Re: Congrats on 20 years!
Posted by johnross on .
And you might not have considered this Vimm, and I don't mean to make you feel bad but only to point out the irony, but the server in your grandparent's house probably increased their a/c bill by however much you saved them lol!
"o i c wat u did thar"
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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| Re: Congrats on 20 years! | Vimm -- 10/26/2017 7:16 pm UTC |
| interesting. *nt* | johnross -- 10/30/2017 2:31 am UTC |