Dial-Up Modem

I was in high school when the internet started to become more widespread in people's homes. Those of us who grew up on dial-up internet will have kids who will never know this 'wonderful' experience. My kids will never have the joy of the dial-up modem constantly hanging up, or never making a connection in the first place. They'll never have this sound imprinted in their memory database of all of eternity.

Dial-Up Modem Sound

Those of us growing up on dial-up internet knew exactly what that sound was supposed to sound like every time and if there was ever a deviation in the expected sound, we knew something was wrong. Unfortunately, deviations in the expected sound were quite common, resulting in many curse words being thrown at the computer! :-) 

When it comes to the internet, today's kids have it way too easy! Everyone should have to earn their way to high speed internet, just like the kids of the 1990s had to do. :-)