Anyone using dial-up?

[AndrewH]

We're looking to possibly do some changes to the site which might affect the load times for a dial-up connection.

If you are using dial-up please speak up. You have a voice here just like everyone else.

[mrsadler]

would hope everyone is up with the new age lol

[jabbott]

I'm DSL at home so no problem. Do I sound pretentious saying I wish the iPhone experience was better? There are tweaks that could be made to better support it but it may just be me using the site that way.

[greeneyed]

Even out here in WBFE have been able to at least get wireless. Still not DSL, but definitely better than dial-up.

[kSpieler]

Heh, I voted "other" ... I have no clue what we have here at work... T5 ? something like that...

At home we have Fios ... is that DSL? Anyhow, both my laptops (MacPro & Dell) are wireless, if that makes any difference.

[kewlkatdady]

wtf is dial up?


is that like the noise a fax machine makes?

[AndrewH]

I'm DSL at home so no problem. Do I sound pretentious saying I wish the iPhone experience was better? There are tweaks that could be made to better support it but it may just be me using the site that way.

Didn't think of folks that view the site on mobile devices (or any device other than a typical desktop/laptop).

[bra8ndy8]

LOL.......I almost forgot that noise!!!!! Nails on a chalkboard!!

[AndrewH]

wtf is dial up?


is that like the noise a fax machine makes?

Yeah, when you connect to the net you hear the modem dial just like a fax machine.

[bra8ndy8]

I have the htc touch......a Alltel version of the Iphone and I can look at the site just fine but I can't post for some reason. But I'm on wifi

[AndrewH]

Wi-Fi typically means wireless connection.

Can be wireless connect to DSL, or Broadband, or a Cable modem, etc. (and also includes wireless connection to a printer or a mouse/keyboard and on and on).

Kinna like Blue Tooth.

[kewlkatdady]

You may not have gotten the sarcasm in my typing...
I'm very aware what dial up is...

remember, I'm over 30 and thats all we had back in the day...

Yeah, when you connect to the net you hear the modem dial just like a fax machine.

[AndrewH]

:rofl:

Yeah I figured you knew, but was kinna hard to tell for sure.

Funny as crap though. I HATEEEEDDDDD when we had dial-up... freakin' disconnect every 20-40 seconds and take two or three attempts to reconnect (plus you have to hear it redial like a fax machine every time). I eventually pulled the wires to the speaker so I didn't have to hear it.

[kewlkatdady]

you were lucky, my modem made the noise...not the speakers...:hehe:

[bra8ndy8]

I know what wifi is....lmao! I was saying that was how I connected on my cell, not dialup

bra8ndy8 added 0 Minutes and 31 Seconds later...

Mine too.............:D

[kewlkatdady]

FYI...wifi isn't a connection to the internet...
its a connection to your modem.

:p:

[bra8ndy8]

I have a modem in my phone?!?! Ohh hell all I do is use the damn thing!! LOL That's all I need to know, and if it doesn't work I take it to the phone store!! LOL

[kewlkatdady]

oh you use wifi on your phone..my bad...

[bra8ndy8]

It's ok!!! I'll let you think you know everything!:p:

[masroberts9]

no youre right jerod wifi is a connection to a modem. if you are within range of a wireless signal and have the password (if private and password protected) then you can use the modem or router to get online.

Karen....Fios is broadband..... way better than DSL.

[bra8ndy8]

Yeah.....that's the way it works!! LOL

[tsunderl]

You may not have gotten the sarcasm in my typing...
I'm very aware what dial up is...

remember, I'm over 30 and thats all we had back in the day...

Back in my day, Sonny, we had acoustic phone modems that had rubber thingies to put our phone's handset on.

http://pc-museum.com/046-imsai8080/wargames-02.jpg

[masroberts9]

I think alexander bell invented that. :)

[AndrewH]

It was Al Gore, Bell's cousin!

[tsunderl]

It was Al Gore, Bell's cousin!

Yep! Al had to invent someway for us to get to his other well known invention... The Internet! :hehe:

[AndrewH]

:exactly:

[supersmirky]

Verizon Fios..no slow connects for me!

[masroberts9]

It was Al Gore, Bell's cousin!

Yep! Al had to invent someway for us to get to his other well known invention... The Internet! :hehe:

well i knew it was an early 1800's thing.:hehe:

[bra8ndy8]

Hell I have never seen one of those before.........guess the dinosaurs took them with them!

[tsunderl]

I'm not THAT old!

http://bp2.blogger.com/_olLEXzAIc1U/Rd-NFfIo5fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/W-ByezlKjJc/s320/scary+old+lady.jpg (http://bp2.blogger.com/_olLEXzAIc1U/Rd-NFfIo5fI/AAAAAAAAAAM/W-ByezlKjJc/s1600-h/scary+old+lady.jpg)

[kSpieler]

geeesh...back in MY day...there weren't modems...we'll not that the general public had access to. I still remember when my dad got a "mobile phone" - was the size of a small suitcase...

[greeneyed]

http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/_images/ISBNCovers/Covers_Enlarged/9780316110136_388X586.jpg:hehe::hehe:

[tsunderl]

geeesh...back in MY day...there weren't modems...we'll not that the general public had access to. I still remember when my dad got a "mobile phone" - was the size of a small suitcase...

Well, back in MY day, there were party lines! (And yes, I used to listen. hehehe)

[bra8ndy8]

I had one of those!!! I LOVED THEM!!!!

[fishyjoe24]

I got fios- cable/T-1 line.

[masroberts9]

they dont have fios in my area yet. dammit

[bra8ndy8]

Me either...:(

[xtc]

http://www.stephendrogers.com/images/DesolatePlaces.JPG

[masroberts9]

No..... verizon is just screwed up like that. Its across beltline from here and has been for a couple years now.

[ElijahTurtle]

I'm still waiting for them to open fios for my area. They've been doing alot of digging & laying lines for it since we moved here, but nada on service yet.
A mile down the road in Keller they can get it though.

[greeneyed]

I will never get Fios in my area.
If you look at Chris' picture, follow the rock trail behind the hill and turn at the second tumbleweed on the left, you will find the pass that leads to the trail to my house. Only takes a couple of days to get here...

[kSpieler]

I will never get Fios in my area.
If you look at Chris' picture, follow the rock trail behind the hill and turn at the second tumbleweed on the left, you will find the pass that leads to the trail to my house. Only takes a couple of days to get here...

So you live out by Brandy?

roflmao

[bra8ndy8]

Shit.....he's closer to you!!!!

[fishyjoe24]

we did have att, then some how it got turned to what ever company then . verizon came the phone company then they gave us a deal on cable plus we only had cable in the living room, they added the master bedroom and my room for cable for the price of one room. it's been good for the couple of years we have had it. only problems we have are with the computer every now then.(maybe because we have norton =shity)

[China8USA]

I got fios- cable/T-1 line.


I doubt you have a t-1 line.

fios is cool though.

[bra8ndy8]

yeah a t1 is usually for businesses!

[robb2974]

I think I wouldn't use the internet if I had to use dial up.

[tsunderl]

Yeah, you would. Just like the rest of us. :D