grayzer


 in between Breaking bad episodes ;-)  

Oh man, I just finished watching the last episode. It's epic, man! So good!!! Now got to wait till next year for the finale :(

scook

Might even qualify for "low-cost" satellite via the U.S. Recovery Act but it will be around 1.5mb usage capped starting @ $40-50.

Tried that, couldn't get it, but I can't remember why. Something about there was high speed available in the zip code I lived in or something like that. The phone company tells me I'm 1.5 miles too far outside of town to get DSL. Doh! :)

You may not qualify for govt. assistance but I would imagine someone like WildBlue could still hook you up starting @ $50.

mattplaysguitar

Bub

daveny5

we are punished by not being able to cash in on the deal at all even if we wanted to ... or we get slammed an extra $30 bucks to get the DVD's

Those of us with broadband are paying $40-50 per month for it. 

I'd pay $50 a month for broadband if it was available where I lived ... that's the point though ... it's still not available in a lot of places ... and not all broadband is going to be able to handle a 10+GB download either, so just because you have broadband, it doesn't mean you'll be able to DL it.

That's sucky.. Are there any satellite options available? Or are they super expensive?

It's extremely expensive to get broadband through satellite. And they throttle you down if you don't follow their FUP. I can get cheaper satellite, but it's no better than my 3G wireless thingy I have.

One of these days I'll end up somewhere that I can get high speed. Actually, in Kansas ... they have something going on now called Gigabit IIRC. Basically, you click on a file to download it, and it's on your computer at around the same speed as file transfers from a thumb drive to your hard drive. It's 100 times faster than the fastest broadband available now. Here's the catch ........ you have to petition everyone in your neighborhood and get them to sign a contract saying they will sign up for the service. THEN ... once they get a commitment from a certain percentage of the neighborhood, they run the fiber optic cable to everyone's house. They are offering a really good deal on it ... KC was the first city to have it ... depending on how well it does here, they are going to offer it in more cities. Can you imagine that speed?

https://fiber.google.com/about/

You are right about the cost. The Gigabit sounds sweet. Yea I can imagine the speed, I used to work in a telecom IT department.

Australia is making an effort to move forward on the broadband scale with this:

http://www.nbn.gov.au/about-the-nbn/what-is-the-nbn/

Estimating peaks of 12 Mb/s on the 7% of the country who will need satellite, but everyone else gets a connection of 1000Mbps. ADSL2+ is capable of a theoretical 24 Mbps I think so pretty exciting! So basically the same speeds that your Google link claims. But this is supposed to eventually be rolled out across Australia for everyone! Pretty cool. Australia is big but the population is pretty much centred around certain spots so this kind of thing is relatively easy compared to a similar project in the states where there are just people EVERYWHERE! The cost to do the whole US would be insane...

Darnit... how do I sign up for the Cake newsletters? I think I foolishly unclicked that when I first registered (I don't get promo emails) and now I don't see a way to switch it back. Also I guess I have to wait for my DimPro and Rapture links. Got the DSF thingie fine though.

I cannot find the add me to the newsletter link, you could try to send email to customer service http://www.cakewalk.com/About/csr.asp

@scook... Yeah, I think I'm gonna have to. I figured that would be under an edit profile section or something but the account page doesn't seem to have that option. Seriously if Cake needs some web developers for this type of stuff I know folks in that field looking for work. Mind you this forum is likely filled with dudes who could do that kind of thing and would probably do it just for coffee mugs and bumper stickers.

You might be talking to one now. :)
I checked my own account before giving up and just posted the csr link.
They had a real problem with their mailing lists a few years back, hopefully they have got it sorted out.
They generate a quite a bit of promo material. Since you already bought X2 I do not believe they will email you the X2 promos but you will get monthly sale stuff.
BTW, until you get on the newsletter you might want to periodically check the store for the monthly specials.