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Analogue internet!
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Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 3:07 am
Looking through the various ISP's, I noticed that many are still offering dialup as an option?
WTF!

I threw out my Swan K56 Flex about 20 years ago!
Man, that thing flew at a theoretical rate of 5.6 kb/s! (Actual was about 4.5kb/s)

Fess up you hording old codgers! Who's still got that old dialup stuffed in a box somewhere!

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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 3:19 am
I recicled mine long ago. Ah the sound it made while dialing up brings memories.
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 3:32 am
I shared the same line as my dad's bar. That meant whenever a customer wanted to use the phone, it would break my connection. Then came adsl. That was like the best thing ever, the phone could be used while online.
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 3:36 am (This post was last modified: September 11, 2015 at 3:36 am by ignoramus.)
yeah, don't ask me how many times I fought with the wife for cutting me off as she'd pickup the phone to ring her mum!
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 5:19 am
I believe a fair few people at least in the US are STILL using these archaic contraptions, going by what I read on other forums.
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 6:01 am
(September 11, 2015 at 3:19 am)LastPoet Wrote: I recicled mine long ago. Ah the sound it made while dialing up brings memories.

I remember (just about) being able to play the original counter strike on the old 56k. Any more than 6 people in a game though and shit got difficult real quick.

When I had my first broadband connection installed it was like I was in the matrix. People with 56k modems just stood still whilst I was running around doing flips and shit.
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 6:12 am
I remember getting a 9600 baud modem, which would be I guess a little under 1.2k/sec if I'm doing my math right. My friends didn't believe that such a speedy modem existed! Smile
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 7:33 am
Anyone who posts a pic of his working acoustic coupler gets a bottle of wine.
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 9:18 am
I'm using my Kaypro right now.
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RE: Analogue internet!
September 11, 2015 at 9:47 am
(September 11, 2015 at 3:19 am)LastPoet Wrote: I recicled mine long ago. Ah the sound it made while dialing up brings memories.

For the real nostalgics out there.

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