Re: Congrats on 20 years!
Posted by Tricob on .
DSL is still several times as fast as Dial-up ... even if you're phone center isn't close by. But it was many years before my parents even took the Internet that far.
There *is* a speed worse than Dial-up, though; it's called Satellite. I've used this personally at a relative's house. Dial-up modems typically function at 56,000 baud. Satellite seems to run closer to 1,200 bad. I think that gives you an idea of what the speed is like. :-)
- Tricob.
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I haven't always had great internet. My first server served up SNES games over a 768K SDSL line. DSL speeds are limited by your physical distance to the phone center, so I looked up nearby relatives and found my grandparents qualified for the fastest speed (1.5M/T1) for only $500 a month, half the cost of an actual T1 line. So, I offered my grandparent free internet in exchange for keeping a server in their house. It may sound expensive, but advertising was so lucrative that I considered adding a third line. But then the dot-com bubble burst, and sadly I was forced to scale back. It sure was fun while it lasted.
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| 1,200 *baud*. -nt- | Tricob -- 10/23/2017 1:40 am UTC |
| Re: 1,200 *baud*. -nt- | Tricob -- 10/23/2017 1:41 am UTC |