5 May
2023
5 May
'23
8:40 p.m.
On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 21:26, Mike Stein via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
No doubt many folks do have a need for speed but FWIW I get by fine with 6
Mbps D/L speed, streaming Youtube and local cable channels, browsing the
web, email & fora, etc.;
... wow.
I had 500Mb/s for ~CzK 1000/mth in Prague. Ballpark ₤30.
Here in the Isle of Man I'm on 100Mb/s and it's a moderate pain. But
for my 1st 2 months here, I had only 16Mb/s at my mum's, and it was
horrible.
I've also got a fall-back 56K toll-free dial-up
option which is still good for email and messaging when broadband is not
available.
I kept a POTS modem around for years but after 2002 or so, it just
didn't seem worth it. Even from 512kb/s, dropping an order of
magnitude felt like not being online at all. By the time I was on a
few megabits/sec I mothballed the dialup device.
I haven't had a landline since 2014 now.
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