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Are you old enough to remember dial-up internet? My first modem was 2400 bps. I used to pay $100/month for ISDN that was approximately 1/10 the speed of the i
by LordKano 12y ago
Are you old enough to remember dial-up internet?
My first modem was 2400 bps.
I used to pay $100/month for ISDN that was approximately 1/10 the speed of the internet connection about which you are now complaining.
1.2 Mbps for a reasonable price was amazing when it became available.
You, sir or madame, need a little perspective.
- spudlyo 12y agoI remember quite clearly the jump from 300 to 1200 baud and how amazing that was. When 56k modems came out, I thought, that's it, we've reached the limits of what we can push over copper. Joseph Lechleider proved me wrong. I use a pair of VDSL2 modems to connect my home condo to my rental condo downstairs so I can share bandwidth between the two units, and it's awesome. Thanks Joe, I owe ya one.
- PaulHoule 12y agoI started out with a 300 bps modem. The trouble with x-DSL is that it is a dead end in most places, other than in running around rent-seeking apartment owners that want cash so you can run cables to the tenants. DSL today is one of a rouge's gallery of technologies such as millimeter-wave, satellite internet and such that serve primarily to support the argument that "lawmakers should not choose technologies" because someday something else is going to come around. Thus we don't have the moral fiber to install optic fiber everywhere and be done with people bitching about their internet.