[Coco] Finally got broadband (ot)

[Bruce W. Calkins]

Yes, I started with 300 around 1986 on my CoCo.  It soon became clear that I
could not afford the long distance charges though.  It wasn't until 1998
that I got back on line.  28.8, then 33.6.  Now I'm running a 56k modem on a
phone line that supports 44.3 on good days, when the wind and stars are
right.

It's still worth the hassle, most of the time.

Bruce W.
(Back to setting up a computer for my homework.)


> At 09:43 PM 8/28/06 +1000, David Roper wrote:
> >I started out at 2400, jumping to 14.4k then up to 56k, and 128k ISDN.
> >Now I'm on 1500/256k :) :) :)
>
> Children. :)
>
> 110 baud here in 1979, and some folks in this crowd remembering my funny
> story about the telephone guy having to come out from the central office
> and twist two lines together to get the Model I to work at the 300 baud
> upgrade, and give me one of the first private telephone lines in town.
> (There were 330 residents and about 100 lines available when I moved in.)
>
> Anyway, 27 years later I'm now on 5M/256k with a private local ISP serving
> fewer than 1,000 customers. My stepson built the system, Linux-based, all
> glass up to the pole 300 feet away.
>
> Dennis
> (back to lurking & list management)