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Post by Random Star Wars fan on Dec 5, 2017 9:59:13 GMT 10
I've never used Dial Up, I didn't even find out what it was until I saw it mentioned online when I was around 13 or 14.   " src="//storage.proboards.com/6759925/images/mLMLwDrzTwZBsnabQQuI.png" class="smile"] I grew up with that dial-up sound! We upgraded to broadband in 2003, and I instantly got hooked on watching music videos on Yahoo! Music, watching naughty funny videos on Funnyjunk (:shame:) and playing flash games on cartoonnetwork.com. Haha, yeah, there was such a big difference in terms of the internet speeds between dial-up and broadband.  I just asked my dad and you're right, lol. He said my mom and him always had it set up when my brother, sister, or I would use the Internet, he said we probably never heard the sound back then though. Apparently, we upgraded in 2005 or 06, I guess that would explain why I started using the Internet much more around that time.
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Post by AussieTV on Dec 22, 2017 11:09:03 GMT 10
We got rid of it in 2006. I did it use it when I was younger.
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Post by pink.panda_v3 on Dec 22, 2017 12:50:37 GMT 10
No. I have no clue what that even is.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 22, 2017 12:53:16 GMT 10
No. I have no clue what that even is. Really?  Dial-up was the predecessor to broadband internet. To go onto the internet, your computer had to be connected to the landline telephone. You couldn't go on the internet (on your computer) if you were speaking to someone on the phone.
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Post by pink.panda_v3 on Dec 22, 2017 12:56:48 GMT 10
No. I have no clue what that even is. Really? Dial-up was the predecessor to broadband internet. To go onto the internet, your computer had to be connected to the landline telephone. You couldn't go on the internet (on your computer) if you were speaking to someone on the phone. That must've been painful. I haven't had a firsthand experience with dial-up before.
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Post by RockyMountainExtreme on Dec 28, 2017 8:35:27 GMT 10
Yes,up until I was in first grade.
Back then though, I only used the internet for Nickelodeon and Neopets, and before that Nick Jr. and Playhouse Disney.
Most kids back then used PCs to play disc-based games, not to use the internet. I loved the Humongous Entertainment games such as Putt Putt, Freddie Fish, Pajama Sam, Spy Fox, and Backyard Sports, while my oldest sister was a fan of The Sims and SimCity.
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Post by EyewitnessTV on Jan 1, 2018 1:12:35 GMT 10
Really? Dial-up was the predecessor to broadband internet. To go onto the internet, your computer had to be connected to the landline telephone. You couldn't go on the internet (on your computer) if you were speaking to someone on the phone. That must've been painful. I haven't had a firsthand experience with dial-up before.You’re weren’t missing much, trust me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 12:33:03 GMT 10
I think I used dial up internet around 2002-04, broadband after that.
IIRC, the dial-up connection sound was used in an NRMA radio ad at some point.
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Post by fanofdorks on Jan 10, 2018 8:24:04 GMT 10
I hated dial up.
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Post by X2M on Feb 14, 2018 4:29:49 GMT 10
Yes, I had used it until 2004/05, but I didn't go on the internet that often back then.
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Post by mwalker96 on Mar 21, 2018 7:13:33 GMT 10
I never'd had dial-up, but I do remember people talking about it back in day. I didn't get internet at home till about 2007, so I missed the dial-up wave, but I do remember those Aol-cds. Intresting that a lot of you younger guys used dial-up since high-speed internet stated being common in 2003/04 when @sharksfan99 and @1999 and 2000s Kid were in preschool.
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Post by smartboi on Mar 21, 2018 10:42:46 GMT 10
I never actually used it but I remember going to my grandparents's house when I was 4 or 5 and hearing the dial up noises from my grandfather's computer. That sound would always scare me...
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Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 21, 2018 11:13:42 GMT 10
I never'd had dial-up, but I do remember people talking about it back in day. I didn't get internet at home till about 2007, so I missed the dial-up wave, but I do remember those Aol-cds. Intresting that a lot of you younger guys used dial-up since high-speed internet stated being common in 2003/04 when @sharksfan99 and @1999 and 2000s Kid were in preschool. Uptake of Broadband internet was a bit slower here than it was in the United States. For instance, in the 2004-05 financial year, only 16% of people had a broadband connection. In the US at the time, 25%-33% of people had broadband internet connection.
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Post by skullmaiden on Apr 17, 2018 16:58:13 GMT 10
Yes, ever since getting a home computer in 1998 all the way to 2012 because it was the cheaper option of all reasons.  I'd rather pay more for something nicer that's more convenient thank you very much. I don't miss the days of waiting to connect and then have it fail multiple times before giving up and just listening to music. Or having to get off when a phone call needed to be made. Or how many times my computer would crash when on a graphics heavy page. Pain in the hind end I tell you what.
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I'd rather pay more for something nicer that's more convenient thank you very much. I don't miss the days of waiting to connect and then have it fail multiple times before giving up and just listening to music. Or having to get off when a phone call needed to be made. Or how many times my computer would crash when on a graphics heavy page. Pain in the hind end I tell you what. 