Who actually still has a 56k modem?

Who actually still has a 56k modem?

  • I use a 56k modem primarily.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I use something faster, like cable/DSL/T1.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • You're a jerk, why do you have to segment me out like this?

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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stilez

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It's 2007 and people are surfing these forums on their high speed phones, PDAs, and wireless laptops. To eliminate the annoying and hopefully, superfluous "56k, no way" titles, let's see, anonymously, who still falls in the bracket.



If only a few, if any, I vote to abolish that silly title.
 
I have a 56k modem in my computer, have since I got it almost 7 years ago. Never even plugged a wire into it. (Hey, but it's there if I ever want to send a FAX, ;) )
 
You won't regret it. Great value on all three services. The ONLY complaint I have is that the TV digital guide is not always accurate. Its also extremely reliable, the service never goes down!!



-Frank



...wahoo, 200 posts!!
 
Anyone still have the old acoustic couplers - the ones where you had to insert the handset into the modem? Made the 56K modems look like the autobahn.



RG
 
I still remember the days of spending hours dialing up AOL's servers hoping I didn't get the busy signal.



And then I either had to hope no one picked up the phone in the house and disconnected me and/or face the wrath of my mom when she complains that she couldn't call through to the house because I was online.
 
I don't. Here's my take on the situation



* Putting 56k warnings on threads that "need" it is pretty silly, and quite frankly, EXTREMELY annoying. Look, I was on dial-up for a LONG time - and I could use my brain and figure out "Oh, look, this thread is going to have pictures in it. Hum, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T ACCESS IT THEN." Just use common sense.

* I do not put 56K warnings. Then I get complaints from a few, rare people. Huh? If there's a thread and it has pictures in it, then don't you think you'll have problems? Why are you complaining to me?



It's like putting your hand on a hot stove, then complaining when you get burnt because there was no warning sign about a hot stove being hot. I mean, come on...
 
paul34 said:
It's like putting your hand on a hot stove, then complaining when you get burnt because there was no warning sign about a hot stove being hot. I mean, come on...
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Yeah, but that's today's world, isn't it? You buy a hammer, it says don't hit yourself in the head with this because you could be seriously killed, you buy a ladder, it says be careful climbing on this, you could fall off and be seriously killed, and if you're holding a hammer while you're on the ladder...well, not only could you be killed, but the hammer might hit you in the head...
 
Brighouse:

5 megs @ home



Alltel EVDO on the cell phone to laptop

1.5 megs down to 300k. 900k-1.5 in the cities, and down to 300k in the middle of no where.



56k is my backup.
 
We have cable. We have cat 5 cables going into every room of our house and a central point where it all meets with a modem and a wireless router. We run everything off of wireless though. I ran my xbox of of wireless until I started getting a bad connection with it. Wireless and cable is the way to go.
 
Some people want to feel special that they have cable or DSl with is why they post 56K beware. This does help sometimes though if I am on my Blackberry which can be slow every now and then.
 
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