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| Thread ID: 118296 | 2011-05-28 06:30:00 | Forgot how slow dialup was.... | Agent_24 (57) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1205353 | 2011-05-28 06:30:00 | Currently my ADSL is down, Telecom don't know when it will be fixed, I'm using dialup... it's pretty slow, especially when you're used to 14Mbit :lol: Feel sorry for anyone who still has to use it on a daily basis :horrified |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1205354 | 2011-05-28 06:51:00 | We had a power failure and the DSL modem battery backup was not available, so we had to use Dialup. Lets just say that I just made the hour. | bot (15449) | ||
| 1205355 | 2011-05-28 06:53:00 | Currently my ADSL is down, Telecom don't know when it will be fixed, I'm using dialup... it's pretty slow, especially when you're used to 14Mbit :lol: Feel sorry for anyone who still has to use it on a daily basis :horrified Yes i agree 100%, had to do internet banking a few months ago and had run out of my monthly limit. How did we survive? |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1205356 | 2011-05-28 07:26:00 | We had a powercut the about 20mins before AC/DC tickets went on sale. Trying to buy tickets on my laptop with dial up + Ticketek site = fail :lol: Drives you nuts when you need to download a driver onsite 'cos they've lost the CD :angry ....even worse is dialup in the sticks, lucky to connect at more than 32k in some cases, and then the connection usually drops after 10 minutes. :badpc: |
Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1205357 | 2011-05-28 12:50:00 | We had to use dialup some while ago ... I think dialup was faster back in the past. Dial up more recently it was so slow that no. of webpages just did not load and Internet banking timed out. That v seldom happened in the past. Between I was in the outer Kuala Lumpur, spent time with a friend and her parents over at their place. They have ADSL2+ modem but their line speed is only 4Mbps but of course unlimited data. NZ's speed for the most of the population IMO is pretty good. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1205358 | 2011-05-28 21:29:00 | Now you know how a lot of rural people feel. In fact they have worse dialup. I had one customer who's line was so bad they couldn't even fax. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1205359 | 2011-05-28 21:44:00 | I think dialup was faster back in the past. Dial up more recently it was so slow that no. of webpages just did not load and Internet banking timed out. That v seldom happened in the past.It's more that web pages are more media and graphic intensive now so take ages to load on dialup. They are optimised for broad band speed. My parents are only very occasional internet users so have dialup. I was trying to show them a particular website and had to give up because the loading time was soooo painful. What makes it worse is having the AV program trying to download a monster (for dialup) update at the same time. :rolleyes: |
Jen (38) | ||
| 1205360 | 2011-05-28 22:14:00 | Try using dial up between 3 of us, we have been on it since last Wednesday and will be staying on it until this Wednesday when our cap gets reset | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1205361 | 2011-05-28 22:19:00 | Was on dial up for a few years, till kids got older wanting to use Facebook, Youtube etc. Had to optimize load times, resume downloads, etc, but still not enough with demanding browsing needs. Some tips from Digital Inspiration (www.labnol.org) for ramping up those stuck with dial up or slow connection speeds. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1205362 | 2011-05-28 22:22:00 | Try using dial up between 3 of us, we have been on it since last Wednesday and will be staying on it until this Wednesday when our cap gets reset Can you not buy some extra data. Usually about $2 for an extra 1GB is quite common with a lot if ISPs |
Safari (3993) | ||
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