stuff before your connection blows up, making the visit more worthwhile.

more b3ta for your money.
( god save the queen wouldn't know an AT-ST if it bit me, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:31, archived)

Yep.
Or to put it another way, if you're on b3ta for an hour or two each day, you'll end up using less bandwidth if people stay inside the filesize limits, and be less likely to go over your limit and have to pay.
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:33, archived)

that's that sorted out
i will have to try and refrain from reposting stuff.
( god save the queen wouldn't know an AT-ST if it bit me, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:38, archived)

Dont get carried away.
I for one would like you to continue reposting your stuff
( my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:42, archived)

Of course
But I think it's safe to assume that if everyone kept within the guidelines, bandwitch usage wouldn't be as high.

I see where you are coming from though. George Bush had the same idea to get around the Kyoto agreement.

( Flowerpot Voodoo stick and shark's fin, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:29, archived)

I doubt it
but some of us unfortunate souls have a tiny monthly bandwitch allowance.
And some of us have no bloody choice as the bandwitch is restricted by the only telecomms company in the country that provides bandwitch.

A couple of days ago I didn't spend that long on B3ta and noticed that I'd used 49mb in an incredibly short time.

I am starting to use my allowance in a shorter time just by using my PC for normal day to day usage (that includes B3ta).

( Flowerpot Voodoo stick and shark's fin, Fri 8 Feb 2008, 16:25, archived)