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Would dial-up work on campus

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archcommus

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DSL and cable will not work on the infrastructure on campus/in dorms, but will dial-up? Is there ANYTHING that could prevent dial-up from working? Any sort of infrastructure problem or something the college could have in place to prevent it?
 
Originally posted by: mwtgg
You are really desperate.
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I would only use it for certain things, not for browsing. It would actually be a fine alternative for simple things like downloading my mail.
 
Originally posted by: arcenite
Tell us again why you don't just plug into the network?
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I would use the dial-up for the things I can't do on their network.

Just wondering if there is anything that could possibly prevent something as simple as dial-up.
 
Originally posted by: archcommus
Originally posted by: arcenite
Tell us again why you don't just plug into the network?
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I would use the dial-up for the things I can't do on their network.
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Generally the things students do that aren't allowed on the campus network take large amounts of bandwidth.
 
Yes, there are infrastructure issues that can prevent dialup. Namely, if their telephone infrastructure is VOIP (internally)... that will normally cause modems not to work, in my experience. I've seen them work occasionally, though... just at somewhat slow speeds (even for dialup).

Wouldn't high speed cellular be much faster (if it's available in your area)? I'd go with that... dialup takes *forever* to do *anything*. Believe me, I only have dialup at my house. Reason #3278 why I try to be at other peoples houses as much as possible (those poeple that have broadband, that is 😉).
 
i still don't see the point of all this. unless you need to connect to some government ISP through a secure connection of some sort that they don't provide an internet portal (friend's dad does this).... check your mail? why wouldn't your school let you do that?
 
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Yes, there are infrastructure issues that can prevent dialup. Namely, if their telephone infrastructure is VOIP (internally)... that will normally cause modems not to work, in my experience. I've seen them work occasionally, though... just at somewhat slow speeds (even for dialup).

Wouldn't high speed cellular be much faster (if it's available in your area)? I'd go with that... dialup takes *forever* to do *anything*. Believe me, I only have dialup at my house. Reason #3278 why I try to be at other peoples houses as much as possible (those poeple that have broadband, that is 😉).
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<---I've gotten AOL to work with Vonage in the past at work:shocked:
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Yes, there are infrastructure issues that can prevent dialup. Namely, if their telephone infrastructure is VOIP (internally)... that will normally cause modems not to work, in my experience. I've seen them work occasionally, though... just at somewhat slow speeds (even for dialup).

Wouldn't high speed cellular be much faster (if it's available in your area)? I'd go with that... dialup takes *forever* to do *anything*. Believe me, I only have dialup at my house. Reason #3278 why I try to be at other peoples houses as much as possible (those poeple that have broadband, that is 😉).
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<---I've gotten AOL to work with Vonage in the past at work:shocked:
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Doesn't Vonage require a broadband connection to work, so AOL should work over it anyway....
 
How can I know if the college uses VOIP or not? Any other infrastructure-related issues that would prevent it?

Satellite/wireless/whatever you want to call it IS an option, but all the ones I've seen have ridiculous setup costs (like $400+), not to mention a monthly fee of $70-80.

I would be using it for my POP3 email and to update Steam stuff. Sure it'd be slow for that, but it wouldn't really bother me if it took a few days to update. And yes, my school even blocks POP3!!! It's fvcking ridiculous! So that is a prominent reason to use it, I miss using Outlook severely. 🙁

And before anyone mentions it, yes I've been considering tunneling. But I was interested in dial-up options, as well.
 
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: randomlinh
they block incoming pop3? haha, wtf... where the hell do you go to school
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A very repressive Presbyterian college.
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I've been considering transferring next year but there really are a lot of positives to GCC. It's a tough decision...
 
Originally posted by: archcommus
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: randomlinh
they block incoming pop3? haha, wtf... where the hell do you go to school
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A very repressive Presbyterian college.
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I've been considering transferring next year but there really are a lot of positives to GCC. It's a tough decision...
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Like what? The only one I see is that it's very cheap.
 
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: archcommus
Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: randomlinh
they block incoming pop3? haha, wtf... where the hell do you go to school
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A very repressive Presbyterian college.
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I've been considering transferring next year but there really are a lot of positives to GCC. It's a tough decision...
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Like what? The only one I see is that it's very cheap.
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Cheap, gave me a $2000 tablet PC that I'd have to give back if I left, excellent engineering program, anywhere else I'd go would be at least 60 miles farther.
 
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Yes, there are infrastructure issues that can prevent dialup. Namely, if their telephone infrastructure is VOIP (internally)... that will normally cause modems not to work, in my experience. I've seen them work occasionally, though... just at somewhat slow speeds (even for dialup).

Wouldn't high speed cellular be much faster (if it's available in your area)? I'd go with that... dialup takes *forever* to do *anything*. Believe me, I only have dialup at my house. Reason #3278 why I try to be at other peoples houses as much as possible (those poeple that have broadband, that is 😉).
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<---I've gotten AOL to work with Vonage in the past at work:shocked:
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Yeah, I've gotten dialup connections to work over VOIP before, but it's been spotty, at best. It just depends how it's configured, among other things.
 
I got a free trial with a dial-up ISP, tried it on my laptop, and it worked. Now that I know it works, is there anything they could or would do to prevent it from working in the future? Is it even possible to restrict something like that on the phone lines?
 
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