5 May
2023
5 May
'23
11:35 p.m.
On May 5, 2023, at 3:55 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
People evidently don't recall the bad old days of POTS where calls
outside of your calling area was billed as long-distance and reception
was noisy and slow. Back then, a leased line connected to a 208 modem
would run you about 5 kilobucks/month for 4800 bps, sync.
And based on some of the complaints I’ve been reading lately from other list members, I
feel compelled to point out that all kinds of Real Work occurred within such constraints
nonetheless, for decades, all over the world.
ok
bear.