Re: The BBS era

Date	2015-07-23 21:33 -0700
From	Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
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Subject	Re: The BBS era
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> When I got internet access in the fall of 1996, I bought, for a hundred
> dollars, a 14.4K modem, the last one I bought at full price.  I used it
> till 2001, when I upgraded to 28.8K, then 33.6K, finding used modems for
> about ten dollars.  It took much longer to find a used 56K modem for ten
> dollars, I occasionally saw some for a higher price.  Since they were
> the end of the line, people kept them around for a while, I assume as
> backup in case DSL or cable failed.  Previously, they'd just sell off

That is what I did in my old nest before I moved last summer. It was 
like once a year! At least my cable's Internet service got more stable 
compared to its early days like in 2001 (before DOCSIS compliant in my 
city with Adelphia's PowerLink!). At the new place, no more copper 
landlines for phone services. Very slow mobile (darn rural area) and cable.


> their slower modem when upgrading to the new faster one.  I remember
> some years after getting the first 56K modem, I found another one at a
> garage sale for ten dollars, and bought it as a backup.  Then found
> another in the garbage the next week.  I now have a pile of external
> modems, 33.6K and 56K, and no use for them.  I'm not sure I'm likely to
> find anyone who needs one, either.

Ha. I got a brand new USR Sportster external 56K modem at work a few 
years ago that no one wanted. I never tried calling out since my old USR 
Sportster 33.6k modem still worked and could never go faster than 3 
kB/sec due to crappy phone system).
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