> A 28.8kb modem is just as fast today as it was 8 years ago. > -- It's all perception: In 1996 it would only take me 6 hours to fill my 80M drive with ANSI porn from the local BBS, at 28.8k (Yes, 80M is a bit small by 1996 standards, but that's what I had.) In 2004 it would take me 257 days to fill an 80G drive with usenet porn at 28.8. 260 days if you count missed multiparts and dropped articles. In 1996, I could download the latest and greatest game (like the latest Trade Wars 2002 v2 @ 1.5M) in 7 minutes at 28.8 In 2004, it would take more than 8 days to download the 4 CD's for Doom 3 (IIRC, my bro just bought it and it was 4 CD's) at 28.8 Poe-tay-toh, Poe-tah-toh :) But I do remember getting that brand new 14.4 sportster. And my wife remembers buying said sportster from me, the day we met. That's right, I'm such a dork that I met my wife by selling her a modem for $20. I'm the Don Juan of demodulators. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list