What was the slowest connection you had to the internet?

[LordMaul]

Hmm...Either 14.4 or 28.8.

 

[andalas]

My 33K connection but it can only transfer me around 800 bytes at most.
Must be a really crowded backbone

 

[amdforlife]

wtf is BBS?

 

[RC7]

14.4 modem on our gateway 486. Had a local slip dialup account.

 

[Joony]

wahts BBS? 33.6 slowest for me!

 

[isekii]

33.6

 

[Rendus]

I've had the following connections (yes, I've owned seperate pieces of equipment capable of a maximum of the following):

*55bps Baudot (5 bits per character) TDD connection
*110bps ASCII (7 or 8 bits per character) TDD connection (it was amusing checking e-mail on a 40 character, 1 line display)
*!300bps modem - Hayes?
1200bps modem - Hayes?
!2400bps modem - Packard Bell
*9600bps modem - Teleblazer I think
!14.4kbps modem - Teleblazer I think
19.2kbps modem - NexCom 300vi (TDD/modem combo)
28.8kbps modem - Motorola
33.6kbps modem - Motorola
!33.6kbps modem - Whoever made those wonderful Packard Bell combo cards. Aztech?
56kbps modem - Aztech
64kbps ISDN connection VERY briefly (and wasn't mine technically) - I forget the manufacturer
!512/64kbps cable modem - Prime Cable, Com21 ComPort
!512/128kbps cable modem - Prime Cable/Cox Communications, Com21 ComPort
!1.5/384 RADSL - Sprint/Earthlink, Alcatel modem.
!768/768 SDSL - Covad/Speakeasy, Efficient SpeedStream modem.

* = Never connected to a "real" ISP through this connection (BBSes with Internet connections not counted)
! = I still own this piece of equipment.

 

[PCResources]

BBS - 300

Internet - 9600

Patrick

 

[goodoptics]

28.8

 

[Rendus]

<< wtf is BBS? >>



Hah. Bulletin Board System. The predecessor of what you see here.

See also: TextFiles.com

You can also find a list of Telnet-accessable BBSes at http://www.thedirectory.org/telnet/

 

[tigerbait]

<< 9,600K back in the day. >>




That's actually extremely fast.

 

[bonkers325]

28.8

 

[WhiteKnight]

I'm only 20 and my first was a 300 too. Man, this post is making me feel old before my time...

 

[DaveJ]

2400 was the slowest I've ever connected, but not to the Net... when I upgraded to 14.4 it was like night and day though... SOOO fast!

Dave

 

[Mucman]

USR Sportster 14.4 external was one of the best computer purchases I ever made I think. That thing was rock solid and performed beyond expectations! Best $250cdn I ever spent!

 

[RossMAN]

2400 baud on a BBS way back in the day, my friend was using a 2400 baud modem on Prodigy with all those graphics on a 386, talk about sloooooooooow!

 

[Cooltech2k]

Yea 2400 baud back in the day...

 

[mattyrug]

300 buad, to a slip connection, then the HUGE upgrade to 2400baud!! (that thing cost me and my brother $250)

oh, well, my cable modem was cheaper, and just a little faster.

 

[Kitros]

9600baud

hehe, i said baud

 

[adams]

I can't remember if my first was 300, 1200, or 2400 Baud. 2400 was blazing though I remember my old list of local phone numbers I would try to call up to connect to BBS's

 

[bandXtrb]

2400bps using America Online 2.5 and trying to connect with its browser. I'm not sure if I was ever able to actually open up a website.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

300 baud.

 

[GregANDTCH]

I had a 9600 fax modem on an IBM Aptiva.
I think it was only 9600 for faxes, and actually slower
for data.
Used AOL until I went over my hours ($28 worth)one month.
Friend at work sold me his old Gateway Telepath 14400
for $50. He had bought a 28.8 for over $100.

 

[walrus]

I had a 14.4 modem on an old Mack.

 

[Toolman]

Despite having a 56K modem at work, neither my boss or I can connect any faster than 28.8 due to the bad phone lines in that area. 26.4 is also a common connection speed. We tried to get DSL but are too far out &amp; cable internet access isn't available in the area at all. It really is too bad cuz we are constantly viewing and downloading plans &amp; specs for jobs we are bidding on. Takes forever and a day.