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Phil Allison
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Trevor Wilson wrote:
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** I well remember when 56K modems were the \" ant\'s pants\".
Slow jpegs, no video but OK for email & browsing text sites.
Quite astonishing they did that speed using nothing but one POTS voice circuit down miles of twisted pair.
........ Phil
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I had just moved into this house in 1999 when lightning hit a tree in the Florida Greenbelt.
It split the tree, and abot the top third fell to the ground.
That strike took out a brand new 56K modem.
Lightning happens.
**Wow! 56k. So fast.
** I well remember when 56K modems were the \" ant\'s pants\".
Slow jpegs, no video but OK for email & browsing text sites.
Quite astonishing they did that speed using nothing but one POTS voice circuit down miles of twisted pair.
........ Phil