300 baud was comfortable reading speed, at least for me as a child. It was also fun to pick up the phone and be able to distinguish individual bytes of data (th

300 baud was comfortable reading speed, at least for me as a child. It was also fun to pick up the phone and be able to distinguish individual bytes of data (though not the actual content of the byte). Once we got to 1200 baud, it just became a stream of warbling.