Curious, who still uses a 56k?

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  • PyRo
    President Bioloaf inc.
    • Dec 2000
    • 10186

    #1

    Curious, who still uses a 56k?

    It just occured to me that I havn't seen anyone using a 56k in a good long while. Just wondering how many are still in the stone age.
  • impostal22
    disgruntled...
    • Apr 2003
    • 1623

    #2
    my best friend uses 56k when he's not at college.....he's the only person i know. oh..and my aunt..lol.

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    • FordPrefect
      Back to school :(:(:(
      • Mar 2002
      • 1053

      #3
      I do.

      We may soon be getting wireless internet though, 512 kb/sec.
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      • p8ntball1016

        #4
        Originally posted by FordPrefect
        I do.

        We may soon be getting wireless internet though, 512 kb/sec.
        haha 512 kbps. i have 5.7 mbps!

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        • IWANTMOREMAGS
          Official AO World Ruler
          • Sep 2003
          • 407

          #5
          HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 11 mbps

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          • WickeDKlowN
            Registered User
            • Jun 2001
            • 3098

            #6
            I do... Sadly, it's all we an get here. We can't even get cable TV, let alone broadband.
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            • PyRo
              President Bioloaf inc.
              • Dec 2000
              • 10186

              #7
              Originally posted by WickeDKlowN
              I do... Sadly, it's all we an get here. We can't even get cable TV, let alone broadband.
              Wow, I feel bad for you. Do you have a dish though?

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              • magking1971
                Team Fart Factory
                • May 2001
                • 1089

                #8
                56k here =(
                Only dial-up where I live.

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                • gamarada717
                  Shiggity Shiggity Shwa
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 1075

                  #9
                  Originally posted by IWANTMOREMAGS
                  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 11 mbps
                  Jesus.....I thought I was doing awesome getting 200kbps! What do you have???

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                  • f3rr3+
                    Six inches of furry fury
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 752

                    #10
                    i think hes talking about the speed of the wireless part of his "internet system" all of the wireless pieces of the system talk to eachother at 11 mb. per second but that kind of speed is never obtained by cable internet, and i think the highestest ive seen cable advertised for is 5 mbs. but that speed again is rarely if ever actually obtainted.
                    Last week i thought i was indecisive, but now im not sure anymore...

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                    • kevdupuis
                      KNDE
                      • May 2002
                      • 1041

                      #11
                      I use 56k. It's perfectly fine for what I use my 5 year old p2-300 for. (posting on pball forums)
                      Flying the unfriendly skies.

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                      • WickeDKlowN
                        Registered User
                        • Jun 2001
                        • 3098

                        #12
                        Originally posted by PyRo


                        Wow, I feel bad for you. Do you have a dish though?
                        Yea, we have DirecTV. We would get that DirecWay or w/e but it's hella expesive and theres all these download(bandwith) limits and stuff. Seems like too much of a hassle for me, lol.

                        [rant]
                        The thing that pisses me of though is that theres cable about a mile or so up the road(I think, might be more like 3 or 4, but still), and they won't get off their lazy ases and run it down here. They say thee isn't enough demand or something like that...

                        But if they run cable out here, then they will prolly pave the roads, and that would suck. And there is talk of putting up a housing development literally right behind my house, and that would royally sck, cause we couldn't shoot guns or have fires or detonate explosives or ride dirtbikes at night, etc. etc. etc.
                        [/rant]
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                        • Python14
                          Norsk
                          • Jun 2001
                          • 3343

                          #13
                          I still use 56K because my parents still think internet is a luxury item and really isn't necessary, so upgraded internet isn't worth it to them. I am counting the days until college.
                          BLOODY MURDER!

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                          • ZAust
                            the righteous, the weeping
                            • May 2003
                            • 1806

                            #14
                            i havent used a dialup modem in days.
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                            • Kevmaster
                              Owners Group Div: Director
                              • Oct 2001
                              • 5475

                              #15
                              i think a lota people are confusing Mega BITS per second and Mega BYTES per second....

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