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by bluedino 1067 days ago
A T1 was about ten times faster than a 3-1/2" floppy drive wasn't it?

I never thought of a T1 as "slow" until I started downloading CD images for Linux distros. The first cable modem connections I had were so much faster for downloads.
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pests 1064 days ago
I remember being a kid and hearing about T1 lines and being amazed at their speed and how the server for the game I played was running off one. I pictured it as some special commerical offering that was rare to have.

Funny learning how slow those are by today standards.

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mattl 1066 days ago
T1 is about 1.54mbit/sec IIRC
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bluedino 1066 days ago
You could download a floppy in like..10-15 seconds on a T1

It would take a minute to copy the files to a floppy.

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