Sometime, probably close to 20 years ago, but perhaps more recently, you heard a dial tone for the last time and you didn’t even realize it would be.

  • Vinny_93
    31·
    10 months ago

    I still hear a dial-up modem when I close my eyes

    • db2
      12·
      10 months ago

      But can you tell the difference between 28.8 and 33.6 just by listening?

      • AmidFuror@fedia.io
        6·
        10 months ago

        I don’t understand the need for these. I can’t read text faster than 300 baud anyway.

        • Lost_My_Mind
          5·
          10 months ago

          Wait until this guy learns about webtv, and its ability to load a 320x480 jpg in a little under 10 minutes.

      • Lost_My_Mind
        61·
        10 months ago

        I used to confuse my 56k modem in 1998. I used to pick up the phone and make modem noises. It used to “connect”, and then IMMEDIATELY spew out a diarrea of errors that it wasn’t connected.

        I miss the 90s…

      • shalafiEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        We tech support folks used to be able to discern a legit US Robotics 56K over a software modem. By listening to our customers connect.

      • ripcord
        4·
        10 months ago

        300, 1200, 2400, 9600, 19.2, and 56k yes.

        I don’t remember 28.8 and 33.6 sounds, though. I guess my life has been for nothing :(

      • kakes@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        10 months ago

        Ngl I wish I was of the generation where I could’ve acquired this skill. As it is, I just have the faint childhood memory of our home modem. (In my 30s, for reference.)