Subj : Re: How Arthur C Clark pr
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Mar 26 2026 06:40 am

KW>We live in an awesome world, bandwidth-wise. I've got a 600/40 cable
  >circuit and am thinking of upgrading to a symmetric gig circuit. What
  >would this world do if we had to go back to DSL speeds - or dialup?

I was on dialup much later than most since there was nothing else
available here. Forget Fiber, our ancient Bell Boxes could only
handle dialup at half speed (26k) because they were (and still are)
set up for Party Line use.

Fortunately in recent years they have started putting only 2
customers on a line, rather than 4. That still only gives us
half speed, but there's now no picking up the phone to hear
people talking and having to wait for them to clear the line.

My internet now comes at 4G via my Cell Phone these days and
the only other option is Satellite Dish..

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 * SLMR Rob  * Was that out loud?!?
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