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I remember the day we got 56K from our ISP. Our modem was 56K (no idea what model, some internal WinModem), but the ISP was limited to 33.6K. Then one day, the
by sgarland 2y ago
I remember the day we got 56K from our ISP. Our modem was 56K (no idea what model, some internal WinModem), but the ISP was limited to 33.6K. Then one day, the connection screech sounded different, and I excitedly pointed this out. Several seconds later, it connected, and lo and behold, we had 66% faster downloads.
The fact that all of this worked continues to amaze me, but then, so do mobile phones. I understand at a high level how CDMA works, but it’s just so insane…