amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| hogwash that's the biggest load of crap I've heard in awhile.
backbone upgrades should be a normal part of progress, just because people actually use what is available does not = crisis, it means that there are finally services which utilize it for what it's actually worth. welcome to 2007 people, this isn't your grandpa's internet with puny text files and a few jpegs floating around. |
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| OUch man. How old are you? At 34 I am hardly a grandpa, but Yes i do remember 300 buad modems  STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD!!!!!
The text thing did not hurt so bad but the jpeg thing stuck home HARD. |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
·AT&T DSL Service
| heh, sorry Freezone  ...it was a really dumb joke... meant mostly that older folks who get on the intarweb are likely not doing much other than reading and maybe viewing a few pictures etc... not that they wouldn't love some youtube or whatever, just that they're less likely to be on the bleeding edge of technology...
I'm about 7 years younger than yourself. Been on BBR here since about when you signed up, but only registered a few years back. Back then, DSL had just shown up in town (supposedly this little town was one of the 1st in the country to get residential ADSL...) and some friends had it. We about soiled ourselves when we saw that old thermometer looking speed test showing that we were getting 1.54Mbps as advertised, about a mile from the CO. |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | reply to Freezone
said by Freezone:OUch man. How old are you? At 34 I am hardly a grandpa, but Yes i do remember 300 buad modems STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD!!!!! The text thing did not hurt so bad but the jpeg thing stuck home HARD. I'm 34, and yes we are OLD.
My first modem was 1200 baud, but I remember 300's.
Now, the US Robotics Courier HST was 'DA BOMB. See above pic...
BLAZIN' at 14.4K!
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Never ask what sort of a computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? -Tom Clancy |
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| I HAD a 300 baud modem and saw a 110 baud telephone coupler.  |
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 davoice
join:2000-08-12
Saxapahaw, NC
·Comporium
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"Luckily" I couldn't afford to get into the game until 2400 baud Hayes modems came into the picture. I did get to play with my dad's boss' acoustic coupler once.
Yes, old in internet years means you have been around long enough to remember when internet destinations didn't have a www in front of them. And didn't use a "browser".
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I am 31 and I remember using them, argh. |
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Remember these?
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| I've got one for you...
I have a Radio Shack TRS-80 Modem II, new, in the box, that has a $199.95 sticker and brought me a stunning 300 baud.
I'm really old at 38... |
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BAH! When I was a young whippersnapper I had to use a 110 baud acoustic coupler with my VT100 terminal, uphill, in the snow, both ways... |
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Gogo1
join:2004-05-27
Brooklyn, NY | Cold snow? You're lucky. When I was a lad I had to write the ones and zeros on a paper and run to the other terminal and back over burning hot lava... |
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 John GaltForward, MarchPremium
join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
kudos:3 | reply to OldFogey
said by OldFogey :
BAH! When I was a young whippersnapper I had to use a 110 baud acoustic coupler with my VT100 terminal, uphill, in the snow, both ways...
"...and after I got home me Dad cut me in half with a bread knife."
"Aaaaugh....you think YOU'VE got it bad...!!"
nod to Monty Python
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 beerbumobscurum per obscuriusPremium
join:2000-05-06
Eastern PA | reply to Gogo1
said by Gogo1:Cold snow? You're lucky. When I was a lad I had to write the ones and zeros on a paper and run to the other terminal and back over burning hot lava... you had paper? wow
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I remember when phones were hardwired into the wall and there were no plugs at all.  |
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 hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:4 | reply to amungus
"not that they wouldn't love some youtube or whatever, just that they're less likely to be on the bleeding edge of technology..."
So you consider Youtube the bleeding edge of Technology...Ok Then!
hob
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"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."
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N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | reply to OldFogey
FEET? You had feet? |
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 voiploverPremium
join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH | reply to N3OGH
I still have a 1.4K and I recall others being in awl over it! |
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 Crazyf00LGlorified Version of a Pellet Gun
join:2002-11-04
Coudersport, PA | Oh dear...I really hope you meant awe.
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 swagnerPremium
join:2007-01-22
Loganville, GA | reply to moonpuppy
Well, I'm the reeeeal old guy at 45. I used to be the electronics technician that repaired all those 110/300 baud couplers, micromodem II's, and smartmodems at Hayes. At the time, I was the only warranty repair guy in the place.
Now my game is erbium doped fiber amps and I think we can send as many bits down the fiber as the bit God can produce! |
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