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I literally added a 1200 baud modem to my first computer purchase so that I could dial in to CompuServe. Living in the countryside it was an expensive long dis
by rmason 3y ago
I literally added a 1200 baud modem to my first computer purchase so that I could dial in to CompuServe. Living in the countryside it was an expensive long distance call just to connect and that cost limited my usage but I sure enjoyed it.
- DonHopkins 3y agoModems used to cost a dollar a baud! Introduction To Time Shared Systems (June 1972): https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/isde-ised/Co22/Co22-315-1972-1-eng.pdf https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/isde-... >Apparently, there's a rough rule-of-thumb formula that the cost of a modem is about a dollar per baud. This estimate accounts for the extras that are usually added as rated speed is increased to give the device its 1-m1*in-turn utility.
- sokoloff 3y agoMy cable modem (which actually cost $120) is capable of 1.4Gbps downstream and so should cost $1.4B (or $700M and change if you give only $0.50 per baud per direction). $1.2 * 10^2 vs $1.4 * 10^9.