56k Do not enter!

alchemistkevin · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:20

Duggan said:
I seem to remember posts like this before on this forum.... WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP REPEATING THE SAME GOD.....

really who cares if you dont want to read or go into the post DONT

Its not rocket science

wow, you're not having a good day are you?

Reckon the OP was curious and it's all a bit of banter, isn't it?

dfarrall · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:29

Messiah Khan said:
Unlucky. I used to live in Aycliffe, and the connection was rubbish. The problem is that at the time that Aycliffe was built there was a copper shortage, so all of Aycliffe's phone lines use aluminium which fine for phones but not too good for broadband.

Oh really is that why?! Thanks

Hopefully moving to FTTC in a few months.

Dugganator · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:38

alchemistkevin said:
wow, you're not having a good day are you?

Reckon the OP was curious and it's all a bit of banter, isn't it?

You failed to see my banter then

Sinny · 19 Sep 2011 at 12:41

Fernick said:
How is it, nearly 2012 and people still add bracketed tags of (56k warning), (56k no no) etc.

Everyone in this day and age has some sort of broadband, even with 512k being so minimum as well. I especially wouldn't think any OCUK users are still rocking the old 56k.

I guess it's just because it's easier to write 56k warning, therefore interpreted to us as 'hejus christ, lots of images!' - Force of habit, holding onto the past?

Beaten above, it's just standard phrase to say it's intensive if your connection speed is slow or their are large files inside, my mobile has 500mb allowance each month which would be drained if I viewed several files each being several MB each.

Dano · 19 Sep 2011 at 12:44

I have at least two relatives still on 56k, though neither are likely to ever come into a forum let alone understand the warning

gillywibble · 19 Sep 2011 at 13:08

I'm waiting for the day when the warning is 56Mb.

loltim · 19 Sep 2011 at 13:08

I've not seen 56k brackets for years, are you browsing forums full of retards?

In fact I only saw the brackets around here when 512k/1mbps was the norm.

paradigm · 19 Sep 2011 at 13:14

Fernick said:
Haha, like a bawss .

Is that even English? :confused:

ubersonic · 19 Sep 2011 at 13:39

paradigm said:
Is that even English?

Its the word boss but pronounced more like bose, welcome to the internet

SkeeterUK · 19 Sep 2011 at 14:43

Mobile internet. My mums dongle has a crap speed even tho it says 7mbps when it connects and supposedly its good coverage where she is too.

Also data limit of 500mb per month so 56k threads no no threads would probably get that used up pretty quick if ppl go in the high res screenie thread in pc section then theres about 50mb gone once loaded and thats with max post per thread settings.