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| From | roy <montanawolf@outlook.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | ba.internet |
| Subject | Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's |
| Date | 2017-06-11 21:14 -0700 |
| Organization | Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ |
| Message-ID | <ohl4fg$2oqu$1@adenine.netfront.net> (permalink) |
| References | <30df8942.10724981@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <59dc9643-c22e-481e-bffd-3f44c1c065e8@googlegroups.com> <ohfdd6$24rp$1@adenine.netfront.net> <ohkqqo$flp$1@dont-email.me> |
On 6/11/2017 6:33 PM, poldy wrote: > ... > > > One thing I would say though is that back in the day, a 56.6 modem > wasn't too bad for surfing. In contrast, these days websites are so > loaded up that if you get only a 3G or 4G (but not LTE) signal, your > smart phones struggle with a lot of web sites. > > Speed tests can show over 1 Mbps but it can be a painful experience. > > All the gains in bandwidth but it gets clogged up with stuff. And > that's even using ad blockers. Its all related to Parkinson;s Law and its corollaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law A computer corollary Data expands to fill the space available for storage Same goes for bandwidth I think that in 1995 I was replacing the chips in my Sportster modems for 33.6 up from 14.4.
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Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's scharf.steven@gmail.com - 2017-06-09 14:05 -0700
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's David Arnstein <arnstein+usenet@pobox.com> - 2017-06-09 21:59 +0000
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's roy <montanawolf@outlook.com> - 2017-06-09 17:10 -0700
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's poldy <poldy@kfu.com> - 2017-06-11 18:33 -0700
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's roy <montanawolf@outlook.com> - 2017-06-11 21:14 -0700
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> - 2017-06-14 00:57 -0700
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's Julian Macassey <julian@tele.com> - 2017-06-14 15:27 +0000
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's billy@MIX.COM - 2017-06-15 15:38 +0000
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's Julian Macassey <julian@tele.com> - 2017-06-16 23:09 +0000
Re: 33.6 Access Hardware and ISP's noozguru@sbcglobal.net - 2017-06-14 10:36 -0700
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