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System
3 years 1 month ago
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I used to be able to tell when the connection was going to fail while handshaking.
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AtlantaCommercials 3 years 1 month ago Posts: 1244	Yes I do and it was pretty slow and ineffectient.
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bassman21 3 years 1 month ago Posts: 4553	DebrisStorm wrote: I used to be able to tell when the connection was going to fail while handshaking. Me too and about what speed I was going to connect at.

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System 3 years 1 month ago Posts: 74809	bassman21 wrote: DebrisStorm wrote: I used to be able to tell when the connection was going to fail while handshaking. Me too and about what speed I was going to connect at. Yeah, you'd hear that one tone and knew it was going to be slow.

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CleverHans
3 years 1 month ago
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Man, jerking off suuuucked in those days.
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Heisenberg
3 years 1 month ago
Posts: 158
I never stopped.

I'll never stop.
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James2 3 years 1 month ago Posts: 11	I'm actually still using it. $9 per month seems preferable to whatever the standard high-speed costs are these days, and all I really need the Internet for right now is e-mail access and a few quick visits to various sites.

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Windows95guy 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 14 Account Disabled	Yes i do good old Dial up treated me well i miss the 90s however i don't think id use it in today's day in age Evan though i miss it.

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System 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 74809	James2 wrote: I'm actually still using it. $9 per month seems preferable to whatever the standard high-speed costs are these days, and all I really need the Internet for right now is e-mail access and a few quick visits to various sites. and here i thought dial-up was no longer around. i'm surprised that it still exists

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Mezase Master 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 7419	We had to use it until late 2003, because apparently the high-speed internet companies thought millions of unpopulated rural areas would reel in more money than the highly urbanized and populated northern Virginia area. My grandmother who lives in Nowhere, Connecticut got it way before it was available to us, and the first year or so we had it it only worked about half the time; thanks to the lack of competition, they didn't make much of an effort to keep things running properly. Another reason why free markets suck ass, without competition there's absolutely no incentive to provide good service.
	TMNT wrote: Movin` on up!! To the East side Blah blah Blah Movin on up Gaints lol.
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Sparkle 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 64	I remember when mum had to move the computer to the other side of the room to use AOL dial-up. I tried to sneak on the internet on my dad's PC to look at the Cartoon Network site (I was only allowed on when supervised) but failed because you needed a password.

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Thylacine 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 1525	I remember Dial-Up. I used to use it back when I was 14-15 (Back in...2000-2001-ish) Until we got Comcast when I was about 16-17. It was such a pain.in.the.ass. Especially when people wanted to make a phone call, or you tried to download something. I swear, just trying to connect took like an hour sometimes, and downloading something? Yeah, kiss your entire day goodbye. Although, at the time, it was awesome because it was the ONLY thing available. Now a days, especially if you've been spoiled on High Speed Internet, it sucks.
	"Did I ever tell you how much I like ants huh? Especially fried in a subtle blend of mech fluid and grated gears?" -Rampage, Beast Wars
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jango52577 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 2806	For sure...and believe me it was terrible... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdtXjRPF2DI&feature=related I remember it taking an hour to download a MB...

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ActionBastard 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 1481	If You don't remember using dial up, than You should'nt be here at retrojunk.com. You gotta love that dial up sound in the mornings. Sounds like Your shits gonna crash or something. The main thing I did'nt like about dial up aside from slowness, was You can't use Your phone while surfing the web and You could'nt receive calls either. It sucked but oh well. Here is the dial up sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
	Shit happens when You fart naked Retro pimpin aint easy
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thecrow174 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 9806	I'm trying to erase my memories of that dial-up sound.
	There is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most. http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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Yepitspat 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 34	Mom! you knocked me offline. Whatever you need to talk to the doctor about isn't as important as me downloading Jamiroquai's virtual insanity, I only had another 2 hours to go, now I'll need to start all over

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vkimo 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 2323 Forum Mod Editor	Yepitspat wrote: Mom! you knocked me offline. Whatever you need to talk to the doctor about isn't as important as me downloading Jamiroquai's virtual insanity, I only had another 2 hours to go, now I'll need to start all over Haha, that about sums it up for me too.

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yhaz 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 131	I remember playing StarCraft c.1999 on dial up and always being the one responsible for lag, so I started playing at work, 700k T1 line no lag.
	"What" ain't no country I've ever heard of. They speak English in What?
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animaniac318 2 years 8 months ago Posts: 383	First time I heard dial up was at the closing credits for Space Ghost Coast to Coast, back in the early-mid 90's. It showed the address to "Ghostplanet Industries", something like that and you heard dialup in the background. Actual time using dialup didn't happen until '99, my first computer. Had a good time on AOL 4.0 on the Kids Only Channel, playing flash games and stuff.
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maquis
2 years 8 months ago
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dial up sucked you got mail
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