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But what's it like surfing the web on 56k6 nowadays? It was painful 15 years ago, doesn't seem like it would be feasible today. ('feasible' as in 'would actuall

by roel_v 8y ago

But what's it like surfing the web on 56k6 nowadays? It was painful 15 years ago, doesn't seem like it would be feasible today. ('feasible' as in 'would actually use this for something', not as in 'technically works')

colanderman 8y ago
Actually, it might not even technically work, due to bugs like this which cause slow connections to be dropped: https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-curious-case-of-slow-downloads/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-curious-case-of-slow-downloa...
Cerium 8y ago
Chrome DevTools has a feature that will let you try it out. I am right now. On the Network tab there is a throttling option. I added a profile for 56k, and based on some research set it to 6kb/s upload and download as well as 100ms ping. It is painful. Loading this thread's comments page took about 23 seconds, though loading the form I am submitting this comment on only took about 4 seconds. I think it could be workable if you were to set uBlock to block all images and scripts.
- shampster 8y ago
  I'd do 56kbps download, 48kps upload, at 100ms. Still loads this comments page fairly fast!
  - kalleboo 8y ago
    Kilobits or kilobytes? A 56k modem is max 56 kilobits/s, a.ka. 7 kilobytes/s (although realistically I never synced over 50k, and more common something like 48k)
- tracker1 8y ago
  The once popular developer site 15seconds was named because that's roughly how long a person would wait for a site to load... I'd say closer to 3-4 now is where I get really cranky.
johnwalkr 8y ago
It’s not feasible without a proxy or special browser. When I run out of data on my phone plan, it’s throttled to 100kbps. Many sites load fine, notable HN and google search. But the average news site or company website will fail to load.
kalleboo 8y ago
Nostalgia Nerd did a video on browsing with a 56k modem last year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17zfz017s9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17zfz017s9A

by roel_v 8y ago

colanderman 8y ago

Actually, it might not even technically work, due to bugs like this which cause slow connections to be dropped: https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-curious-case-of-slow-downloads/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-curious-case-of-slow-downloa...

Cerium 8y ago

Chrome DevTools has a feature that will let you try it out. I am right now. On the Network tab there is a throttling option. I added a profile for 56k, and based on some research set it to 6kb/s upload and download as well as 100ms ping. It is painful. Loading this thread's comments page took about 23 seconds, though loading the form I am submitting this comment on only took about 4 seconds. I think it could be workable if you were to set uBlock to block all images and scripts.

shampster 8y ago
I'd do 56kbps download, 48kps upload, at 100ms. Still loads this comments page fairly fast!
- kalleboo 8y ago
  Kilobits or kilobytes? A 56k modem is max 56 kilobits/s, a.ka. 7 kilobytes/s (although realistically I never synced over 50k, and more common something like 48k)
tracker1 8y ago
The once popular developer site 15seconds was named because that's roughly how long a person would wait for a site to load... I'd say closer to 3-4 now is where I get really cranky.

johnwalkr 8y ago

It’s not feasible without a proxy or special browser. When I run out of data on my phone plan, it’s throttled to 100kbps. Many sites load fine, notable HN and google search. But the average news site or company website will fail to load.

kalleboo 8y ago

Nostalgia Nerd did a video on browsing with a 56k modem last year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17zfz017s9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17zfz017s9A