3 ms·
1993 is a bit before my tech awakening. But I can tell you that even in 1996, 56kbps was considered fast and 33.6kbps was more common. I dunno how slow things
by dragontamer 4y ago
1993 is a bit before my tech awakening. But I can tell you that even in 1996, 56kbps was considered fast and 33.6kbps was more common.
I dunno how slow things were in '93, but slower for sure.
A 2MB image, and remember that JPEG and PNG weren't common yet either, would take you 10 minutes to download on 33.6 kbps.
That's 2000000 bytes, 10bits per byte (start bit + 8 bits of data + stop bit), 33kbits/sec
-----
That's 10 minutes of waiting for the download, doing nothing else.
- nailer 4y ago(Asked in a mistrustful, tribalist fashion) 56K X2 or K56 Flex?
- dragontamer 4y agoI was on 33.6k until 2000s, when I finally moved to broadband!! Price Club (now Costco) was pushing some internet service that wasn't AOL, but was a lot cheaper.
- icedchai 4y ago1993 was right around when 14.4K was becoming popular. I had a 9600 baud modem, which still felt fast (compared to my previous 2400.) My first Internet connection was over a 9600 baud SLIP connection.
- perilunar 4y agoBut at least we had the LOWSRC attribute, so you had an idea of what you were waiting for, and could go somewhere else. Should never have been deprecated IMO.