Subj : Modem speeds (was: Re: Old PC's)
To   : Joe Mackey
From : George Pope
Date : Wed Jan 12 2022 17:29:30

> It would take a long time to download with a 56 and now if it takes more
> than a few minutes to d/l a two hour movie its "come on, hurry up, what's
> taking you so long?"

IKR? Jeeze Louise!

My bro, in Seoul, with a built-in T1 in his apartment, expected each 2 hour  movie to take about a second or two to drop to one of his disks

He collected hundreds in just his first weekend there!

He could walk to the corner & buy 100 DVDs of anything, including Windows or  any utility, for 8c USD (1 wan per disk/movie)

I think he mostly just wanted to brag to me about numbers he downloaded &  burned personally. . .

I would've, if I needed that much, just gone to the corner & spent a buck on  pre-recorded stuff, & kept that DL+burn time for other things.. .

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