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Started by Programmer One Jan 5, 2008 at 11:45 PM 17 replies 1.7k views
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Programmer One
Programmer One
I've been wondering. How many people on these boards seriously still use 56k dial-up connections? I remember a few years ago it was still somewhat common, but how about now? I couldn't imagine people on a technical forum would still be crawling around on that crap. (That is, of course, you aren't living in a 3rd world country or, like, pfft...Canada). [grin]
Luckless
Luckless
I'll ignore the fact that Canada has been a leader in developing and deploying telecom networks since their beginning. :P


However, I know a few people that are stuck on a dialup connection, just because they live way way out in the country. (like a 10 minute or more drive to the house down the road in the country)


But I can't say that I know anyone that lives in a city or small town and still has dialup. I wonder if you can still even get one in the city without them offering to bump you up to DSL anyway.

I guess one advantage of a dialup is that you can kind of call in from anywhere. Good if you are on the move and need to check your email often maybe?
Old Username: Talroth
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sheep19
sheep19
My broadband is not far from dial-up.
Download speed is 27KBps
upload speed is 7KBps

ouch!!
lol
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Omid Ghavami
Omid Ghavami
Quote:
Original post by Talroth
I guess one advantage of a dialup is that you can kind of call in from anywhere. Good if you are on the move and need to check your email often maybe?


Except that we have fast (at least 8mbit) mobile broadband with a static monthly fee (about $30 a month) which is vastly superior and covers any advantages which dial-up may have [smile]
Best regards, Omid
Kest
Kest
Some ISPs deal out unlimited 56k for $5 per month. Anyone that uses the net for things like.. well, like GameDev.net, but doesn't download data or use it for gaming would be dumb to pay $25+ for a faster connection.

Okay, maybe not dumb, but there are likely a few 56k'ers still out there. Not because they're poor, but because they don't need it, or because they're stingy.
Wan
Wan
The only 'dial-up' I ever use is when I browse using my cell phone.
But the gamedev site isn't particularly mobile friendly. :/
boolean
boolean
pff, 56k please, I'm still connected to my ISP with this:

AndreTheGiant
AndreTheGiant
I know the OP was probably joking, but yeah, Talroth is right. Canada is very technically advanced. Most of us have broadband internet in our igloos. We have one of the highest broadband internet per capita ratios in the world, and certainly higher than the USA.
d000hg
d000hg
From working on TopCoder, I know that a lot of professional developers in India have really slow connections. Not that we have many members from that part of the world here.
ViLiO
ViLiO
I am actually on a 56k at the moment [sad]

I'd been on broadband for the last 7 years or so, but I've only really just got around to getting a phone line into my new place so will be on 56k till I get some ADSL sorted, hopefully with a provider that won't tie me down to some 6-12 month contract ...so probably eclipse [dead]

However, if any other GDNet UKers know of a pay-as-you-go broadband service that allows you to cancel with only a months notice (this rules out Be unfortunately), please let me know (I have my own adsl modem and stuff) [smile]

All the best,
ViLiO
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tstrimp
tstrimp
Quote:
Original post by ViLiO
I am actually on a 56k at the moment [sad]


It makes me sad that they still have 56k connections in the future.
Luckless
Luckless
Quote:
Original post by Omid Ghavami
Quote:
Original post by Talroth
I guess one advantage of a dialup is that you can kind of call in from anywhere. Good if you are on the move and need to check your email often maybe?


Except that we have fast (at least 8mbit) mobile broadband with a static monthly fee (about $30 a month) which is vastly superior and covers any advantages which dial-up may have [smile]


Yes, but why pay $30 a month to check your email, when you can pay $5 a month?
Old Username: Talroth
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Zahlman
Zahlman
... I have 56k at home :(
Anon Mike
Anon Mike
My dad lives in TheMiddleOfNowhere, Idaho. The nearest broadband connection point is like 30 miles away. He gets 28.8k on a good line-noise day.
-Mike
Reno999
Reno999
hello,long lurker,new poster :)

He gets 28.8k on a good line-noise day.

when I read that I instantly thought he be better off attaching a flash drive to a carrier pigeons foot ;)
Halma
Halma
Hmm.. Well I am living in a 3rd world country.

I only have a 56kbps modem, but my bottleneck is my phone line, which can only sustain a 21.6kbps or if I'm lucky, 24.0kbps. Which means that my download speed is at most 2.8 kilobytes per second.

And I pay more than $20 a month for internet and phone bills..
Sc4Freak
Sc4Freak
Australia's telecommunications infrastructure sucks.

I'm paying $100 a month for a 40gb download limit, and a 3mbit ADSL2 line. And that's the absolute fastest internet that's available in my area. And I live in metropolitan Melbourne.

Pretty sad.
MrMark
MrMark
Yeah still on dial up for another month or so until I go back to uni. I can't get Broadband at home, since telstra cheaped out on the phone lines when the housing estate went in 10 years ago. However if I moved to the dogey end of town (assuming my computer doesn't get stolen) I could get broadband.


But no, I don't get 56K, i get 28.8 :(
DvDmanDT
DvDmanDT
I have 10/10 mbps here.. In Sweden, there's 3G (that is, mobile) broadband for like $15/month or something like that, which covers most of the country. Not sure what speed you get for that price, but I think it's over 2mbps.

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