I was just wondering who around here has dialup. At my mums place i have broadband but at my dads i have crapppy dialup.
LOL, I remember when I first installed the internet for the first time all I had was Dial Up (I don't think DSL was even revealed yet, Dial Up was on it's way out). I was like 10 years old and had AOL (scamming bastards charged you based on minutes, lul). The local auto dialer and those weird ass modem sounds still haunt me to this day... Thank God for DSL though, eventually gonna make the jump to cable internet soon.
Yeah, plus you get to experience the joy of waiting almost 10 minutes to connect to the internet... THAT RUNS AT 56K! Whoo!
Spartan, does your dad pay for dial-up? A little known fact is that most DSL providers give you free dial-up, you can be on 1 dsl connection and 1 dial-up at the same time. (I have both)
you can get ad injected, limited dial up for free....but if you know somebody with dsl, just ask them for free dial-up =P
its 8AUD fro my dads dialup. my dads uses broadband at work and he forgot how slow dialup is. i think hes contemplating getting broadband
Compuserve way back when here. Nowadays broadband or cable (or internet2) all the way, dial up is certainly something I do not miss. @those in the US most ISPs around here offer an 0800 number so it is local rate for online or they give you a free number but charge you a nice sum per month for the privilege.
broadband spoiled me so bad, i doubt i can ever go back 700k vs 5k. although back when i had dialup i used to download huge files, IE linux cds. took few days with internet constantly running also when you use dialup so much, you get a feel for when the company recycles connections, they boot you off once or twice a day at a specific time it seemed. oh i use my laptop with my mobile phone's internet but thats faster then dialup. but if dialup is all you have then use it i guess. if you own a DS, or Laptop with wifi connections try searching around for a open networks, my brother gets free internet this way at home, person didnt even set admin password let alone wep.
