How Slow Is 56K Dial-Up Internet?

[drdansir2002]

That's the closest to Gail Kim I ever want to be...

[MrZiulmota1]

I hate 56k modem because is so slow to load images, watch videos on youtube or even browse the internet

[drdansir2002]

@MrZiulmota1 thank God you were here, Captain Obvious!

[gavenusman]

I still have Dial-Up. I've never gotten above 32.0Kbits/sec. That's about 4Kbytes/sec. I'm on 21.6Kbits right now. :P

[TerryTheAppleFox]

Ah, those were the days...

[Mikedg]

Why did I willingly watch this in 2012?

[axelsoncarla]

My sister finally gave up her dial up last year. She lives in Anchorage and it's only caught on in the last few years up there.

[DarthSinistris]

Dude..Camtasia, look into it.

[Swizzy]

@DarthSinistris Do you know how big the setup file for Camtasia is? Do you not see that I was on DialUp back then? Do you not get the point of the video? Thanks for commenting.

[DarthSinistris]

@Swizzy Sorry, dude, I really honestly thought you were just showing the slowness of 56k...ah memories..

[silenceofthehills]

It WAS pretty decent, apart for images and videos.

[SuperPincopallino92]

it's slow because you have windows vista, not because of the modem

[DubrowMark]

@SuperPincopallino92 No, it's slow because it's dialup. You fail for knowing the difference.

[UnrealNate]

That's about the speed of my current Comcast subscription....

[SteBrazier2K9]

those where the days

[Dang4328]

Part of the reason why it's so slow is also pretty likely that he has Vista.

[luvasia]

the slowskys will love that lol

[luvasia]

@luvasia will=would

[Goldenfury12]

LOL dial up is how i role :D.

[ERock73]

The good old days, start a porn download, make a sandwich, take a shower.....watch porn!

[cryptotooth]

ok so your dial up is faster than my broadband

[thewaxism]

brings back memories... from five years ago :(

[AngelCraftNetwork]

@EricssonXL You know nothing of networking...

[FilipinorenderHD]

windows 1998 xD! remember loading pictures of nude ladies!

[Begbucks]

Don't mock dialup, prior to April 2009 (Till I acquired a long range WiFi antenna) this was my only way to access the internet, including Counter Strike, & yes I still lived alot :)

[RedLink27]

I need to know... I have an old Windows 98 SE hard drive and I'm trying to get internet. Is dial-up the only way or can I somehow hook it up to my router?

[Swizzy]

@RedLink27 It's possible if the computer has an Ethernet adaptor installed. I would try googling "connecting windows 98 se to high speed internet" or something like this. Why are you still with such an old version of Windows though?

[RedLink27]

@Swizzy Actually, I do have a laptop with high-speed internet and is programed with Windows 7. I have the old hard drive for mostly fooling around, games and such. My laptop is for school and stuff. It's just I need internet because I need to install a driver that will let me use usb sticks. As an alternative though, I have acess to other computers that have floppy-disk drives, so maybe I could just use that. Thanks anyway!

[Ixdriftz]

@Swizzy I use my old 98 often and it runs really fast!

[kalaandroid]

@RedLink27 Win98SE can be connected to a standard network router just like win7 today. You should only check from TCP/IP settings that "obtain IP adress automatically" is cheched.

[44971719785648751978]

@RedLink27 I have Ethernet adapter for one if you want it.

[musicsnafu]

@RedLink27 Yes, you can use high-speed internet. You'll need a network adapter that supports ethernet. When I first switched to cable internet back in 2000, I used Windows 98SE. The cable company installed the card for me. I don't think they'd do that now, though.

[natqoh]

god i remember playing Everquest with dial up, crashed whenever there were trains =P

[EricssonXL]

My 3ds can go faster then this slow shit piece of crap

[Spaghettitron]

Most images take me 15 minutes to load with my dial up! I'm jealous :(

[Dubstep720p]

i am on dial up now ffs it's so slow pc and ps3 only get 1 to 2 bars on cod

[Swizzy]

@Dubstep720p how were you able to connect to PS3 with dial up? You just plug the phone cord into the LAN port? It dials automatically?

[howardcjones]

@Swizzy instructables dot comm /id/PS3-On-Dialup/

[DracoAzule]

@Swizzy You run a crossover cable from your PS3 to your PC, enable internet connection sharing on the PC, then connect to your dialup.

[Dang4328]

@Swizzy Dial into network, Then create ad-hoc network or use the ICS through ethernet.

[shinyfuzzy]

@Swizzy plug phone cable in pc. plug ethernet in ps3 and pc. bridge connections

[mattpik2]

@Swizzy LOL i have done this with a old-skool moto RAzer flip phone as the modem (#777 on us cellular then username is uscc.net password is your number) then you use your computer to share the internet to the ps3 (ether though lan or wireless ad-hoc style) so thats how its done

[PureMadness]

56k modem to look up pictures of ladies.

It's like I'm in middle school all over again.

[DracoAzule]

I only ditched dialup a year ago. I live out in the sticks so for us it's either dialup or satellite. I said fuck that shit and got mobile broadband.

[georemo1]

In the 90s that was super fast, for all you guys here don't forget that one day in the futur someone will say the same thing about our internet these days !

[vid1688]

My family use to use dial-up in Windows ME and in IE5, it was OK, then, BT 1.0 in IE6/8 but now we use BT broadband 2.0 and IE8,9 and Opera.

[chris4315a]

ever heard of hypercam?

[Swizzy]

@chris4315a Didn't want to bother finding a program using DIAL UP connection.

[kamaaladiin]

damn dial up is really bad, good old days huh lol

[latinoalex5]

lulz gail kim? really? perv....

[Swizzy]

@latinoalex5 You don't think she's pretty??

[wahgan]

i like your lamp or what ever is reflecting of your monitor! :)

[Swizzy]

@wahgan Haha thanks it's just the lights though!

[bskwaj]

We can watch a bit of youtube after hours at work. At home (the BQ) on 56K it isn't even worth trying. I'm on an army base in the pacific.

[Swizzy]

@bskwaj Ohhh I see. Haha don't worry you don't miss much except for being able to listen to any song you want on the fly lol. That's what I missed most. Thanks for your duty btw.

[bskwaj]

I'm in a location that only has 56K dial-up for personal internet access.

It.... SUCKS!

And yours is faster than mine!

[Swizzy]

@bskwaj lol really? I feel for you! Did you load the video via 56K? 

[Webmax96]

@bskwaj

in the US ? WTF ?

[Swizzy]

@Webmax96 I'm in Canada, I've moved to a city with high speed now thank gosh.

[Webmax96]

@Swizzy

Lol ! I'm happy for you

[Swizzy]

@Webmax96 lol thanks u too!