just curious , anyone here still uses a dialup to get online?

probably not, just wanted to see if anyone still uses dialup

This brings back so many memories from the late 90's !

I used to have a 28k modem back then and when I made the upgrade to 56k I was the happiest man in the world !

With my new modem I could download a 3.5MB MP3 file in less than 1/3 of an hour instead of a full hour it took me on the old one...now I download it in 1/3 of a second !

It's amazing how technology has evolved in just a 15 years !

Some remote areas have only dial-up. I had dial-up only until about a year ago when I moved closer to town. I imagine the people that still live up there on the mountain top still only have dial-up. It wasn't populated enough for the tele. co. to run dsl up there. No cable tv either but that was no loss. And no cell phone service.

But that's not why I moved. Would actually like to move back.

WOw I remember those days in the 90s when you had to deal with a modem and couldn't talk on the phone when you used the computer ! ...

, so true

WELCOME



GOODBYE

netzero and juno

10 free hrs dial up a month each

I had a Bulletin Board System, BBS, with a 56k in '96 when I was in high school. Those were the days to be a MOD. The last time I used a dial up was with NetZero in 1999.

Anyone else had a BBS?

Last Edited by The Fifth Element on 12/12/2012 12:54 AM

100 mps fiber optic here. I remember dial up far to well. lol

Lol I used to run a BBS with my old commie 64 on a 300 baud modem and a tape drive, I still remember saving to upgrade to a 1200 baud and a disk drive that was bigger than the computer.

, classic , ahh the good old days

My original modem was 1200 Baud with the phone coupler like something you'd see in a museum. My first laptop (a 386 SX20) had a 2400 baud built in... I thought it was THE SHIT! I was too poor to upgrade it to a 9600 and the next step I took was a 14.4k... Holy shit I was happy! I remember downloading the entire ECG Semiconductor database (Four archives, 3.5 megabytes a piece over 2 and half days!!!!)

Now I grab a Gig in a matter of minutes.... Holy crap, times have changed.

ya, my dial up is only $10 a month.

I borrowed a 1200 baud modem from work in about 1986 so I could work from home on my monochrome terminal. List price for the modem was $995.

Holy shit yes... [He says excitedly]

I remember operating a BBS before the web was in existence... Arpnet, Efnet and bouncing mail through servers which took a day or so to get e-mail through.

Who here knows what a NUP is? (Old warez traders?)

Last Edited by Travis Bickle on 12/12/2012 01:10 AM

Yes, BFE Here

Well for God's sake... I hope you're not paying for it.

The worst experience with dialup I had was I played PSO on dreamcast and I guess somehow I dialed my friend's dialup account and ran up a really high phone bill. Not sure how that happened, but I know being in highschool my dad had to pay the bill which was at least $500. I still stay awake at night and think back how the hell did I do that.

If I didn't know any better I'd swear that was a 14.4 baud sign on

With crap DSL 25 bucks a month with 3.5 mps I just don't understand why anybody would want dialup, my uncles was not that bad, nothing compared to my 25mps cable tho

i'm at around 60 mps

Living out here in the sticks I'm glad I can even get DSL

There's no Cable, or Fiber

But I can get 4G which is a hell of a lot faster but a heck of a lot more money

I have had the same email addy for over 15 years, that must be close to an all time record.