Sorry for the subject folks,
But I just got cable installed and ummm, wellll, I knew that 56k was no great shakes... but I REALLY had no idea of how slow it really was!!
I first connected to the internet with a 1.2k modem. I remember when 4.8k modems were FAST and when 9.6k came out.. whew! I was one of the "first on my block" with a 14.4k modem. I've been using a 56k dial-up for years and have been more or less satisfied with it until recently. I mean, prOn isn't my thing. I like my BBS's (like this one), I download my updates and the occasional program or two. I FTP document files between my work network file server and my home computers... nothing big usually. It worked.
Because I live in a tiny village of 340 people in the middle of nowhere, dial up was the only internet access available until recently. Heck, we got more cows in my town than people; there are only 1600 people in the whole township. That includes two villages and a lot of unincorporated land.
Well, I gotta tell you, I just did an "apt-update && dist-upgrade -y" on my RH9 install and it downloaded 33MB in 1m 30sec. That would have taken HOURS yesterday!
I know, no biggie to many of you out there, but a big deal to me.
Sorry, but my wife could care less. She's downstairs watching cable TV, and I had to tell somebody.
Thanks for listening or ignoring... either way.
Jim Dishaw
