Subj : Re: Modems
To   : Mhansel739
From : Commodore Clifford
Date : Thu Apr 20 2023 21:28:58

On 20 Apr 23  06:52:12 Mhansel739 wrote...

MM> CC> To which Commodore Clifford replies...
MM> CC> 
MM> CC> Exactly... considering my watch actually has more processing
MM> CC> capability than my first computer, and all it does is just notify
MM> CC> me of stuff....
MM> CC> 
MM> CC> How did we survive? 
MM> 
MM> I am not sure how we made it as far as we have. But, we started with
MM> dial up and increased that speed to shove more data faster through
MM> the lines. Then we moved to digital lines (ISDN, T1), and then to
MM> coax Cable and now fiber. And the stuff is still never fast enough. 
MM> But, in reality, I don't think the speed of the lines is the issue.
MM> It is the equipment at each end. But now I am thinking logically. :)
MM> --Matt
MM> 
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To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Well, it was more rhetorical... but that said... now I'm going through
the mail and I'm seeing AT&T sending me post cards about upgrading to
"Hyper Gig" speeds.

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