Properly sad but.... - SV650.org

Paul the 6th · 03-02-12, 01:54 PM

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRG0...eature=related

An hour to download a single 3-4 minute mp3 track from napster, and if it disconnected oh FFS..

Strange how something 10 years old really does feel like an ancient artefact.

Fallout · 03-02-12, 01:59 PM

I got black listed by BT when I was a nipper for using an automatic redialer to reconnect me to the internet when they disconnected me after 4 hours. That was against regulations apparently. Thing is, I was actually waking up in bed, looking at the modem light, and if it was disconnected, getting out of bed and reconnecting. Cheeky fekkers! All that effort, getting up out of bed 4 times per night to reconnect, just so I could download a crappy version of Lord of the Rings and I got unfairly banned for using a redialler!

Paul the 6th · 03-02-12, 02:07 PM

NTL - free dialup but with a 5p connection charge and then you were disconnected after 2 hours.. Funnily enough the line started dropping out after an hour at busy times so you'd have to reconnect..

Then the advent of having 2 phone lines arrived! No more having to disconnect from the net for an hour while mum phoned auntie betty in scotland (after 6pm of course)

SoulKiss · 03-02-12, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRG0...eature=related

An hour to download a single 3-4 minute mp3 track from napster, and if it disconnected oh FFS..

Strange how something 10 years old really does feel like an ancient artefact.

Thats not an MP3, and its not even legal.

I think that the data in that clip breaches the U-Rating...

03-02-12, 02:14 PM

And BT authorised modems? about 3x the cost of one withuot the little green sticker.

03-02-12, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Thats not an MP3, and its not even legal.

I think that the data in that clip breaches the U-Rating...

you have me wondering now if you could record dial up noise to a C90, take it to your friends and copy the tape.

hmm, perhaps not as the noise would be both ends of the conversation, foiled at the first hurdle.

03-02-12, 03:07 PM

Yep, remember it well. 28.8k, 56k then finally the silent speed that was 64k ISDN

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SoulKiss · 03-02-12, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brettus

you have me wondering now if you could record dial up noise to a C90, take it to your friends and copy the tape.

hmm, perhaps not as the noise would be both ends of the conversation, foiled at the first hurdle.

Actually in that clip it hasn't even finished handshaking, although it DID connect at the originally requested speed.

I do remember a website where you could download a wav, record it to tape then load it into a Speccy

03-02-12, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Remember this?

Yes, it lives on in synthpop songs.

03-02-12, 03:50 PM

Aww man, I remember! I used to stay up at night because it was 'off peak' package...endless IRC chats at Final Fantasy Online lol! they were the days

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03-02-12, 01:59 PM	#2
Fallout Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Basingstoke Posts: 2,983	Re: Properly sad but.... I got black listed by BT when I was a nipper for using an automatic redialer to reconnect me to the internet when they disconnected me after 4 hours. That was against regulations apparently. Thing is, I was actually waking up in bed, looking at the modem light, and if it was disconnected, getting out of bed and reconnecting. Cheeky fekkers! All that effort, getting up out of bed 4 times per night to reconnect, just so I could download a crappy version of Lord of the Rings and I got unfairly banned for using a redialler! __________________ MotoGoLoco - You knows it The Shed - Suzuki GSX-R 750 K1 \| Triumph Tiger 1050 K6 Fallout Bikes (VLogs, Tutorials, Bike Vids) Fallout Breakbeat (My Music)

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Paul the 6th Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 4,790	Re: Properly sad but.... NTL - free dialup but with a 5p connection charge and then you were disconnected after 2 hours.. Funnily enough the line started dropping out after an hour at busy times so you'd have to reconnect.. Then the advent of having 2 phone lines arrived! No more having to disconnect from the net for an hour while mum phoned auntie betty in scotland (after 6pm of course) __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012 - You were awesome Cbf600, sv650, sv1000, gsxr 750 srad, KTM adventure 950, gsxr 750 k1, gsxr 750 srad, fazer 1000, zx9r ninja..

03-02-12, 02:14 PM	#5
Amadeus Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Properly sad but.... And BT authorised modems? about 3x the cost of one withuot the little green sticker.

03-02-12, 03:07 PM	#7
markc123 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Properly sad but.... Yep, remember it well. 28.8k, 56k then finally the silent speed that was 64k ISDN .

03-02-12, 03:50 PM	#10
bikeramy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Properly sad but.... Aww man, I remember! I used to stay up at night because it was 'off peak' package...endless IRC chats at Final Fantasy Online lol! they were the days .

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