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What was the first modem you ever had? How fast was it? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Some 14.4 kbps modem...I recall sometimes having to deal with BBSes that only supported 9600 bits per second. It was frustrating.

Now, on the desk in front of me, is a smartphone with 5G and wifi that'll do nearly 300 Mbps -- speedtest just said 274 Mbps. Let's see, that's...about 19000 times faster...