Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Mar 27 2021 00:40:00

AA>> OK.. then we are fellow Canadian neighbours (Ontariariaons),

RM> I think you missed an 'ari' in there..    B)

AA>:D  ..ah! so you are familiar with the term.  :D

Not even sure when that came out..  Probably just as well it's not still in
common use..   B)

RM> ...the orignal Bell Box was designed to use Party Lines, 4 users
RM> per line, and later they went to 2 users hidden from each other so you
RM> couldn't tell but it cut the data transmission rate in half under all
RM> conditions.

AA>Then you indeed have (had) much older boxes to deal with. Here,
  >it was party line with a total of 3 or 4 house-holds
  >(distinctive rings for each) from about 1973-1976. Then, we got
  >our own 2-pair cable strung to the house after that.

I bought in 1980 but didn't move up here full time until 1986 and needed a
phone then so the equipment was old even by that time. There were 4 households
on a line with 2 distinct rings as they were somehow able to hide one side of
the line from the other and 2 people could use their phone at the same time,
although it wasn't 'perfect' as you could often hear someone quietly talking
in the background if you were paying attention. It also wasn't until a few
years after I got here that, on local calls, we had to dial more than 4
digits. These days a local call requires 10 digits..

RM> I don't miss downloading 32 gig program updates at 6.5 gig
RM> per hour..

AA>6.5 GB in an hour over dial up? That's amazing! Perhaps you
  >meant MB, not GB.

Darn.. Yes, my bad. I meant Megabytes. We get warped with the size of things
these days compared to the old days..

I remember when a 10 MEGAbyte hard drive was Huge..
Who'd ever need anything bigger than that ?     B)

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