56k, Anyone?

NeonSpyderNeonSpyder "Das est NTLDR?" Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
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while looking at the new DOA pictures thread,i was drawn by the thought of bump-mapped bewbies, i noticed that the thread starter had the helpful idea of including the standard "56k beware" warning for a thread full of pictures, this brought up a question, how many NS forumers actually still have 56k, the very thought of playing NS itself on a 56k <i>boggles</i> me, i am truly boggled.

so, how many of you have 56k still? and if so, why do you still have it? and if a mod would be so kind as to administer a 56k yes / 56k no poll option, that would be lovely.
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    I haven't had dialup for 5 years now, but the only reason I can see anyone using it is because broadband is either too expensive for them or unavailable.
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    Been a long time since I had dialup. God knows I couldn't handle going back now. Ooohh no.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    edited May 2005
    Had dialup not long ago, broadband was unavailable to me. Got broadband, whole new world. Don't know how I used to be able to aim in NS before.
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  • Omega_DeathOmega_Death Sith apprentice to a box of Cereal Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19042Members
    Have broadband in college, have dial up at home. Not going back home for the summer. Does that sum it up for you?
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    I had dialup a few years ago, NS is perfectly playable on it.
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  • Status_QuoStatus_Quo Join Date: 2004-01-30 Member: 25749Members
    What is this "di-al-up" you speak of?
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  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    I hate people like that. TBH the only difference for me between 56k and 2mb broadband is the download speed amd the fact that it's always on.

    Maybe I'm not pr0gam0r enough. "OLolo yoor packet rate choke is at 52526 and not 52527 n000b! thats why you keep missing!!!!11"
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    I started my internet "career" on dual ISDN, which was, fortunately, a little better than plain old 56k modems.

    Some... 5 years ago (?? can't really remember), switched to ADSL and never looked back, logically.
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  • TyrainTyrain Join Date: 2003-01-03 Member: 11746Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-RPG Jssmfulhud+May 19 2005, 11:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RPG Jssmfulhud @ May 19 2005, 11:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I started my internet "career" on dual ISDN, which was, fortunately, a little better than plain old 56k modems.

    Some... 5 years ago (?? can't really remember), switched to ADSL and never looked back, logically. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You is meh clone!

    My internet career started exactly the same.
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-RustySpoon+May 19 2005, 05:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RustySpoon @ May 19 2005, 05:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I hate people like that. TBH the only difference for me between 56k and 2mb broadband is the download speed amd the fact that it's always on.

    Maybe I'm not pr0gam0r enough. "OLolo yoor packet rate choke is at 52526 and not 52527 n000b! thats why you keep missing!!!!11" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You say that, but guys like me, who have 6.8 GB torrents/downloads going throughout the week really get their bang for their buck. Broadband isn't really about gaming for a lot of us.
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  • RustySpoonRustySpoon Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18069Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Cold NiTe+May 19 2005, 05:21 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cold NiTe @ May 19 2005, 05:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-RustySpoon+May 19 2005, 05:09 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RustySpoon @ May 19 2005, 05:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I hate people like that. TBH the only difference for me between 56k and 2mb broadband is the download speed amd the fact that it's always on.

    Maybe I'm not pr0gam0r enough. "OLolo yoor packet rate choke is at 52526 and not 52527 n000b! thats why you keep missing!!!!11" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You say that, but guys like me, who have 6.8 GB torrents/downloads going throughout the week really get their bang for their buck. Broadband isn't really about gaming for a lot of us. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That was kinda my point. I hate people who change ISP's every month to get a ping smaller by 5ms.
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  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2000-01-26&res=l' target='_blank'>One for every occasion.</a>
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    Dial-up internet is like masturbating to nigh-orgasm then suddenly stopping, running to the bathroom and dousing your genitals in ice water.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    My 512 feels like 56k right now..too used to 2mb.
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    I've been locked up in 56khell for more than a year now. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    Been on dial-up for a few years now, NS is quite playable on it.
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  • TwistedXTwistedX Join Date: 2004-10-01 Member: 32042Members
    Ive been in 56k hell...forever!

    <span style='font-size:3pt;line-height:100%'>(kill me...please)</span>
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  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    BT have only just got their arse in gear, am now waiting out the last 5 days until the line gets activated, by which time I should have gotten Play to track my "missing" copy of PlanetSide down...
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    I view broadband as one of the essentials for life:

    - Water
    - Food
    - Electricity
    - Broadband
    - Shelter

    (in that order)

    Oh but I can sympathize with you, my dear brothers. I remember well the trials and toils of a non-broadband connection. I started out on a 2400 baud modem (that's 2.4K a second kids) on some local BBS's. I first got Internet access a few months before the web (html/http) came out. I still remember very well how I had to wait like 2 hours to download a 200K GIF file of a chick topless in a boat. Yes they used GIF back then. And you actually had to run a seperate program that ran in a 640x480 DOS window to view the pictures too. :P

    Ah the good ol days...

    /me goes to Shacknews to download 1GB of HD 720p E3 previews in 45 minutes
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  • NeonSpyderNeonSpyder &quot;Das est NTLDR?&quot; Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17913Members
    ugh, an unhealthy number of people who have yet to see the light and continue to wallow in the pain and misery of 56k's dark embrace.

    i remember, way back in 1999, my dad was telling me about this new kind of internet, he called it "adsl", i was in shock, "7 times faster then what we have now dad? that's impossible!" oh how naive i was... how gloriously naive.
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  • DaJMastaDaJMasta Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34750Members, Constellation
    edited May 2005
    I feel sorry for all 56kers.

    Ive had cable (4Mb/sec i believe) for a year and a half, before then i wasn't part of any forum, spent less than .5 hours on AIM a week, had never heard of IRC, and had only really played multiplayer on lan.

    Wow, i dont know how i survived....
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