On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:53:18 -0600, Old Geek
<eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:43:06 -0500, eb <nobody@no_one.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:19:13 -0600, 'YoYo' <abmea_YoYo@hotmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:12:37 -0600, C_Ya <cum-one@cum-all.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 19:44:02 -0600, Old Geek
>>>><eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:22:22 GMT, "dr. who?" <noemail@none.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Old Geek <eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>news:nues3cldvbi7oe3d4mq6dlots2nblua2d7@4ax.com:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My internet connection is going about 500k right now instead of the
>>>>>>> usual 100mbps.
>>>>>>> Hopefully that gets corrected by tomorrow so I can get back to
>>>>>>> posting...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> EG.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>500k. Remember the days when that would have been blaingly fast?
>>>>>>d.w?
>>>>>
>>>>>I do remember, all too well:) Heck there was a time the 56k was really
>>>>>fast!
>>>>>I have become quite spoiled with the speeds I can now get though...
>>>>>
>>>>>EG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Ahhh. remember the 14.4, 28.8 dial up daze...
>>>>
>>>>lol
>>>>
>>>>-CYa
>>>
>>>You're a youngster... I remember my first US Robotics 300 baud modem!
>>>It might still be in a box somewhere! I think I had an accoustical
>>>modem of some sort, too, even before that.
>>>
>>>YY
>>I remember connecting to CompuServe and having to choose from the 300
>>baud rate @$6/hour and 1200-2400 baud @ $12.00/hr.
>>
>>Like you, YY, I am also a dinosauer...lol
>>
>>eb
>
>I have an old 300baud accoustical modem too.
>Then I jumped to a 2400 fax modem, it took a while to convince the
>wife it was worth it. Never told her I was going to hook up to pron
>bbs sites :)
>
>EG.
My ohh my, how times have changed.
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