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Ok this was just something I've been wondering for a while, what with there being a 56k warning on every thread with a picture in it. Does anyone even have 56k anymore?

Also if you do, don't signatures and avatars slow down the connection just as much as like 2 600 x 800 photos?

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#2 DigitalExile

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Two cups tied to string (Australian internet).

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My parents used dial up until a few months ago. Apparently most forms of communication refuses to go where they live. However, they were able to buy a wireless adapter through Altel. The internet sucks but it's better than dial up. (Though, I can now use the internet anywhere with a cell phone signal which is nice.)

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#4 deactivated-5e836a855beb2

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there are no pictures in this thread, i feel betrayed

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My parents used dial up until a few months ago. Apparently most forms of communication refuses to go where they live. However, they were able to buy a wireless adapter through Altel. The internet sucks but it's better than dial up. (Though, I can now use the internet anywhere with a cell phone signal which is nice.)mindstorm

Yeah I imagine the only people still on dial up are those who just have never gotten around to switching, or those who for some reason don't have a phone line. It's definitely not down to price these days, I remember the day I conviced my dad to switch to broadband about 4 or 5 years ago, I went on the AOL website and the dial up was actually costing more than broadband...(not with AOL anymore though, thank god.)

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#6 X360PS3AMD05

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Boondocks.

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#7 Mellosinferno

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Two cups tied to string (Australian internet).
DigitalExile

Yeah but mine are not cups but straws.

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#8 DigitalExile

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[QUOTE="DigitalExile"]
Two cups tied to string (Australian internet).
Mellosinferno

Yeah but mine are not cups but straws.

If we trade cups for straws we could drink something.

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there are no pictures in this thread, i feel betrayedJandurin

This is how you know you've been on the forums for too long, when you see 56k and instantly assume it's a picture filled thread =p But just for you, here is a picture of a potato.

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#10 grape_of_wrath

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"]there are no pictures in this thread, i feel betrayedbobbetybob

This is how you know you've been on the forums for too long, when you see 56k and instantly assume it's a picture filled thread =p But just for you, here is a picture of a potato.

Acne potato. he must get a lot of crap from the other potatoes....:(

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#11 Mellosinferno

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[QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

[QUOTE="Mellosinferno"][QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

Two cups tied to string (Australian internet).

Yeah but mine are not cups but straws.

If we trade cups for straws we could drink something.

Yeah, sounds good. Beer? You like beer right?

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#12 DigitalExile

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[QUOTE="DigitalExile"]
[QUOTE="Mellosinferno"] Yeah but mine are not cups but straws.Mellosinferno

If we trade cups for straws we could drink something.

Yeah, sounds good. Beer? You like beer right?

Er... sure, why not.

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#13 deactivated-5e836a855beb2

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[QUOTE="Mellosinferno"][QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

Yeah but mine are not cups but straws.Mellosinferno

If we trade cups for straws we could drink something.

Yeah, sounds good. Beer? You like beer right?

you would drink beer through a straw?

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Ok this was just something I've been wondering for a while, what with there being a 56k warning on every thread with a picture in it. Does anyone even have 56k anymore?
Also if you do, don't signatures and avatars slow down the connection just as much as like 2 600 x 800 photos?
bobbetybob

There are still some rural areas within the U.S. that do not have cable service. If faster service from the phone company is also not available, then all you have left is dial-up. Fortunately software & hardware exists that could speed it up somewhat.

And yes, sigs like the Jeremiah one really slow things down. Depends upon filesize.

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#15 stevoqwerty

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I have 56k, when I'm capped. Australia has crappy and expensive internet.

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I think that they have 56k only in Hell now.

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I think that they have 56k only in Hell now.
shinian

Yeah that's what I imagine hell to be, forever waiting for a video entitled "Megan Fox Naked!" to buffer.

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#18 comp_atkins

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i'm still rocking 2400 baud

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#19 peaceoutmedusa

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The third option was so great, I had to choose it.

Ive never seen a poll with that many votes that no one voted for one of the options (especially out of just 3 of them).

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I think it's illegal to be that far back on the technology curve. Though, I do feel nostalgia for dial-up at times. I hate having information instantly sometimes.

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#21 XD4NTESINF3RNOX

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Comcast I love it

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#22 horgen Moderator

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Australia is lagging behind in the internet speed. So they probably got 56K still.

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Member since 2006 • 819 Posts

Dude I use saterllite internet. HAHA

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#24 stevoqwerty

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Australia is lagging behind in the internet speed. So they probably got 56K still. horgen123

What, isn't 56k still avaliable in US or UK? BTW yea, we still have 56k option.

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#25 linkthewindow

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I do if we've used a lot of bandwidth in the month (capped at 64k.) For some reason we can't get broadband where I live, so we're on ADSL-speed wireless. It's good, but not great.

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#26 Dogswithguns

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I have never even experience the 56K in my life when it was around back then.... so I and never will. heehee

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#27 stevoqwerty

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I have never even experience the 56K in my life when it was around back then.... so I and never will. heeheeDogswithguns

You're lucky, I had 56k for 2 years before move on to 256k for another 1 year, now I'm on 1500k.

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[QUOTE="Dogswithguns"]I have never even experience the 56K in my life when it was around back then.... so I and never will. heeheestevoqwerty

You're lucky, I had 56k for 2 years before move on to 256k for another 1 year, now I'm on 1500k.

It has been less than two years where I live that anything better than 56k was even available and I know some people in America and some in other nations who still do not have access to broadband. SO there are a lot of users who still have to deal with dial up.

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#29 Vesica_Prime

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I'm on 33.8k when I'm capped.

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Member since 2010 • 14567 Posts

Broadband.

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#31 HydraRizlim

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671 089 kbps here.

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#32 Stevo_the_gamer Moderator

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Ah, dial-up. Those were the slow ol' days eight years ago. I remember those painful days. Ha.

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For some time, I've wondered why people still wither with 56k warnings on threads. The percentage of regular Internet users who are still on 56k connections must be in single-figures by now.

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#34 ExpiredGhost

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I have cable Internet but my mother-in-law has 56k.

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#35 Franklinstein

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I haven't even seen dialup in.... hmmm.... 10 or 11 years?

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Haha, dial-up. The great sound of the phone dialing screeches and twangs. And then someone would pick up the phone and ruin everything. :x But I have a good internet now. :)

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No, and I was rather shocked yesterday to see an advertisement by a 56k provider that tried to pass 56k off as superior to broadband. :? It mentioned price, which was accurate enough, but I should have thought that the difference in connection speed would adequately account for that. Cheeky 56k companies.

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#38 shockwave04

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My area (Southern Vermont) Finally got DSL just 2 years go.

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#39 worthyofnote

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Ever play MW2 on Xbox Live? Sometimes I feel as if the hosts are running on dial-up, Infinity Ward is too damn cheap to actualy give us good servers to play on! :evil:

/rant

I have broadband, I could not imagine going back to dial-up.

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#40 stevoqwerty

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I don't even have a computer until I was 12.

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