[Coco] Finally got broadband (ot)

[Steve Ostrom]

When I first went online at 300 baud, that was the neatest feeling in 
the world.  I actually stuck with 300 baud for longer than I should 
have.  But, WOW, I was on-line !!  Today, I'm writing this on a fast PC 
connected to the internet using a cable modem and Road Runner.  Fast, 
but not nearly the same WOW factor.

-- Steve --


Bruce W. Calkins wrote:

>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.
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>It's still worth the hassle, most of the time.
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>Bruce W.
>(Back to setting up a computer for my homework.)
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>>At 09:43 PM 8/28/06 +1000, David Roper wrote:
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>>>I started out at 2400, jumping to 14.4k then up to 56k, and 128k ISDN.
>>>Now I'm on 1500/256k :) :) :)
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>>Children. :)
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>>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.)
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>>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.
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>>Dennis
>>(back to lurking & list management)
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