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aletier_v

(1,773 posts) Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:37 PM Sep 2012

Freepers still on dial-up

I busted laughing when I read this complaint and commiserations...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2929222/posts

"There's no reason for a talk show to use a bitrate higher than 32kbps!"

OMG, can they not even afford a 56k modem?!

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Freepers still on dial-up (Original Post) aletier_v Sep 2012 OP

He's recording the shows Confusious Sep 2012 #1

With AOL I'll bet as well Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #2

There's a lot of rural areas out there where internet is either dialup or nothing... TheMightyFavog Sep 2012 #3

This sentence sums it up... Archae Sep 2012 #4

HEY! I live in the woods and am on dial-up NashvilleLefty Sep 2012 #5

OMG, yourself. I've seen members of this very site comment that DemocratsForProgress Sep 2012 #6

Confusious

(8,317 posts)

1. He's recording the shows

Reply to aletier_v (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:52 PM

Sep 2012

I do the same thing with mike Malloy and Stephanie miller, NPR and a music show out east.

Frequently, the stream seems to want to go to stereo, 128kbps for a talk show. the files get pretty huge, for no good reason. 70 megs for 52kbps mono, so I would image 128k is somewhere in the 140~180 meg range, stereo 240~360 meg range.

I can store 40 minutes of good quality video in 360 meg.

For just talk, 32kbps is fine.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

2. With AOL I'll bet as well

Reply to aletier_v (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 01:02 AM

Sep 2012

Seems AOL has a very loyal following with older conservative types.

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)

3. There's a lot of rural areas out there where internet is either dialup or nothing...

Reply to aletier_v (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 01:15 AM

Sep 2012

I know a number of regulars at my job who can't even get DSL.

Archae

(47,245 posts)

4. This sentence sums it up...

Reply to aletier_v (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 01:27 AM

Sep 2012

"I listen to Rush on a 20kbps feed and even that low rate sounds fine."

NashvilleLefty

(811 posts)

5. HEY! I live in the woods and am on dial-up

Reply to aletier_v (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 01:34 AM

Sep 2012

so KNOCK IT OFF!

Seriously, DIRECTV came out and just said NO. DISH had to put up 2 different dishes just to get a signal. I get no CELL signal, which is ok by me. My only choice, and I mean my ONLY choice is dial-up.

But it's so beautiful here - I ain't moving!

DemocratsForProgress

(545 posts)

6. OMG, yourself. I've seen members of this very site comment that

Reply to aletier_v (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 01:36 AM

Sep 2012

their only option in their rural area is dial-up.

Personally, I don't feel that my big city whiz-bang state-of-the-art internet access gives me license for sneering at others, even Freepers. I can find plenty of other stuff to sneer at Freepers about, thanks.

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