Jun

30

Indulge My Curiosity

Post Category: Blog Posts, Technology 

I always like to learn new things about my readers, but first something you may not know about me. Did you know, I’ve been on the Internet long enough to remember connecting onto Compuserve through a 28.8k modem? Downloading 35k .wav clips, listening to MIDI files and downloading “high res” jpeg images at 800×600! Ahh, those were the days.

I know this is total blog/web/computer geek curiosity but I’m just wondering, what kind of Internet connection do you have now?

Cable?
DSL?
Dial-Up?

Indulge my geeky curiosity.

Comments

39 Responses to “Indulge My Curiosity”

  1. spatulahandle on June 30th, 2008 10:03 am

    I have dial up.

    spatulahandles last blog post..Summer Storms

  2. Brad Ruggles on June 30th, 2008 10:04 am

    You poor soul! How do you do it?

  3. Mandy on June 30th, 2008 10:07 am

    I have 2 Wire..DSL & Wifi.

    It’s crazy fast & pretty cheap through AT&T. I bartered them down to 14.95 a month.

    Mandys last blog post..Dancing w/ the Star Wars Stars

  4. spatulahandle on June 30th, 2008 10:08 am

    I manage…It’s not that bad. My cat had her kittens yesterday…I posted a picture if you and your girls want to see them

    spatulahandles last blog post..Summer Storms

  5. juliepersinger on June 30th, 2008 10:56 am

    Cable here.

  6. Laura Carney on June 30th, 2008 11:03 am

    DSL! We’ve been pretty happy.

    Laura Carneys last blog post..OUTRAGEOUS BARGAIN!

  7. a-ron on June 30th, 2008 11:05 am

    Fiber :) o yeah baby!

  8. Brad Ruggles on June 30th, 2008 11:06 am

    Foster, now you’re just bragging! How did I know a post like this would draw you out of hiding to comment? :-)

  9. Aaron on June 30th, 2008 11:08 am

    Gotta love wifi! Dial-up… now those were the days. I can remember when I got my first email address from hotmail. My mom told me email was such a fad, that the internet wouldn’t catch on, haha! I first accessed the internet in college in a computer lab, it was so slow; I can remember waiting literally 2-3 minutes for a page to load… man we’ve come a long ways!

  10. a-ron on June 30th, 2008 11:08 am

    well i’m not sure ;)

  11. jonathan on June 30th, 2008 11:15 am

    I’ve got naked DSL through ATT, connecting currently at about 1.6 (although I’m trying to get the ‘cap’ taken off my line to allow faster speeds!)

    jonathans last blog post..Tenth Avenue North

  12. Lisa Kidd on June 30th, 2008 11:23 am

    DSL

  13. Jay Sellers on June 30th, 2008 11:28 am

    We have cable at home and one of those nifty little Verizon broadband cards for the road.

    I actually connected to local bulletin boards with a 4800 baud modem back in the late 80’s. Boy, that was fun!

  14. Brad Ruggles on June 30th, 2008 11:35 am

    @JaySellers - Whoa! You’re even more old school than me! Now THAT was some quality Internet

  15. Angie Washington on June 30th, 2008 11:47 am

    We have the fastest you can get here in Cochabamba, Bolivia: Wireless and broadband. I don’t know all the technical numbers and terms, all I know is that it is the best available.

    Angie Washingtons last blog post..June Jamboree

  16. brandiandboys on June 30th, 2008 11:51 am

    we’re DSL…my parents are still dial-up and i just about go crazy when i am there visiting!

    brandiandboyss last blog post..Weigh In - Today vs. GMA

  17. Jason Ruggles on June 30th, 2008 12:03 pm

    I have an instant mind feed.
    Anything else is SO lame. :)

  18. Brad Ruggles on June 30th, 2008 12:08 pm

    Oooh Jason, I’ve been wanting to get that! You’re so lucky.

  19. Polly Hansen on June 30th, 2008 12:28 pm

    DSL. Had dial up for years due to where we lived, but then we moved and yeah!

    Polly Hansens last blog post..I remembered in silence…that

  20. 5th Street on June 30th, 2008 1:03 pm

    DSL.

    BA

    5th Streets last blog post..Guest Blogger-Annmarie Alexander

  21. Brandi on June 30th, 2008 1:15 pm

    Here’s a nerdier comment to one-up your nerdy curiosity… :)

    If you install Google Analytics on your site, it’ll track that kind of info for you.

    Ahh, here’s to web development nerds. :)

  22. GregQualls on June 30th, 2008 1:15 pm

    DSL

    Just so you know. I remember dialing into bulletin boards from the only computer with a modem at our school.

    GregQuallss last blog post..Beer Tip of the Week - Episode 9 - How to Store Beer - Part 1

  23. Brad Ruggles on June 30th, 2008 1:26 pm

    @Brandi - Wow, thanks! I have Google Analytics but I never knew it tracked that! According to my analytics it says that 36% have cable, 30% have DSL and only 2.4% have dialup. Man, I feel bad for that poor 2.4%

    @GregQualls - another old school bulletin board guy

  24. Nick on June 30th, 2008 1:59 pm

    I have a Comcast cable connection with speed boost it would make me cry if I had to use dial up again.

    Nicks last blog post..Small Steps to Making Huge Impacts

  25. Nick on June 30th, 2008 3:28 pm

    I am 90% of the time using public WiFi. At home (the other 10%) I am on Cox Cable connection with a wireless router. (my PS3 also uses this connection)

    I have nightmares about the 56k dialup days and frankly I would rather not talk about the past.

    Nicks last blog post..Liveblog: Euro 2008 Final

  26. Brook on June 30th, 2008 4:02 pm

    I use a radio DSL connection. Living in the middle of no where (20 miles from the nearest towns) DSL is hard to come by. But, you can get about anything if you are willing to pay for it. I pull a radio signal from a telephone/cable tv provider some 17 miles away. Service is sometimes intermittent…like when a cloud strolls by…but when it works, it works great!

    Brook Sarver
    http://www.two10eleven.com

  27. nate on June 30th, 2008 4:18 pm

    DSL for now but I might as well have dial up due to the screwed up wireless router.

    nates last blog post.."You’ve Been Left Behind" and I’m at a Loss for Words

  28. Tyler on June 30th, 2008 4:58 pm

    cable baby…..friggin expensive tho.

    Tylers last blog post..This is My Bible

  29. schickie on June 30th, 2008 4:59 pm

    no internet required with infinate wisdom and understanding … along with my good friend jason, we only use that legacy ‘internet’ thing to communicate with the lesser of mankind like yourselves ….

    love to you all

  30. CJ Mills on June 30th, 2008 5:38 pm

    I’ve got DLS connected to my typewriter - friggin’ lightning fast!

    CJ Millss last blog post..Big Sister Love

  31. stephen lechner on June 30th, 2008 8:11 pm

    Cable at the office.

    Wi-Fi connection everywhere else.

    Nothing at home right now which is why I only go there to sleep.

  32. sTim on June 30th, 2008 8:18 pm

    Y’all are newbies to the Internet. I spent my first couple of years online connecting at 2400 baud to local BBSes. (Heck, I even ran my own for awhile, but didn’t have a separate phone line for it… so it wasn’t up very often). I was thrilled when I got to step up to speeds like 4800, or 14.4 or 28.8 and 56k. And my first “browsing the Internet” experiences were with Gopher (a text based EARLY version of the WWW) and then Netscape 2.x, which crashed about every 15 minutes.

    Now? 15 up/2 down Fiber, and looking to see if I can get the rumored free upgrade to 20/5!

  33. Clayton Bell on June 30th, 2008 9:15 pm

    blazing-fast cable…the ONLY good thing about Comcast.

    Seriously, highest post to comment ratio I’ve ever seen…

  34. Kristi Ottmar on June 30th, 2008 10:25 pm

    I have my own T1
    woohoo!

    Kristi Ottmars last blog post..Being Thankful on Monday

  35. Mike Jones on July 1st, 2008 6:04 am

    Home: Cable
    Work: A couple T1 lines (I think)

    Mike Joness last blog post..New Twitter Name

  36. Abraham Lara on July 1st, 2008 8:01 am

    cable 5mb via Charter and a wireless router.

  37. Eric D on July 1st, 2008 8:23 am

    Cable access with New Wave Communications. 10 meg download……. lightening fast.

    Eric Ds last blog post..Weekend Trip to Campbellsville KY

  38. Adam on July 1st, 2008 6:21 pm

    DSL all the way. We did have Cable but honestly I do see any difference between either of them. So why not go with the cheaper of the two.

    Adams last blog post..M.I.A

  39. Fred McKinnon on July 4th, 2008 11:11 pm

    Hey, yep, mine was 14.4 … a Global Village Teleport modem on my Mac Quadra 610. Remember downloading those Netscape updates? (all night).

    Cable now (comcast) all the way.

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