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[wdg3rd at comcast.net]

I remember when 1200 bps was fast.  The grey in my beard didn't get there by accident. (My first year at college was 1973 and I was in the USAF before the school year ended, financial reasons.)
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Ward Griffiths        wdg3rd at comcast.net

<home.comcast.net/~wdg3rd>

----- "Todd Wallace" <dragonbytes at cox.net> wrote:


> Hey all,

> 

> My first experience with broadband internet was my first year of

> college (1996).  All the dorms were wired up and I had my very own

> Compudyne PC running windows 3.11.  My favorite part was not so much

> the speed, as it was the always on 24/7 connection to the internet.  I

> soon got involved with instant messaging along with the other students

> and we all used to leave away messages up before we went out or went

> to bed etc.  Those were the days.  During the holidays, I was stuck

> using dialup and those weeks were painful.  Finally, around when I

> graduated in 2000, Cox Communications was offering broadband to

> residential customers in my area.  Within 2 weeks of graduating, I had

> Cox High Speed Internet.  I've found Cox to be a very reliable and

> fast service.  Each few years they increase the bandwidth caps without

> requiring extra money.  The rare times it goes down, I used to be

> stuck for a few hours on dialup, however in this age of mobile

> broadband, now I just use my phone or dat

>  a card on my laptop.  Gotta love the progression of technology.  Just

> did a speedtest on the spot. 

> 

> http://www.speedtest.net/result/771071261.png

> 

> I remember when 5mbps DOWNLOAD was really fast.  Now thats my upload. 

> I bet Verizon FIOS is even nicer, but I dont really see a need to

> switch at this point.  My current setup works just fine for me.  Just

> thought I'd jump in the conversation.  I'm also curious about what you

> guys get for bandwidth.  Cheers.

> 

> - Todd Wallace