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

[JohnGalt]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

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.

I called up AOL and had them send me a case of 250 free trial disks. At that time you didn't even need a credit card to sign up for the trial, iirc.

 

[RSS]

^^^There are remote locations where it is the only option.

 

[Mr. White]

OH HELL YEAH! At one point, I was about to start a business called Angry Cat Computers. Then I realized that most people are too stupid to connect a yeowling cat to the sound of a modem. Since the stupid market was those who knew nothing of cable modems, the point was lost on them.

BTW, forget AOL. Those were the days of Net Zero and Blue Light.

 

[swaggerisaliability]

Not being able to receive phone calls while online? No thanks.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

That's what the second phone line is for. DUH.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Mr. White

BTW, forget AOL. Those were the days of Net Zero and Blue Light.

Neither of which were around until what... 1998?

 

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

That's what the second phone line is for. DUH.

I had a second line installed that I still use....for the modem. Have asynchronous or whatever they call it cable, and I'm on a county freaking road, while my friend, three miles away on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, has DSL. So since I still hear the modem connecting I am mainly frustrated, not nostalgic. ~H

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Huntsman

I had a second line installed that I still use....for the modem. Have asynchronous or whatever they call it cable, and I'm on a county freaking road, while my friend, three miles away on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, has DSL.

So since I still hear the modem connecting I am mainly frustrated, not nostalgic.

~H

Sucks to be you man.

 

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Sucks to be you man.
Yah well. In some surprising ways. But I am more taking to heart of late the truth of a friend's statement to me that I lead a charmed life. Which I do in some surprising ways. ~ H

 

[Mr. White]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Neither of which were around until what... 1998?

In your hurry to make a smart-ass comment, you seem to forget that the Internet didn't exist until 1996. In 1998, one-quarter of all the computers in the world were in California, and that state's heaviest concentration was in north San Diego County. I assure you that Net Zero use far exceeded cable modems in the early years of the Internet.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by HRoi

you guys are lying if you're not at least semi-nostalgic/excited about it - it's a trained response

+1,

i also miss the sound of the ericsson cell phones when connecting. not to mention their steel frame. it was a weapon, too

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Mr. White

In your hurry to make a smart-ass comment, you seem to forget that the Internet didn't exist until 1996. In 1998, one-quarter of all the computers in the world were in California, and that state's heaviest concentration was in north San Diego County. I assure you that Net Zero use far exceeded cable modems in the early years of the Internet.
1996? What exactly are you talking about? Since www. was created in 1991 and the first Graphics based web browser came out in 1993, I'm not sure exactly what benchmark you are discussing here. If you are talking the first commercial ISP, it was Delphi in 1992. If you are talking about the first unrestricted access to the national internet backbone, it was 1995, and the original three companies to exploit it were AOL, Prodigy, and Compuserve. Not NetZero. NetZero - started in 1998 - Around 1 million subscribers in 1998 AOL - started providing BBS access and online gaming in 1989 - Around 15 million subscribers in 1998 I never said anything about cable modems. I was pointing out that the two companies you were talking about were relative newcomers/small timers. They are.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

Lately, I miss the sound. I hate malfunctioning wireless routers.

 

[Pantisocrat]

I miss the AOL's "you've got mail" voice notification since I made the switch to CIA mail.

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by Pantisocrat

I miss the AOL's "you've got mail" voice notification since I made the switch to CIA mail.

My CrackBerry says "you've got mail" to me.