56k beware?

TheLegacy · 03-18-2008, 03:30 PM

Why do we still use it?

I mean 56k is dead, no1 has it anymore

Disclaimer, if you are one of those people still using 56k im deeply sorry.

but point being, we're the broadband era w00t

lol
no reason to make pic threads that say 56k beware... oh they're damn aware!

Etnies · 03-18-2008, 03:31 PM

Yeah, not really necessary anymore. There are some who use 56k....but that's generally only because they may not have high-speed available at their location. Yes, it's still out there....just not nearly as common as it used to be. Rural areas and whatnot.

TheLegacy · 03-18-2008, 03:38 PM

DirecWAY

i used it years ago because we didn't have fiberoptics setup yet from my cable company and my house was .5 mi to far for DSL from the phone company's CO.

Its alright, was way better than 56k. After that crap for 6 months got cable.

just4kickz · 03-18-2008, 03:50 PM

some places dont have dsl or cable. i would prefer cable at my house but i can't get it because my house wasn't prewired. i can only get dsl and its pretty slow compared to my cable at my apartment. only good thing about dsl at home is that its not static ip address...whereas my cable is static.

TheLegacy · 03-18-2008, 03:51 PM

DSL sux these days

man or man i remember when my dad just got ISDN at his office. I thought that was the shit, good ol days. I would go to his office all the time to play quake online.

iatacs19 · 03-18-2008, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLegacy

DSL sux these days

man or man i remember when my dad just got ISDN at his office. I thought that was the shit, good ol days. I would go to his office all the time to play quake online.

Yeah DSL is pretty slow too, we should change the disclaimer to DSL beware.

FrankoQ · 03-18-2008, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLegacy

DSL sux these days

man or man i remember when my dad just got ISDN at his office. I thought that was the shit, good ol days. I would go to his office all the time to play quake online.

Oh the good old quake days.

TheLegacy · 03-18-2008, 04:04 PM

hell yeah, the first Team Fortress

pokerface · 03-18-2008, 04:07 PM

Rest of world may not be fully broadband yet.

TheLegacy · 03-18-2008, 04:09 PM

NO EXCUSE!

No more 56k beware!

lol

Year's_End · 03-18-2008, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLegacy

Why do we still use it?

I mean 56k is dead, no1 has it anymore

Disclaimer, if you are one of those people still using 56k im deeply sorry.

but point being, we're the broadband era w00t

lol
no reason to make pic threads that say 56k beware... oh they're damn aware!

Some houses like my mom's have dial up, so it's still somewhat applicable nowadays.

OC Guy · 03-18-2008, 05:25 PM

I don't give the warning and I tend to post a lot of pics in my threads. Let the 56kers die off. FREEZE COMPUTER FREEZE!

Kiemyster · 03-18-2008, 05:28 PM

yeah, im in a 3rd world country and most people here run 56k. thankfully, i just got cable. so yeah, fuck them 56k noobs lol

toofasttooslow · 03-18-2008, 05:34 PM

I vote we kill 56k death and announce a new warning message:

"Warning, IP over Avian Carrier death"

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149

TheLegacy · 03-19-2008, 08:45 AM

lol

maybe like WAP internet beware cuz sometimes I get bored and surf on my PDA phone

777ER · 03-20-2008, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by just4kickz

some places dont have dsl or cable. i would prefer cable at my house but i can't get it because my house wasn't prewired.

So wire it up! what's the problem?

I wired up my parents house with a 4 port router located in the basement under the ceiling like shelf. And brought about 3 100 ft and one 50 foot Cat5 spool of wire from a local computer show sale for about $75.
Topped off with a wi-fi router for the laptops in the house.

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