Subj : Re: Modems
To   : Mhansel739
From : Commodore Clifford
Date : Mon Apr 17 2023 14:38:02

On 05 Apr 23  06:19:56 Mhansel739 wrote...

MM> CC> That is funny now that we think back on it... how amazing it
MM> CC> would have been to have a T1 and how expensive it was.
MM> CC> 
MM> CC> And now I have my GiggleBit internet. (So fast, it makes me
MM> CC> giggle). 
MM> 
MM> And that is only because we are trying to stuff more data across the
MM> lines than we did before. The bigger the pipe, the more we try to
MM> push through it. Imagine us trying to stream movies across a T1? That
MM> is just laughable. Hell, we need fancy machines to watch simple
MM> videos. Now, we take all that for granted. 
MM> 
MM> The faster the tech gets, the slower it is to us. --Matt
MM> 
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To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Exactly... considering my watch actually has more processing capability
than my first computer, and all it does is just notify me of stuff....

How did we survive?

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