Remember the days of dial up...

[RickDaTuner]

Lately I have been hearing those old school dial up comm tones in my room, the other night I was woken up by the classic start up noise (you guys know what I'M talking about)

Thing is though I have my wireless router 2 floors down, and have not owned a dial up modem in the last 6 years. Our house does have shaw Voip. but I still can't figure out where the noise is coming from?

its just super odd?

Thoughts?

[barmanjay]

Did one of your siblings/family download it as a ring tone?

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by barmanjay
Did one of your siblings/family download it as a ring tone?

haha no,

honestly I thought some one was trying to pull a prank of me, so i checked my phone and turned it off, but no luck the sound was still there.

its been over a week now that I have been hearing this, you would think if it was a cell phone that the battery would have died by now.

[benz_890]

Originally posted by barmanjay
Did one of your siblings/family download it as a ring tone?

you can get that as a ring tone? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

maybe you're next door neighbor has dial-up and you're hearing it through your/his open window?

[barmanjay]

Originally posted by benz_890


you can get that as a ring tone? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

maybe you're next door neighbor has dial-up and you're hearing it through your/his open window?

wife dl'd 1000 ringtones for her iphone and that was one of them :D

[Pollywog]

Any fax machine in the area?

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by benz_890


you can get that as a ring tone? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

maybe you're next door neighbor has dial-up and you're hearing it through your/his open window?


neighbor has Shaw and is on wireless too


Originally posted by Pollywog
Any fax machine in the area?

yeah we have one in the house but its disconnected right now, i'm so stumped on this, i feel like i'm being hacked or watched... lol

[badatusrnames]

The ghost of AOL from 1996?

[slinkie]

bedeeeep bedeeeep

shkkkrrrrrrrrrwwaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeteeteeeee

[Kloubek]

The Ghost of AOL Past. Nice one.

[Donmega]

Any old ladies living around you??


AgqEIp2YmtE

[mowglee]

does anyone live with you that might be playing a prank on you?

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by mowglee
does anyone live with you that might be playing a prank on you?

nah not really, there are only 3 people in this house and all of my friends live in Calgary. and the people that I do associate with here in canmore are all over 30 and professionals

[dj_rice]

Maybe its some kinda spyware or malware on your computer or a Google ad?

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by dj_rice
Maybe its some kinda spyware or malware on your computer or a Google ad?

yeah that came to mind to, so I turned off the laptop and removed the battery, but the noise is still there.

I should mention thats its really faint, and some times it here and then some times no...

haha man It's driving my crazy! maybe its all in my head.

[Rat Fink]

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[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by Rat Fink
haha, some wierd form of tinitus?? Some people hear ringing, some people hear gurgling water......but maybe you'll go into the medical books as the first person with "dial up tinitus"

All that time spent getting onto the bulletin board systems huh?

Seriously...

Im thinking I have developed some sort of radio aparati in my jaw... I did have Tinnitus in the past for a while so this wouldn't surprise me lol

[scat19]

There probably pills to fix this.

[Rat Fink]

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[VaN_HaMMeRSTeiN]

This is definately how bad horror movies start.
Call yourself an excorsist (sp?) I am sure you will have a paranormal activity situation on your hands

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by VaN_HaMMeRSTeiN
This is definately how bad horror movies start.
Call yourself an excorsist (sp?) I am sure you will have a paranormal activity situation on your hands

"Grhost in shrell stand arone comprex?"

there has to be some sort of explanation...

com signals bouncing off my walls, some one spying on me, aliens implanted chip in my brain and now downloading destruction plans via 56k....

haha I dunno.:dunno:

[van]

I think you need to setup a video camera in your room. Just in case.

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by van
I think you need to setup a video camera in your room. Just in case.

haha provide me with a streaming server and its done Bui

[nykz]

Originally posted by van
I think you need to setup a video camera in your room. Just in case.
^ word, after all the things you've done such as turning off laptop and what not, maybe its some paranormal activity. Or perhaps you have some stalkers just creeping you out with a hidden camera..

[G-ZUS]

where can i get this ring tone?:rofl:

[flipstah]

Originally posted by G-ZUS
where can i get this ring tone?:rofl:


http://s91440092.onlinehome.us/sfx_wtv/modem.wav

:thumbsup:

I have it as my ringtone for my work email (IT.) Whenever it rings, it sends chills down people's spines. :rofl:

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally posted by flipstah


I have it as my ringtone for my work email (IT.)

As soon as I saw this thread, I thought of your goddamn ringtone. :rofl:

[Pollywog]

This just came to mind - I have powerpacks (like laptop chargers, etc) that make this noise very faintly. Not exactly the same as the classic net noise, but a very similar high fluctuating pitch noise.

[Gibson]

Originally posted by scat19
There probably pills to fix this.

?????

Did nobody catch this?

[97'Scort]

Originally posted by Pollywog
This just came to mind - I have powerpacks (like laptop chargers, etc) that make this noise very faintly. Not exactly the same as the classic net noise, but a very similar high fluctuating pitch noise.

Yeah, I'd unplug everything and see. The list of things that make odd but very faint noises in my house:

- speaker hum (I have a lot of speakers...)
- power supplies
- printer
- Shaw digital terminal
- light bulbs
- pretty much anything with a flashing LED
- fridge/freezer
- furnace
- hot water tank

etc...

[szw]

Originally posted by flipstah



http://s91440092.onlinehome.us/sfx_wtv/modem.wav

:thumbsup:

I have it as my ringtone for my work email (IT.) Whenever it rings, it sends chills down people's spines. :rofl:

Nice, I will try it for a bit. I miss the sound. My favourite is the low pitch "ba dumm...ba dumm..." part.

[Tomaz]

I would think it could be possible to get suck noises from a receiver. Bell Expressview or something. Another way to check is start hitting the breaker switches. Turn off the house 1 room at a time.

It also could be any power adapters (comps, tv, game consoles, shit like that). Smoke detectors, Carbon monoxide detectors. When i lived at home, there was a lamp that i could hear all the time. Pissed me off constantly.

[scat19]

Originally posted by Gibson


?????

Did nobody catch this?

Sorry, "they're".

[dexlargo]

Have you considered that there may be surveillance equipment mounted in your ceiling recording you masturbate? It then phones in to the mothership to upload the video when you're done.

Seriously, I'd double-check and make sure your fax machine is completely disconnected.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by barmanjay
Did one of your siblings/family download it as a ring tone?

Now I have to find a 9600bps tone for my phone :rofl:

[szw]

Originally posted by scat19


Sorry, "they're". That doesn't work either.

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by dexlargo
Have you considered that there may be surveillance equipment mounted in your ceiling recording you masturbate? It then phones in to the mothership to upload the video when you're done.

Seriously, I'd double-check and make sure your fax machine is completely disconnected.


Big brother?

http://crowderland.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/ceilingcatnsfw2.jpg

[inline6turbo]

Originally posted by scat19


Sorry, "they're".


There's probably pills for this.


Really was nothing to point out in the first place :dunno:

[barmanjay]

Originally posted by inline6turbo


Really was nothing to point out in the first place :dunno:


you are right on that point


,.. but it should read "there are.....

[inline6turbo]

Originally posted by barmanjay



you are right on that point


,.. but it should read "there are.....

Yea I actually wrote that first then edited it... Second guessed myself again lol. Oh well. Still, the grammar/spelling/punctuation police thing is so old and annoying now... Everyone should just give it up

[spikerS]

another possibility to consider....

do you have an old alarm system in your house? a number of years ago, they started connecting alarm systems to phone lines for remote monitoring. might have an old unit trying to connect...

[RickDaTuner]

hmmm there is a thought, we do have a in home intercom system here, i'll look in to that...

[barmanjay]

Originally posted by spikers
another possibility to consider....

do you have an old alarm system in your house? a number of years ago, they started connecting alarm systems to phone lines for remote monitoring. might have an old unit trying to connect...

good call