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axiomatik · 03-05-2008, 11:30 AM

man, i'm feeling old again. half the people in this thread don't seem to remember anything before 56k. when I first got onto the internet, 28.8k had just come out. we had one, but had a crappy connection, so it only ever connected at like 12k. most of my friends still had 14.4k, I even knew someone with a 9600baud modem.

I wish the price of braodband was coming down around here. I'm paying $45/mo for cable, and that's only because it's bundled with tv, otherwise it'd be $60.

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Originally Posted by ryguy

haha you own an S12 and still use 56k. Somebody is a little behind the times!

says the guy who's barely older than his car.

***S14DB*** · 03-05-2008, 11:56 AM

I have 1200 and 2400 laying around here somewhere.

VROOOM · 03-05-2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by charlie321

I'm actually running verizon FIOS as well, its performance is amazing and the prices aren't that expensive at all. Its only in certain areas of the US right now though.

I remember back then when we used 56k, but it was split between 3 computers...19k anyone? LOL

the Fios was 5 dollars more than the shitty connection i used to have. and its FAST!!!!!!

RedStage · 03-08-2008, 01:09 AM

when out at sea I have sub 56k....being on the oldest ship in the Navy has this and many more negative issues....

The base Cable isn't that great either....

flclsteve · 03-08-2008, 02:53 AM

does the iphone edge network count as 56k?

ROUGE180 · 03-08-2008, 10:07 AM

I remember when 28.8 was the shit!! lol.. Now I connect at 54mbps over wireless. Wow.. I think I would throw my computer out the window at 56k

ruudbwoy · 03-19-2008, 11:33 PM

i think i been off dial up since 01'

Dorifto12 · 03-21-2008, 06:56 AM

no DSL or cable or any type of fast internet on the area i live, so it has been 56 for me for about 2 years..not bad using firefox.

+1 to ppl for putting 56k warnings on thread names..

flip3d · 03-21-2008, 07:54 AM

If fiber broadband isnt available in your area, you have Satellite DSL as an option. So really, you have no excuse for using 56k.

7 people fail.

justaKAiswear · 03-30-2008, 04:56 PM

My parents... they live in the middle on NOWHERE KY, Ill send em a lot of pics in emails sometimes just to piss my Dad off lol

boozels · 04-04-2008, 10:55 PM

56K = hair pullin hell

heiyuu · 04-04-2008, 10:59 PM

I work at a wholesale computer store and we get lots of folk from the country still on 56k. That's fine by me becauseI get $3 commission fro each modem I sell ^_^

s14_legend · 04-15-2008, 09:16 AM

yeah alot of people still use 56k... i didnt switch over til' last year...

hardpark · 04-17-2008, 11:12 PM

i rob my shit from the neighbor

adictd2b00st · 04-18-2008, 07:50 AM

you'd be suprised, but alot of places can't get anything BUT dialup still.........

EDacIouSX · 04-18-2008, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mr.lonelys12

i hate to say it but honestly i cant afford it. sucks that i cant watch youtube stuff, high rate websites, borrow *ahem ahem* music, yea all that stuff. its a shame, damn shame. oh well i do all my high speed stuff on school campus computers.

BUT! it comes at a compromise. HONESTLY I LIKE 56K, if i have access to braodband that would take up my whole days, i would slave over computers and the vast world of the internet. I'd probably be a cyber geek. im glad that 56k limits my usage. A+

ive NEVER owned broadband. 56k since 99'

oh shit that just blew me away! AhAHaHaHAAHAAH i just voted and found out that im the only person who voted 56k.

but thank you to all of those who do label their threads with 56k warning, my heart goes out to you.

you know you can get dsl for like 29.95

Fonix36 · 04-19-2008, 09:44 AM

i jack move a wireless connection from my neighboor

sked707 · 04-19-2008, 09:32 PM

Just recently switched from dial up to dsl a few months ago and it's so much better. Yea trying to see the pic thread here or you tube was frustrating. Couldn't afford it before so i had no choice but to use what i had.

berwyn-sr20det · 04-22-2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ROUGE180

I remember when 28.8 was the shit!! lol.. Now I connect at 54mbps over wireless. Wow.. I think I would throw my computer out the window at 56k

Whats your setup to get 54mbps? Im in Chicago and the best we can hope for is 6mbps

IIIXziuR · 04-26-2008, 12:00 AM

Oh man, I remember I used to have an old Machintosh Performa w/ the modem built in. I don't even think it was 56K, it was soooo slow.
If people called the house it would loose connection.

I used to run America Online version 3 I think, man the memories!

axiomatik · 04-28-2008, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by berwyn-sr20det

Whats your setup to get 54mbps? Im in Chicago and the best we can hope for is 6mbps

I think he's confusing his WAN network speed and his internet connection speed.

*MELLO*SOS* · 05-14-2008, 02:03 PM

Back in the day I first got on the internets with a 2400 baud modem dialing into the local BBS (who else here can relate to that shit?! LOL) It took years to download a fucking shareware game demo! Then one day we ugpraded to a 14.4 fax modem and got Prodigy, shit was dope!! Then a 28.8 and eventually a 56k x2 (but rural phone lines suck so you end up at 36k)... Then a bunch of years passed by and finally the day came when I have 8Mbps to the house, yet, the fucking filesizes have grown so much it still takes forever to download shit! My servers at the colo live on a 100Mbps pipe, shit is blazingly fast... I go there to DL large stuff and dump it onto a USB drive hehe..

I voted broadband, even though the half-T1 at the office feels like a fucking 56k line!! 20+ computers & 7 employees sharing the same line = slow...

Grendel · 05-28-2008, 09:30 AM

I have charters fastest package they offer here... its pretty nice. When I go home on leave, my parents live in the boondocks so I get stuck with 56k. I wanted to show my brother a ton of funny youtube clips, but we would have to start one loading, then go play a song or two on rockband to kill time until it was done

coww-cho!!!!! · 05-28-2008, 10:34 AM

i have AT&T DSL i remember having AOL dial-up.......if i wanted to watch a video on youtube id have to let it completely load for about 15-20 mins and looking at pictures was worse becuase you let the page load so long and come back to it and it turns out 6 of out 10 pictures were unloaded
or when a friend were to send me a link through AIM i told him to go make some food or something becuase it gonna take awhile before were on the same page

besTint · 05-28-2008, 11:40 AM

verizon FIOS baby!

legacy927 · 05-28-2008, 12:14 PM

hahaha...my gf still uses 56k..METCONNECT...lolz

my block sucks...DSL only...

Andrew Bohan · 05-31-2008, 12:45 AM

i have 14.4

but my friend says i can borrow his 28.8 modem

external modem ftw!

1ZlowZ · 05-31-2008, 01:37 AM

Verizon Fios, I have never had anything slow that I can remember. Connected to 2 computers does get the occasional lag when either one of us downloads a big file. 3 computers ATM my friend has his computer at my house since his internet isn't on. Verizon is charging them 400$ for supposedly early cancellation... He's here from like 12 PM to like 8 PM, too much of a nice guy to kick someone out. =[

krayzbigmac · 05-31-2008, 03:19 AM

I'm sadly on 56k still. Although I can still load all the (56k warning) threads. No dsl in my area and satelite ain't cheap. So I gotta deal with this 56k. After a while you get used to it, ohh well, it works for now...i guess

infinitexsound · 06-11-2008, 10:36 PM

56k, had broadband.... didnt need it anymore....... waste of skrill... all i do is email, check the forum and IM..... 56k is free for me anyway...

View Poll Results: 56k? hm?
Cable, DSL or any higher connection.	321	95.25%
56k. Dial up.	16	4.75%
Voters: 337. You may not vote on this poll

03-05-2008, 11:56 AM	#32
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I have 1200 and 2400 laying around here somewhere. __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

03-08-2008, 01:09 AM	#34
RedStage Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida (formerly Yokohama, Japan) Posts: 531 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	when out at sea I have sub 56k....being on the oldest ship in the Navy has this and many more negative issues.... The base Cable isn't that great either.... __________________ Marc - Yokohama, Japan

03-08-2008, 02:53 AM	#35
flclsteve Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Irvine Age: 34 Posts: 538 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	does the iphone edge network count as 56k? __________________

03-21-2008, 06:56 AM	#38
Dorifto12 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Puerto Rico! Age: 35 Posts: 10 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	no DSL or cable or any type of fast internet on the area i live, so it has been 56 for me for about 2 years..not bad using firefox. +1 to ppl for putting 56k warnings on thread names.. __________________

03-08-2008, 10:07 AM	#36
ROUGE180 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Potomac, MD Posts: 880 Trader Rating: (5) Rides Gallery: ROUGE180 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	I remember when 28.8 was the shit!! lol.. Now I connect at 54mbps over wireless. Wow.. I think I would throw my computer out the window at 56k

03-19-2008, 11:33 PM	#37
ruudbwoy Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ft.lauderdale, FL Age: 41 Posts: 305 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	i think i been off dial up since 01'

03-21-2008, 07:54 AM	#39
flip3d Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL Age: 36 Posts: 1,473 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	If fiber broadband isnt available in your area, you have Satellite DSL as an option. So really, you have no excuse for using 56k. 7 people fail.

03-30-2008, 04:56 PM	#40
justaKAiswear Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: FLA Age: 39 Posts: 194 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	My parents... they live in the middle on NOWHERE KY, Ill send em a lot of pics in emails sometimes just to piss my Dad off lol

04-04-2008, 10:55 PM	#41
boozels Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: So Cali Posts: 614 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	56K = hair pullin hell __________________ t-apc.com t-apc.com t-apc.com t-apc.com

04-04-2008, 10:59 PM	#42
heiyuu Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: winnipeg Age: 38 Posts: 875 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	I work at a wholesale computer store and we get lots of folk from the country still on 56k. That's fine by me becauseI get $3 commission fro each modem I sell ^_^ __________________

04-15-2008, 09:16 AM	#43
s14_legend Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Doing it big one day at a time Posts: 1,321 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah alot of people still use 56k... i didnt switch over til' last year... __________________ "Price is what you pay, Value is what you get.

04-17-2008, 11:12 PM	#44
hardpark Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: orlando Age: 34 Posts: 17 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i rob my shit from the neighbor __________________ 95 240sx-sold, 95 240sx-traded, 92 RHD integra-sold, 92 240sx-love

04-18-2008, 07:50 AM	#45
adictd2b00st Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: OH Age: 42 Posts: 695 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	you'd be suprised, but alot of places can't get anything BUT dialup still.........

04-19-2008, 09:44 AM	#47
Fonix36 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: southern cali Age: 34 Posts: 2,457 Trader Rating: (34) Feedback Score: 34 reviews	im a robber i jack move a wireless connection from my neighboor

04-19-2008, 09:32 PM	#48
sked707 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Los Angeles, Cali Posts: 429 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Just recently switched from dial up to dsl a few months ago and it's so much better. Yea trying to see the pic thread here or you tube was frustrating. Couldn't afford it before so i had no choice but to use what i had.

04-26-2008, 12:00 AM	#50
IIIXziuR Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Left Hand Path Posts: 2,655 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	Oh man, I remember I used to have an old Machintosh Performa w/ the modem built in. I don't even think it was 56K, it was soooo slow. If people called the house it would loose connection. I used to run America Online version 3 I think, man the memories!

05-14-2008, 02:03 PM	#52
MELLOSOS* LAID OUT Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: LAS VEGAS Age: 42 Posts: 2,015 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: MELLO*SOS Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Back in the day I first got on the internets with a 2400 baud modem dialing into the local BBS (who else here can relate to that shit?! LOL) It took years to download a fucking shareware game demo! Then one day we ugpraded to a 14.4 fax modem and got Prodigy, shit was dope!! Then a 28.8 and eventually a 56k x2 (but rural phone lines suck so you end up at 36k)... Then a bunch of years passed by and finally the day came when I have 8Mbps to the house, yet, the fucking filesizes have grown so much it still takes forever to download shit! My servers at the colo live on a 100Mbps pipe, shit is blazingly fast... I go there to DL large stuff and dump it onto a USB drive hehe.. I voted broadband, even though the half-T1 at the office feels like a fucking 56k line!! 20+ computers & 7 employees sharing the same line = slow... Last edited by MELLOSOS; 05-14-2008 at 05:53 PM..*

05-28-2008, 09:30 AM	#53
Grendel Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: . Age: 40 Posts: 674 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have charters fastest package they offer here... its pretty nice. When I go home on leave, my parents live in the boondocks so I get stuck with 56k. I wanted to show my brother a ton of funny youtube clips, but we would have to start one loading, then go play a song or two on rockband to kill time until it was done

05-28-2008, 10:34 AM	#54
coww-cho!!!!! Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: I.E. triiiick Age: 36 Posts: 1,001 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	i have AT&T DSL i remember having AOL dial-up.......if i wanted to watch a video on youtube id have to let it completely load for about 15-20 mins and looking at pictures was worse becuase you let the page load so long and come back to it and it turns out 6 of out 10 pictures were unloaded or when a friend were to send me a link through AIM i told him to go make some food or something becuase it gonna take awhile before were on the same page

05-28-2008, 11:40 AM	#55
besTint Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Stanton, CA Posts: 2,641 Trader Rating: (81) Rides Gallery: besTint Feedback Score: 81 reviews	verizon FIOS baby! __________________ http://squarespokes.com/

05-28-2008, 12:14 PM	#56
legacy927 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: ny, ny Posts: 477 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hahaha...my gf still uses 56k..METCONNECT...lolz my block sucks...DSL only...

05-31-2008, 12:45 AM	#57
Andrew Bohan Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,331 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	i have 14.4 but my friend says i can borrow his 28.8 modem external modem ftw!

05-31-2008, 01:37 AM	#58
1ZlowZ Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Apple Valley Age: 31 Posts: 649 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Verizon Fios, I have never had anything slow that I can remember. Connected to 2 computers does get the occasional lag when either one of us downloads a big file. 3 computers ATM my friend has his computer at my house since his internet isn't on. Verizon is charging them 400$ for supposedly early cancellation... He's here from like 12 PM to like 8 PM, too much of a nice guy to kick someone out. =[ __________________ -Victor S.

05-31-2008, 03:19 AM	#59
krayzbigmac Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Carson, SoCali Posts: 655 Trader Rating: (34) Feedback Score: 34 reviews	I'm sadly on 56k still. Although I can still load all the (56k warning) threads. No dsl in my area and satelite ain't cheap. So I gotta deal with this 56k. After a while you get used to it, ohh well, it works for now...i guess

06-11-2008, 10:36 PM	#60
infinitexsound Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: INtraweb Age: 41 Posts: 3,522 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	56k, had broadband.... didnt need it anymore....... waste of skrill... all i do is email, check the forum and IM..... 56k is free for me anyway... __________________ S14 TrackSlut coming to a raceway near you... 510 TimeAttack on its way...