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Who remembers browsing the web/usenet on 28800Kbps modems?

• JorgeGT 7y ago
  I think you have an extra K on there! I do remember my 36 kbps modem though, but the web was optimized for that speed. Webpages had "image warnings"!
  • SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
    14.4kbps checking in.
    • mc3 7y ago
      A slow modem (or indeed no modem!) is nothing like a 30s refresh rate.
      • Avamander 7y ago
        A slow modem meant waiting hours though.
        • SlowRobotAhead 7y ago
          30 seconds the image load hadn’t gotten to her neck yet.
          • deleted 7y ago
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    • elfexec 7y ago
      Ah, 90s kids' nostalgia. How fun was it to start a large download before school and then running home to see if the download completed or was interrupted because your mom used the phone during the day? I remember it would take hours upon hours to download netscape. It was both exhilarating and infurating at the same time.
• driverdan 7y ago
  The web at 2400 baud was slow. Really slow.
  • LanceH 7y ago
    My first modem was 75/300. It was capable of support both 75 baud and 300 when someone started serving that fast.
    • lanstin 7y ago
      Fast enough for split screen chat in real time, if you were so fortunate as to have a friend with a modem also.
• olliej 7y ago
  1200 baud yo! (It was actually a really neat little thing, I wish I still had it)
  • olliej 7y ago
    hahaha I found it!!! https://digitaltmuseum.se/021026360857/modem https://digitaltmuseum.se/021026360857/modem
• marton78 7y ago
  28 megabits per second?! I sure don't...
• mcv 7y ago
  I remember reading BBSs over a 300 baud modem. If you read fast, you could read the text at the speed it came in.
• int_19h 7y ago
  I remember that feeling when you get a shiny new 28800 USR Sportster, only to find out that your local BBS is capped at 9600...
  • dole 7y ago
    Hacking USR Sportster 14.4k's to Courier 16.8k's. Good times, good times.