Ahh those were the days...the days where i got yelled at on a frequent basis by parents for not warning them in advance that I am logging onto the internet :)
Ohh man. I remembered my good ol' days with a dial-up connection. I really think that time that dial-ups are the fastest speed any connection can offer. My innocent mind was utterly wrong.
My family's first computer came with a 14.4KB modem and my parents only used it for e-mail. So every time they sent a message I had to endure that horrible sound. I hate it. >_
I remember we weren't allowed to use the internet during the day because it tied up the phone line, and it was so slloooowww. It was painful. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.
I remember we weren't allowed to use the internet during the day because it tied up the phone line, and it was so slloooowww. It was painful. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.
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God, I'd be on the internet on some Macromedia Shockwave website and someone would pick up the phone interrupting whatever video/game I was playing. So upsetting.
Music to my earholes. Haha I remember that if we used the computer for the internet then the phones could not be used. Also, is there any specific reason why such an annoying sound was used for dial-up?
[QUOTE="Avistann"]Music to my earholes. Haha I remember that if we used the computer for the internet then the phones could not be used. Also, is there any specific reason why such an annoying sound was used for dial-up? The designer decided that the agonizingly slow speed of the service wasn't enough, so he decided assaulting your ears was in order.
[QUOTE="cybrcatter"][QUOTE="XilePrincess"]We had dial up internet in 2006. And a Win98 computer. I remember that all too well.XilePrincess
If you would have said Windows Me I'd have shed a tear for you. That's coincidentally what we got next. o_o Please don't tell me that's what you're using now.
I definitely remember it because I had to listen to it up until just a few years ago. My current internet is way more satisfactory, though sadly, it's still not all that great.
Never personally had dial up. Funny that I didn't have to use it until 2008 when I got my dad a computer and he didn't have internet at the time. Even in 97 when my family got its first computer (21 yrs old btw, not that young) we had cable internet.
So thankfully my experience with slow ass internet is limited. And I couldn't be more grateful.
Oh yeah, I remember those days. "Get off the computer, I need to use the phone!" or vice versa, was a pretty popular phrase in my home until we had separate phone lines for the house. I remember it taking around five minutes for the modem to make the connection and then it taking forever to load up a webpage. Especially when videos and other streaming content were just becoming popular.
[QUOTE="Xeros606"] o_o Please don't tell me that's what you're using now. Thank bajeebus I'm not. I got XP and then Vista, and that's what I'm using now.
[QUOTE="cd_rom"][QUOTE="gameguy6700"] Tell him to get a satellite internet connection. It's not as fast as a landline broadband connection but it still gets the job done a hell of a lot faster than dial up. My dad has such a connection for his laptop and he's browsed the internet in the middle of the mojave.
Your friend is misinformed. He can get satellite high speed.Pirate700
As shocking as it may sound, he doesn't use the internet that much. Simple country folk don't need no stinkin' 'puters (although he loves his Blackberry to death). If i may also say as a person who lives in the sticks and only could get the god forsaken Wild Blue (i have blogged about this many many times)... I would actually almost prefer dial up over the alternative. Why? Cause many services have limitations, and charge a god awful amount of money for even just installation. Basically if you live in the sticks, you are screwed.
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