I remember that sometimes my dial-up connection would top 7kb/s
and i was like:
"Oh yeah bitch!!!! Only 1 hour to download this 10mb fucker"
The dial-up sound freaked me out as a kid.
It still gives me chills.
This makes me feel so old...
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42040941]It's not like you can't have two modems of your own and fuck around with them with your own tiny networks, just for kicks.[/QUOTE]
Modems can't be directly connected to eachother. At the very least you need a line simulator.
At least we still have bulletin boards. You can still find ones to dial into but most don't have a number anymore.
[IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/CGS_0237.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;42043323]The dial-up sound freaked me out as a kid.
It still gives me chills.[/QUOTE]
I had to turn the speakers off because it was too weird
"HONEY GET OFF THE INTERNET, MOM NEEDS TO USE THE PHONE!"
[QUOTE=DMGaina;42041448]I remember putting a pillow over my PC when I was connecting to the internet at night so my parents wont hear me.[/QUOTE]
I thought the sound came through the computer speakers so I decided to be a genius and turn them off while connecting
Got fucking caught
[QUOTE=1239the;42041708]Remember back when thread titles would have "image heavy 56k warning" on them?[/QUOTE]
i seem to remember some people in 07 and 08 that made this a joke in gd
[QUOTE=Thom12255;42040867]RIP
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0[/media][/QUOTE]
Good times.. good times.
I want this as my ringtone.
[video=youtube;GDgCao2tkyg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgCao2tkyg[/video]
ignore the thumbnail
"hey jeff's phone isnt ringing when i call him, I guess he is using the internet right now"
I can dial my friend in washington and use his network as a dial-up connection.
What I'd love to get my hands on is an acoustic coupler modem...
[QUOTE=pentium;42043388]Modems can't be directly connected to eachother. At the very least you need a line simulator.
At least we still have bulletin boards. You can still find ones to dial into but most don't have a number anymore.
[t]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/ballsandy/Computer%20related/CGS_0237.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Oh right. I don't know if it's just XP or if Windows 7 also has the telnet command. Another way to connect to BBSes. There's that Star Wars in ASCII that you can dial/telnet up to.
I miss the days of "NO NO NO DON'T PICK UP THE RINGING PHON-" *Internet Disconnected.*
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;42043702]Oh right. I don't know if it's just XP or if Windows 7 also has the telnet command. Another way to connect to BBSes. There's that Star Wars in ASCII that you can dial/telnet up to.[/QUOTE]
towel.blinkenlights.nl? It isn't even the whole damn movie. Also, there's an indial number for that? Tell me.
I used dial-up internet to connect TRS-80's when I was a kid and I was born in 1991.
In my opinion, dial-up will always live on as 3G coverage. Piece of shit's actually slower than 56k.
I remember this commercial, already moved on from dialup at that point though
[video=youtube;lmTUNbqEjVk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmTUNbqEjVk[/video]
Just think, there are kids today that never used dial up.
[QUOTE=Irespawnoften;42044073]Just think, there are kids today that never used dial up.[/QUOTE]
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
[QUOTE=Irespawnoften;42044073]Just think, there are kids today that never used dial up.[/QUOTE]
Lucky fuckers
My local hospital still uses dial up. Maybe now they'll have some friggin' Wifi installed
[QUOTE=muffinmastah;42043872]I remember this commercial, already moved on from dialup at that point though
[video=youtube;lmTUNbqEjVk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmTUNbqEjVk[/video][/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.peoplepc.com/"]PeoplePC still exists.[/URL]
I remember when Broadband internet arrived on the scene and being amazed at how fast it was compared to Dial-Up but it doesn't seem to last as It seems to be a trend regarding speeds that what seems amazing quick at first over the years starts to feel increasingly slow. The first damage done to non-fibre broadband was when stuff like Youtube arrived on the scene and before we know it the whole thing feels like it's gone down to a crawl.
[QUOTE=Genericenemy;42044656]I remember when Broadband internet arrived on the scene and being amazed at how fast it was compared to Dial-Up but it doesn't seem to last as It seems to be a trend regarding speeds that what seems amazing quick at first over the years starts to feel increasingly slow. The first damage done to non-fibre broadband was when stuff like Youtube arrived on the scene and before we know it the whole thing feels like it's gone down to a crawl.[/QUOTE]
The first time I ever heard the term "broadband" it referred to 64K cable internet. Then ADSL took over with 128k and the two kept besting eachother.
[quote]whole thing feels like it's gone down to a crawl.[/quote]
I blame that more on shitty web programming.
For those who feel like having a nostalgia moment:
[URL="http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/"]http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/[/URL]
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;42045366]Literally almost all my friends are still on dial-up. I have high speed, but it's just BARELY a step above dial-up speeds.
It's a lot more common than you might think. A lot of us just don't have the option for high-speed.[/QUOTE]
This.
I recently moved away from my hometown for college, but my hometown is way down in southern Arkansas. The most you can get around there is dialup(CenturyTel/CenturyLink) or shitty DSL that had the same speed. God, back in the 2d Runescape days, there was a good 10 second delay from your action to the actual game.
[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;42045366]Literally almost all my friends are still on dial-up. I have high speed, but it's just BARELY a step above dial-up speeds.
It's a lot more common than you might think. A lot of us just don't have the option for high-speed.[/QUOTE]
Yup. I'm in rural Oklahoma and there's three internet options: dial up, satellite, and a system that uses radio towers. AT&T claimed that we were going to get high speed around christmas time in..I guess 2006.
....Where's my goddamned high speed internet? I mean, 0.268 MB/s is better than the 2.5 kb/s dialup offers, but shit. I'd love to download at 1MB/s.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;42045181]For those who feel like having a nostalgia moment:
[URL="http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/"]http://www.telnetbbsguide.com/dialbbs/[/URL][/QUOTE]
A lot of that stuff is (sadly) out of action.
Also wasn't there some guy on FP one time who had a FP BBS or something?
[QUOTE=Irespawnoften;42044073]Just think, there are kids today that never used dial up.[/QUOTE]
I'm 19 and never used dial up
I think that's about old enough to have had to have dealt with it once.
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