Question for you all

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

What kind of internet connection do you use to connect to the internet? Is it broadband / moderately fast?

I was approached by the advertiser to put some video based advertising on the website in place of a few existing banner ads. These of course take longer to load on slower connections, and I'm not wanting to make the side too slow for people here.

The flip side is it pays more than standard banner ads, and as our click-through's have been dropping (with the exception of Slim who seems to click on most things and then buy stuff heheh), so have revenues and this might be a way to bring them back up a little.

Its as much you all's site as anyone else, so I want to make sure I involve you all here in the decisions going forward.

-DallanC

lesterg3 · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:43 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

Broadband, I guess fast enough to watch internet movies.

Gil Martin · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

I am running Verizon DSL and it is pretty fast so the updates should not be a problem for me. All the best...
Gil

gelandangan · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

ADSL here

dhc4ever · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

ADSL here also.

slimjim · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

ATT U-verse. It started out at 57mbps and has dropped to 18 mbps while the price has doubled. Upload is only 2 mbps. Very slow. Any recommendations for an alternative?

PaulS · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

My Charter started out at 40Mb/s and now runs close to 65Mb/s. You can spend a bit more and they have an 80Mb/s service. My upload in only around 5Mb/s.

Most companies throttle (limit) the upload speeds to prevent you from running a group or forum from your home without paying the business rates.

slimjim · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

One for Charter. Other suggestions?

Tremblay · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

DSL here

Elvis · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:18 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

broadband...and I havent clicked on anything lately as its just the same 5 option surveys over and over and over again......

Vince · Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: Question for you all

I'm working on Broadband Cable...Download speed 35.94 mbps and Upload speed 1.19 mbps (as of 10 seconds ago).

I'll go with the flow Dallan. Whatever suits yourself and the rest of The Nuts works for me mate.

Suzanne · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:44 am Post subject: Re: Question for you all

I'm sadly running on a system that is shutting down in November, Verison bought them out.....don't know my future route.

Suz

Grumulkin · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:37 am Post subject: Re: Question for you all

DallanC wrote:

What kind of internet connection do you use to connect to the internet? Is it broadband / moderately fast?

I was approached by the advertiser to put some video based advertising on the website in place of a few existing banner ads. These of course take longer to load on slower connections, and I'm not wanting to make the side too slow for people here.

The flip side is it pays more than standard banner ads, and as our click-through's have been dropping (with the exception of Slim who seems to click on most things and then buy stuff heheh), so have revenues and this might be a way to bring them back up a little.

Its as much you all's site as anyone else, so I want to make sure I involve you all here in the decisions going forward.

-DallanC

I have a broadband connection that's fairly fast using an iMac and also use a Windows machine that's a bit slower. In spite of this, a couple of sites I go to freeze the computer on occasion and are very annoying with gratis video and noise. A couple are so annoying I hardly ever visit them any longer.

RePete · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:50 am Post subject: Re: Question for you all

DSL.

I would rather not have video based ads.

Thanks.

slimjim · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:41 am Post subject: Re: Question for you all

Dallan, Does this mean a shift to video adds eliminates the great banners we have today and the only choice will be video? Hmmm, The banners have been working out well for me. Generator arrives today! Come on everyone, it only takes a few clicks. Just yesterday I learned how expensive 4-wheeler were!

Oh, the Kabota ad is in the right place today.