Board:   [DoveNet] Internet Discussion
Subject: Re: The Internet
From:    Boraxman
Date:    Tue Nov 10, 2026 08:41

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 Bo> 20megabits?  Pffff, thats like a serial connection these days!

 Bo> I started my online experience with a 2400 baud modem and BBS's.  The
 Bo> biggest file I transfered was 800-900kb, and it took an hour.

 pF>  I downloaded a pirated copy of Microsoft C over 2400 baud, fell asleep
 pF>  on the transfer. Hours later it had completed and the sysop had broken
 pF>  into chat telling me to WAKE UP!


That was wild, that you could literally PAGE the Sysop and call their
attention.  I didn't do it much, maybe a couple of times.

The WWW was a little strange in comparison, because the sysop was absent.  It
was all unattended, probably not even hosted in their own house!

 Bo> Despite all this speed, people are still complaining of computers being
 Bo> slow. There is still awful latency in some places.

 pF>  I've done a lot of things in IT in my life, one area I never really
 pF>  focused on was networking. I did a little bit of Cisco work in the
 pF>  '90s, tempted now to do more. I have firewalls that can do SD-WAN,
 pF> zero
 pF>  trust access, visual rules builders and more.

 pF>  We inherited a network with a ton of third-party tools, looking at
 pF>  these firewalls we could replace most of them with just the firewalls.

Networking interests me a little, but I never learned much more than what was
necessary to maintain the network of a small to medium size business.  But that
was yonks ago.


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