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by sleton38234234 1370 days ago
yeah, he definitely misread the line and the editor probably didn't catch it. i mean, checking wikipedia, seems like even the very first router/modem had 300 bit/s and that was in the 60s. probably should have been 28KBps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem

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I had a 300bps full length ISA modem. It was a beast!
I once built a modem that converted 45.5 baud to 110 baud. Two clock crystals drove the price up.