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Dr. Casey
10-25-2005, 05:55 AM
I will be getting DSL within the next week. Rejoice, for happy times are soon to start.
krissy
10-25-2005, 06:01 AM
once you leave dial up you never go back

speaking of which

SHARE YOU DIAL UP STORIES IN THIS THREad

ff6 rom took half an hour to get back then
eestlinc
10-25-2005, 06:03 AM
man, I haven't had to use dialup since 1996, except for that period in 2001 when I was poor. Man that sucked.
Karl
10-25-2005, 06:03 AM
i went back to dial up while my dsl was out for a few weeks, wasnt too bad
Hawkeye
10-25-2005, 06:03 AM
Threads like these should be close before I start crying about 56k, again
Yamaneko
10-25-2005, 06:23 AM
I'm still surfing on my 600 baud.
Slade
10-25-2005, 07:04 AM
Dial Up = :love: Yeah Right, dont think so :tongue:
DMKA
10-25-2005, 07:29 AM
I barely got something better than dialup (well, in terms of speed anyway) last month, which is the college LAN. It's actually inferior in the sense that there's alot of stuff I can't do or am limited on because of the stupid firewall. It's way better though, and I seriously don't think I'll even bother with using the internet if the only thing is dialup (and I'll probably see myself in that position not too far from now).
Mitch
10-25-2005, 07:47 AM
41k modem. yay.
DMKA
10-25-2005, 08:02 AM
41k modem? How is that possible? It's not possible, seeing as it's an odd number, and the fact that I don't recall anything in between 28.8k and 56k being made.
Samuraid
10-25-2005, 08:06 AM
Dialup was ok, as long as pages were GZip compressed.
Big D
10-25-2005, 08:10 AM
High-speed university connection. Where you can go, "man this is slow!" if it's taken more than five seconds for a page to appear.

*click*

I just opened the forum homepage, and it took about 2.5 seconds:strut:
Yamaneko
10-25-2005, 08:12 AM
Well my 5MBit connection seems slow now. I have become spoiled.
Samuraid
10-25-2005, 10:43 AM
Ultimately, with pages being GZip compressed, page loading time matters less regarding connection speed (i.e. 1 MBit vs. 10MBit) and more with respect to server speed, latency, and net traffic.
Psychotic
10-25-2005, 10:47 AM
I once downloaded a 15 MB file on a 56k, and I am very proud of this accomplishment!

(bear in mind that my 56k used to disconnect every 2 hours)
Old Manus
10-25-2005, 11:03 AM
I miss that dial tone :(
Resha
10-25-2005, 11:19 AM
My internet sucks. :D
Alive-Cat
10-25-2005, 11:23 AM
I've never had dial up. 2 meg!!!:D lol
Rye
10-25-2005, 11:24 AM
Wow, I hated AOL's dial-up. I downloaded Photoshop on it once, oh the wait. xD It took like, 6 hours.
Loony BoB
10-25-2005, 11:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I'm the only person to not have all these horrible dialup experiences. My dialup was ZFree in New Zealand, and it worked really well, and would load up pages in pretty standard speeds. Broadband is clearly better for downloading files, but when it came to browsing places like EoFF, my dialup was just fine.
Craig
10-25-2005, 11:52 AM
One time, when I had Dial up, I tried to Dial up when my Mum was on the phone downstairs, and I could hear the conversation.
Old Manus
10-25-2005, 12:26 PM
It's cool when you have dial up and when someone rings, the computer picks up the phone and you can hear the guy on the other end saying 'hello?'
Chemical
10-25-2005, 12:38 PM
I've always been a child of the Cable Connection.

So Huzzah to all you outdated fogies.
Kappy
10-25-2005, 12:58 PM
I just got DSL (at least I think that's what it is... broadband anyhow). I nearly creamed mah pants when I downloaded a music video in 2 minutes, at 100k/bs or so. I think I got whiplash. :hat:
Primus Inter Pares
10-25-2005, 01:35 PM
I have a crappy net connection, meh at least I don't have to take it off... ever.
boris no no
10-25-2005, 01:37 PM
i <3 my modem *patpats*
its been bashed about a bit. parts of its been held together by masking tape! :D
Dreddz
10-25-2005, 01:38 PM
I suffered dial up for 2 years, then switched, best decision of my life...
Rusty
10-25-2005, 03:03 PM
Yay for broadband!
Rainecloud
10-25-2005, 06:22 PM
That's great.

I've just upgraded my Internet speed to 200.0 Mbps, and it seems exactly the same as it was at 100.0 Mbps. :)
Zeldy
10-25-2005, 06:43 PM
When i had dial up i once tried to get on the Internet and ended up ringing somebody at random.
"Hello..?.. HELLO?" I didn't have a Microphone so i just canceled
Crop
10-25-2005, 06:47 PM
Thankfully I have never gone through the horrors of a dial up and hopefully never will.
Maxico
10-25-2005, 07:17 PM
do do do do do do do do do do deeeeeeeeee-DURRRRR DER-KERSH-DER-SHERRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRR click

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Oh yeah, I LOVED dial up.
boris no no
10-25-2005, 07:24 PM
do do do do do do do do do do deeeeeeeeee-DURRRRR DER-KERSH-DER-SHERRRrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRR click

Could not connect
retrying (13)


Oh yeah, I LOVED dial up.
i miss that noise though ;____;