klingon 10 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Surely no! Does dial-up still exist in Japan? Though I used to really like those bee-bee-be-bee-be-be dialing noises and then the screeching of the connecting tone!* Quote: In an effort to cut costs wherever possible, some consumers are going back to the cheaper, crappier-in-every-way dial-up we all cast aside years ago. This recession has just gotten serious. Sales of the often sub-$10 dial-up subscriptions have increased after the stock market crash and many report that they've switched from broadband, though NetZero CEO Mark Goldston was quick to note that "this is not the iPod crowd we're talking about." Chances are if you're reading this, you're more likely to try to pawn your oven than give up broadband, but where exactly does it fall on your list of priorities? Would you give up a cable TV or Xbox Live subscription first? Let us know exactly how poor you'd have to be to go back to dial-up in the comments. * Actually, come to think of it, no I didn't. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Hey, dail up never left here. That's all you can get in some places. ie. My mate at the end of my street. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I just upgraded from 512k to double that! Wahooo! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 LOL - hate dial up! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Nah dail up doesn't exist in Japan now, as far as I know! I've been using 100mb Broad band for years now, well I think everyone here have now, as you can't get anything slower, unless your in a remote village at the very top of a mountain. Can't see anyone would want to use dial up as you have to pay for every time you go on where as BB is a fixed price no matter how much you use it. Could you imagine trying to open a web page with dial-up, would never open! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I remember my first connection it was some really slow really unreliable dial up. I was still quite excited back then! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Dropping down from 1Gb to 512k - you gotta be joknig! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I still use dialup sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Originally Posted By: RobBright Dropping down from 1Gb to 512k - you gotta be joknig! You got it the wrong way.. still watching paint dry tends to happen faster than loading pages! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Does it do all those little bleeps and noises? Must do, part of the fun of dialup. Link to post Share on other sites
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