# wireless internet questions... Plus basic cable questions... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 11, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454 "2005-11-11T08:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/21 "2005-11-11T12:23:10Z")
I think if newman unlocked his at work, i’d be able to mooch off a T1 ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/22 "2005-11-11T12:43:30Z")
t1’s are slow ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/23 "2005-11-11T13:00:46Z")
> [@walter](#): > > FYI - it’s highly illegal to gain access to someones wireless network, protected or not. > > That said, if someone doesn’t know how to hide their network, they won’t know how to figure out you are on it anyway. Well, at least until you start printing out goatse on their printer at 4am. hahahah who posted that … lololol was that on this site i cant remember ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/24 "2005-11-11T13:07:29Z")
goatse is fucking gay. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/25 "2005-11-11T13:10:20Z")
> [@walter](#): > > FYI - it’s highly illegal to gain access to someones wireless network, protected or not. > > That said, if someone doesn’t know how to hide their network, they won’t know how to figure out you are on it anyway. Well, at least until you start printing out goatse on their printer at 4am. :word: There has been people arrested for it. ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/26 "2005-11-11T13:36:15Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > your going to be sorley dissapointed downloading torrents from wireless, i dont care if its G either, its just not fast. > [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > So true. what in the heck are you two talking about?? 😕 i’m really clueless here… are you talking about using a low signal connection? is that it maybe? because i’m lost. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/27 "2005-11-11T13:38:22Z")
> [@SilencingMachine](#): > > what in the heck are you two talking about?? 😕 > > i’m really clueless here… are you talking about using a low signal connection? is that it maybe? because i’m lost. I never get the kind of download speeds that I get when I am connected to a hard line. I get very servicable speeds, but when I need to download a big file I’ll plug my laptop in, or use my desktop. But for regular browsing and Windows updates and such, the wireless works fine. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/28 "2005-11-11T14:19:41Z")
FYI - a wireless connection, G even, will never perform up to its advertised speed. Even in my most idealistic situations, 54Mbps is just not achieved. But in most cases, your bottleneck is not your wireless connection, it’s your cable/dsl modem. If you are a couple buildings away, you _might_ be able to pick something up, I’d just get a wireless repeater and go from there ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454/29 "2005-11-14T04:45:20Z")
thanks peeps… I’d really only be using it to surf around and check emails and stuff a few times a week. Nothing drastic we’ll see what happens 🙂 [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wireless-internet-questions-plus-basic-cable-questions/4454.md?page=1)