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Ay my school in the early 2000s, we had on-campus fiber to the desktop--we had to buy fiber PCI cards for our computers--and no security whatsoever. I don't rem
by schnable 5y ago
Ay my school in the early 2000s, we had on-campus fiber to the desktop--we had to buy fiber PCI cards for our computers--and no security whatsoever. I don't remember how fast the connection to the outside world was (fast enough for heavy Napstering and Lime-wiring for sure), but the internal network was blazing fast, and a lot of music and movies made the rounds on SMB shares.
- ryandrake 5y agoEarly 1990s, we had two 10base-T lines to each dorm. Still most people used old school modems and didn't even know what ethernet was. I bought a load of cheap ethernet cards nearly wholesale and demo'ed-then-sold them to students for a couple of years. Didn't pay my tuition but gave me a few spending coins.
- stephenhuey 5y agoin the late 90s at Rice we had a blazing fast connection and I could video chat via MS NetMeeting with friends at other universities. It seemed so magical, and now it’s a surprisingly rare occasion that I use FaceTime or any desktop video chat option.