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30 Nov 2025, 09:30 PM
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Do any ISPs (at least in the 'West') support plain old dial-up & acoustic modems?
[Modern modems do of course exist, but not with old-style connectors.] Last edited by JeremyNicoll : 30 Nov 2025 at 09:52 PM. Reason: Oops, too many Cs in 'acoustic'... |
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30 Nov 2025, 09:37 PM
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Other than a possible difference in speed, would it make a difference whether the modem is internal or external?
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1 Dec 2025, 01:50 AM
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What kinda modem Cyber??
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1 Dec 2025, 02:08 AM
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Why would the kind matter?
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1 Dec 2025, 06:00 AM
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1 Dec 2025, 06:22 AM
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A quick google pointed-out to me that a bigger problem here in the UK might be that analogue phone lines have vanished. My home phone is plugged into a special port on the back of my (notionally cable-tv - except I have no TV subscriptions) cable router. It's been years since I last used a (tiny USB-attached) dial-up modem, but it was useful for contingency if cable-tv broadband was broken, back when I still had an analogue (voice) phone line. I didn't pay monthly for a dial-up account somewhere but instead just used a pay-by-the-minute public ISP (for which one had to register but that was all, IIRC). Nowadays I suppose I'd use my mobile phone as a 4G modem (it can do 5G but 5G connectivity is pricier). Hmm, this could be off-topic. I'd better be careful. Aha! I know: Is it? |
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1 Dec 2025, 09:25 AM
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Why worry about the answers? Didn?t you know that we only ask questions in this thread?
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1 Dec 2025, 12:16 PM
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Didnt we all know?
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1 Dec 2025, 05:44 PM
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I might have suspected it. In fact, did I not say just that?
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2 Dec 2025, 06:14 AM
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Who are you directing this to?
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Were we not bored and behind the PC screens between 2015 and 2025 except 2017? |
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8 Dec 2025, 11:17 AM
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8 Dec 2025, 06:00 PM
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Who R U asking?
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8 Dec 2025, 10:53 PM
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Who are you asking when you are asking who are you asking?
Does this seem repetitive? |
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