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So he actually was citing Mbps? That's impressive if at his age he's aware of that sort of thing. I was also just thinking that it might be easy to balk at $10k

So he actually was citing Mbps? That's impressive if at his age he's aware of that sort of thing. I was also just thinking that it might be easy to balk at $10k for such a thing to most people, but if I were 90 and the internet was my main source of entertainment / line to the outside world, it might be worth it to me to pay that. Good for him.

IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
Baud, the canonical unit for transfer speeds, was defined in 1926[0], five years before this guy was born. It was probably somewhat obscure during his teens, but he isn't even much older than the inventors of the Internet who are pushing 80. And, subjectively, it seems like connection speeds were far more present in the Zeitgeist of the 90s. I distinctly remember going from 28kbps to 56kbps to 112kbps, but I would have to look up my current connection's specs. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baud