The last time I used a dial-up modem was...
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4 years ago (Score:3, Insightful)
Post options translated (Score:5, Insightful)
Right this very minute: I live in a rural location, and I'm at home.
Within the past month: I live in a rural location, but I'm posting this from work.
Within the past year: My parents live in a rural location, and I wanted to check my email while I was visiting them.
1 to 5 years ago: There was that one time my cable modem went down, and I had to use the free dial-up that came with my account to get on the internet and look up the phone number for my service provider.
5 to 10 years ago: I moved into a city and never looked back.
10 to 20 years ago: I moved into a city a while ago.
More than 20 years ago: Does anyone else remember those AOL CD's?
I'd say it was abouY!@#*ZNO CARRIER: Shit. I guess I just hit my bandwidth cap, and now Comcast is injecting RST's into my stream.
2400 (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:4 years ago (Score:5, Insightful)
if you tried to say watch netflix on your 300bps modem (assuming it worked) you will be better off walking to your nearest red-box and getting a CD.
I think you might still beat 300 bps if you walked to your furthest red-box.
Hmm, let's see. Assuming we're talking continental United States, furthest average walk would be maybe 2000 miles (since coastal population is higher than central). Average person walks 2 MPH, so 1000 hours each way, call it 1500 hours with sleep, or 3000 hours round trip. DVD contains 2 GB of video. 2 GB / 300 bps = 16 billion / 300 per second = 53 megaseconds = 14,814 hours. Yup, better off walking -- even coast to coast and back, with a solid 8 hours of sleep each night. :)
Re:Missing Option. (Score:5, Insightful)
Why wouldn't "Right this minute!" be your choice?
Re:first vote (Score:4, Insightful)
those subhumans.
Oh irony, thou cruel mistress.