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Does anyone miss the sound of a modem connecting to the internet?

post #1 of 38
3/23/10 at 11:23pm
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Just wondering. Even though modems were a pain in the ass and it used to drive me crazy when someone would pick up the phone while i was gaming, there was something quite soothing about that sound.
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post #2 of 38
3/23/10 at 11:47pm
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Originally Posted by GQgeek View Post
Just wondering. Even though modems were a pain in the ass and it used to drive me crazy when someone would pick up the phone while i was gaming, there was something quite soothing about that sound.

I rather listen to me farting than listening to that voice EVER AGAIN!
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post #3 of 38
3/23/10 at 11:52pm
Absolutely not. I heard the busy sound alot also
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post #4 of 38
3/24/10 at 2:02am
I hate "Bee Dee DEEEEEEE! The number you have reached...."
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post #5 of 38
3/24/10 at 4:59am
http://www.lazylaces.com/56Kmodem/ Have fun. The benefits of broadband with the soothing sound of dialup.
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post #6 of 38
3/24/10 at 10:23pm
I still get semi hard at the bobby brown touchtones
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post #7 of 38
3/25/10 at 12:48pm
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Originally Posted by GQgeek View Post
Just wondering. Even though modems were a pain in the ass and it used to drive me crazy when someone would pick up the phone while i was gaming, there was something quite soothing about that sound.

this reminds me of all the trend of tributes to old-school sounds like, cell phones i know alot of people who have these old school nintendo sounds on it or from atari, screen savers back to the old days, shape of the old form desktops and so forth.
not the technology, but the bells and whistles, these seem to be making a come back as well sort of like fashion

it would be cool to get that modem sound for my computer just for kicks. or as a ringtone
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post #8 of 38
3/25/10 at 12:59pm
I can do without it
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post #9 of 38
3/25/10 at 8:42pm
you guys are lying if you're not at least semi-nostalgic/excited about it - it's a trained response just think, for a long time that was the sound that meant pr0n was just around the corner...
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post #10 of 38
3/26/10 at 2:30pm
It makes for a dorky but fun ringtone.
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post #11 of 38
3/26/10 at 3:02pm
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http://www.lazylaces.com/56Kmodem/

Have fun. The benefits of broadband with the soothing sound of dialup.

The sight of that 56K gave me a semi-woody. Back in the day, I only had a 14.4K modem. The 56K modem was too expensive and I had to save money and wait for it to come down in price.

Then I got to college and discovered the pleasures of a T3 line.
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post #12 of 38
3/26/10 at 3:59pm
No.
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post #13 of 38
3/26/10 at 4:05pm
US Robotics 56k was the shit - though I had the internal

When I first had "internet" access, it was offered through Prodigy and there was an additional fee (by the minute) to access. That may have been still around the time of the 14.4.

</old skool>
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post #14 of 38
3/26/10 at 4:10pm
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US Robotics 56k was the shit - though I had the internal

When I first had "internet" access, it was offered through Prodigy and there was an additional fee (by the minute) to access. That may have been still around the time of the 14.4.

</old skool>

I was on Prodigy. Figured out a way to continue to get 1200 "free minutes" over and over again. Also did it on AOL. Was naughty.
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post #15 of 38
3/26/10 at 4:31pm
Blech, I just heard that lovely sound at my parents last weekend. They're still stuck on dial up and let me tell you IT'S FUCKING SLOW!!!!!!
Drives me f'ing crazy.
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