56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience

Xeoncross 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

That reminds me. Can we standardize cypress tests to load the website via a restricted speed as one of the tests? Some of of our modern webpages are still slow on the latest iPhone/Pixel/Samsung over 5G.

8,600,743 bytes of assets and frameworks later I'm finally able to see your contact-us address.

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illusive4080 36 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Cool, but webpages load too fast.

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dnewcome an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just remembered ripterm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Imaging_Protocol

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riddley an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Fun and cool. The News made me chuckle.

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russellbeattie 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm sure someone pointed this out in the other thread, but 56kpbs modems essentially didn't exist in 1996. They launched at the end of the year, cost a ton, and the manufacturers hadn't standardized the speeds, so it really didn't matter much as you weren't browsing AOL, MSN or Compuserve with it yet.

33.6k.rip is a harder domain name to get though, so I get it.

	▲	zerozerotwo 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		56k flex!

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rvz 33 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

[dupe] see previous conversations in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340252

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Vaslo 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A lot of people don’t know how cool it felt to dial into the internet or a service like Compuserve or Prodigy and suddenly have this whole world open up to you. Even at 56k.

	▲	doginasuit 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The patience we had waiting for, uh, pictures to load. The world will never know that kind of dedication again.

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the_hoffa 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Reminds me of this xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/3227/

Select modem mode and just hurt.