#dialup internet

[next-of-kith]

I've suddenly noticed that I've never heard of an app that performs the same function as a dial-up modem. One that uses the phone app to generate a data stream with the Internet.

A quick search suggests I'm neither missing something obvious, nor the first person to think of this, so why no app? Artificial technical limitations? Actual technical limitations? Obscure contract bullshit?

[webcoreparadise]

dial-up internet. whos old enough to remember?

[env0]

Gods, The Matrix rant was a masterpiece of a film

[silenekitty]

This makes me feel old but makes me laugh every time. 

[nepal123]

अझै चलाउँदैछन् १० हजारले ‘डायल अप’ (Dial-up) इन्टरनेट  

नविन अर्याल ७ मंसिर, काठमाडौं । यदि तपाई ब्रोडब्यान्ड प्रविधि आउनुभन्दा अगाडि इन्टरनेट चलाउनुहुन्थ्यो भने तपाइलाई याद हुनुपर्छ, मोडेमबाट किरर किरर आवाज निकाल्दै मुस्किलले इन्टरनेट कनेक्सन भएको । (more…)

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[namewithak]

The beautiful sound of 90s nostalgia. Oh god, I love this.

[insertfunny]

First ISP

Got to reminiscing about the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) I had today. What about you guys and gals? How did you first get access to the web?

The small town I grew up near ended up moving into proper after high school. The local telco offered phone, cable, and dial-upInternet at dirt-cheap prices:

$30/month unlimited local calling $32.95/month for 60+ cable channels $19.95/month unlimited dialup with a local number (no long distance needed!)

[thetpr]

Still haunted by the sounds of dialup