56K-dial up - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Sleepyjack · 08-30-2003, 02:31 AM

Anyone still using them, or am i the only one???

cchris · 08-30-2003, 04:29 AM

Yep.

As someone once said.

It's like suckin a lake up through a straw.

Fremen · 08-30-2003, 04:30 AM

I still use it, abuse it, and accuse it.

Hmm, that's a double entendre if I ever heard one. lol

I hate 56k, but it's my only option for now.

IC3 · 08-30-2003, 06:59 AM

Had it, Got rid of it...Moved then had it again...Moved again and now I got High Speed back.

it's really bad when you have High Speed and have to switch back to dial up cause high Speed is not Available where you are living.

But I am happy now, No more Dial Up.

Mr. Spacemonkey · 08-30-2003, 08:38 AM

Oh yeah, i still have a 56k, and damn i hate it. I wish i had a cable modem but it's just too expensive for me PLUS i'm not even sure if i can get one considering where i live. *crys* . . . maybe someday i'll be able to get one.

bernadette · 08-30-2003, 08:57 AM

i always forget just how utterly slow a dial-up is until i have to use a computer at a friend's home who has no fast connection.

*hugs broadband modem*

nash · 08-30-2003, 10:58 AM

I have a 56k modem, but the phone line only lets me connect at 28k =( Sometimes I get better speeds than that, but rarely though.

CSflim · 08-30-2003, 11:35 AM

I live in Ireland. nuff said.

JumpinJesus · 08-30-2003, 12:04 PM

I couldn't imagine going back to dial-up. It'd be like driving a BMW, then having to rent a Yugo while the BMW's in the shop.

krwlz · 08-30-2003, 04:37 PM

I spossedly have a 56k connection...but when you get the details from the two little green comp looking things next to you're clock....it tells me that in reality Im conected at 26,400 bps....fuckin dirty phone lines.

YzermanS19 · 08-30-2003, 06:02 PM

56k at home, t3 at school. Cant complain, I'm at school more than I'm at home

vermin · 08-30-2003, 06:43 PM

56k but it usually connects at around 44k at home (weekends). Down at my cousin's (week days) it's a lot slower.

Tickford · 08-30-2003, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cchris
Yep.

As someone once said.

It's like suckin a lake up through a straw.

Now that is so funny, cause its true......

Ogre840 · 08-30-2003, 11:01 PM

sigh... yes... at home... but when im at my friends house its wireless cable! WOOT!

bundy · 08-30-2003, 11:49 PM

YAY for dial-up!!

cos we get all of those BEWARE DIAL-UPS warnings!!

crackpot · 08-30-2003, 11:51 PM

56k for sure here, I love to hate it.
I'd move up to bigger & better, but I don't think it'd make a diff on this 133 mhz monster of mine.

Speed_Gibson · 08-31-2003, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bernadette
i always forget just how utterly slow a dial-up is until i have to use a computer at a friend's home who has no fast connection.

*hugs broadband modem*

was at my parent's place last weekend and had a blazing 48-50kbps or less to work with. Real bloody painful after my 768k download and *slow* 128k upload at my place.

used to have a one way satelite connection (modem upload, broadband DL with slight latency), and it has been somewhere around 2-3 years since I used dialup exclusively I believe.

World's King · 08-31-2003, 01:20 AM

FUCK THE PHONE LINES

I use dial-up when my broadband shits out... which is at leats once a day.

Sleepyjack · 08-31-2003, 02:40 AM

i connect at around 28-34kbps as well. It has somthing to do with pair gain or something. The phone lines are fucked near my house

hawkeye · 08-31-2003, 10:50 AM

I have High Speed at school, but when I go home for the summer I'm stuck with Dial-Up (max speed 41kbps

08-30-2003, 02:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	56K-dial up Anyone still using them, or am i the only one???

08-30-2003, 04:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
cchris Junkie Location: Sydney	Yep. As someone once said. It's like suckin a lake up through a straw. __________________ There's a fine line between participation and mockery

08-30-2003, 04:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	I still use it, abuse it, and accuse it. Hmm, that's a double entendre if I ever heard one. lol I hate 56k, but it's my only option for now. __________________ Google

08-30-2003, 08:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mr. Spacemonkey Wake up Location: Nowhere special	Oh yeah, i still have a 56k, and damn i hate it. I wish i had a cable modem but it's just too expensive for me PLUS i'm not even sure if i can get one considering where i live. crys . . . maybe someday i'll be able to get one. __________________ "I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to." -- Donnie Darko

08-30-2003, 08:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	i always forget just how utterly slow a dial-up is until i have to use a computer at a friend's home who has no fast connection. hugs broadband modem __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

08-30-2003, 06:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
IC3 Poison Location: Canada	Had it, Got rid of it...Moved then had it again...Moved again and now I got High Speed back. it's really bad when you have High Speed and have to switch back to dial up cause high Speed is not Available where you are living. But I am happy now, No more Dial Up.

08-30-2003, 10:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
nash Psycho	I have a 56k modem, but the phone line only lets me connect at 28k =( Sometimes I get better speeds than that, but rarely though.

08-30-2003, 11:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	I live in Ireland. nuff said. __________________

08-30-2003, 12:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	I couldn't imagine going back to dial-up. It'd be like driving a BMW, then having to rent a Yugo while the BMW's in the shop. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

08-30-2003, 04:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	I spossedly have a 56k connection...but when you get the details from the two little green comp looking things next to you're clock....it tells me that in reality Im conected at 26,400 bps....fuckin dirty phone lines.

08-30-2003, 06:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
YzermanS19 not your typical god-fearing junkie Location: State of Confusion	56k at home, t3 at school. Cant complain, I'm at school more than I'm at home __________________ the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long and you have burned so very, very brightly

08-30-2003, 06:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	56k but it usually connects at around 44k at home (weekends). Down at my cousin's (week days) it's a lot slower. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst. Last edited by vermin; 08-30-2003 at 06:45 PM..

08-30-2003, 11:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ogre840 Banned Location: OlyWa	sigh... yes... at home... but when im at my friends house its wireless cable! WOOT!

08-30-2003, 11:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	YAY for dial-up!! cos we get all of those BEWARE DIAL-UPS warnings!! __________________ Ohayo!!!

08-30-2003, 11:51 PM	#16 (permalink)
crackpot Junkie Location: Montreal	56k for sure here, I love to hate it. I'd move up to bigger & better, but I don't think it'd make a diff on this 133 mhz monster of mine.

08-31-2003, 01:20 AM	#18 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	FUCK THE PHONE LINES I use dial-up when my broadband shits out... which is at leats once a day. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

08-31-2003, 02:40 AM	#19 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	i connect at around 28-34kbps as well. It has somthing to do with pair gain or something. The phone lines are fucked near my house

08-31-2003, 10:50 AM	#20 (permalink)
hawkeye back from sabbatical Location: Mosptopia	I have High Speed at school, but when I go home for the summer I'm stuck with Dial-Up (max speed 41kbps __________________ You're not fat, You're just a giant ball of love, covered in anger.