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Sorry to be pedantic as I agree with your wider point :) but a 56k modem was actually 56 kilobits per second so a theoretical max of 56/8=7 kilobytes/second. If
by tomduncalf 6y ago
Sorry to be pedantic as I agree with your wider point :) but a 56k modem was actually 56 kilobits per second so a theoretical max of 56/8=7 kilobytes/second. If memory serves correctly real speeds were more around the 4-5kb/s mark
- TechBro8615 6y agoAh you’re right :) I guess I was misremembering just how slow things were back then! I remember when forum threads would include “56k warning!” if they had a bunch of images.
- tomduncalf 6y agoSeems crazy to think that it was that slow eh? And these days I get annoyed when I get below 2 megabytes a second, lol