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Zero One
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Posted on 11-17-10 02:55:57 PM Link | Quote
I think we got broadband pretty much when it came out. The only part of dial-up that I can remember was that it took 7 hours to download 1 N64 ROM. And now it takes maybe a few minutes?

Progress: Breaking the law, faster.

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Posted on 11-17-10 03:18:05 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Terra
Does anyone remember that screeching noise that most dialup modems would make when connecting to the Internet?

I never liked that. I know it has to send various noises along the phone line, but why does it also broadcast them into the room?

And how I remember it. Yes, it gave it some kind of high-tech feel, since otherwise it looked just like a box. Also, I guess you need the voices in case the modem has connection problems, so you can listen where the problem is.

I remember having dial-up the first part, until the at that time brand new broadband service was introduced.

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I think I was about 15 when I finally got rid of dial-up. And sometimes when Comcast dies or I'm not home I get stuck with the magnificent dial-up speeds (not really that bad but may as well be...) of Sprint mobile broadband...
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Posted on 11-17-10 03:27:35 PM Link | Quote
The sound bothered me after hearing it so many times. Especially during disconnects.

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Posted on 11-17-10 07:24:22 PM Link | Quote
I left dialup in 2002 when we switched to Road Runner... and sometimes I actually do miss those dialup noises xD

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In 2001, I used the internet so much we switched to DSL immediately.

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Posted on 11-17-10 08:02:18 PM Link | Quote
I switched to DSL in 2003. I kinda miss those old sounds as well, personally. Maybe I'll go find an mp3 of it. :p

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Posted on 11-17-10 09:35:50 PM Link | Quote
56k from 2003 until 2009, here. Got so tired I used someone else's DSL in summer 2009 for a few months, until it vanished... then got my own DSL line.

Good thing, too, since the 56k modem was starting to act up.

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Posted on 11-17-10 09:48:02 PM Link | Quote
Speaking of which... I did return to dialup briefly in 2006, but then got DSL and finally cable... cable sure was a breath of fresh air, as I missed Adult Swim and GSN =P

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Posted on 11-17-10 10:39:39 PM Link | Quote
Cable... bah. We're not even connected to cable to begin with.

This is also why the roof of this building is full of all kinds of antennae. It has to be 20 or more.

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Posted on 11-18-10 02:38:23 AM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Prince Kassad
Cable... bah. We're not even connected to cable to begin with.

This is also why the roof of this building is full of all kinds of antennae. It has to be 20 or more.

Some of them must be satellites, at least? Or is it just broadcast TV over there?

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Posted on 11-18-10 02:39:46 PM Link | Quote
Well yes, but... there are none on the roof, instead everyone just bought his own dish and mounted it at the balcony or the wall. Because, why keep it simple when complicated works just as well?

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Posted on 11-19-10 04:12:45 AM Link | Quote
Lots of buildings here have the same setup, especially if you walk around and take a look at some apartment buildings. Then again, they have to be aimed a certain way...

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Zero One
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Posted on 11-19-10 05:04:33 AM Link | Quote
Next week, I'm getting 30Mb broadband

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Posted on 11-19-10 01:03:13 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Zero One
Next week, I'm getting 30Mb broadband

You are so lucky I think I have 1.5mb/s or something like that.

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Zero One
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Posted on 11-19-10 02:24:40 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Maxwell
Originally posted by Zero One
Next week, I'm getting 30Mb broadband

You are so lucky I think I have 1.5mb/s or something like that.


My grandad has 14.

Kb/s.

With Sky broadband.

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Posted on 11-19-10 02:30:37 PM Link | Quote
I believe I'm at either 10 Mb/s or 15 Mb/s, whichever is the standard Road Runner package =)

And just to think, cable Internet in 1998 was like .75 to 1.5 Mb/s =P

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Posted on 11-19-10 02:34:27 PM Link | Quote
I believe I'm at 7 Mbps on my Qwest DSL.

I remember my parents' DSL being pretty bad, they probably had 1 Mbps or something. Still better than the dialup they had until 2008.

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Posted on 11-19-10 02:35:41 PM Link | Quote

Originally posted by Terra
I believe I'm at 7 Mbps on my Qwest DSL.

I remember my parents' DSL being pretty bad, they probably had 1 Mbps or something. Still better than the dialup they had until 2008.

Way back before we had DSL at home, my mother had an ISDN line for her computer, I think it was like 128 kbps or so... more than twice as fast as dialup, but slower than pretty much anything else.

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Posted on 11-19-10 05:49:10 PM Link | Quote
1mbps DSL, here. Speed's great, but there's issues somewhere along the line to cause me to disconnect so much.

I still get massively irritated at people complaining about speeds above ISDN, however.

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