I did see the movie 'Hackers' in the theatre though 😄
I did see the movie 'Hackers' in the theatre though 
JThat's 1995?
JI was born in late 1990's
KYa sounds right, 95
Tthats a great movie
JYou saw the internet rise and the dot come bubble crash
K"it's got a 28.8 BPS Modem!"
JYou*
J
In india we got good internet pretty late
Kyes, back in my day we used Netscape on our Linux on fvwm95.
KJBack in 2013, I still felt lucky to have 300KBPs dial up modem
KMy first modem was 2400bps, I know the pain of horrible speeds.
Ti guess i feel this
KI went from 2400bps to 14.4k. was insane.
JI've used Netscape once
It was actually not that bad
It was actually not that bad
VThere's probably faster songs
Ti had DSL internet until 2013
KIsrael
Choice of subjects I mean, nothing more than that really
Choice of subjects I mean, nothing more than that really
KI got cable in the late 90s
J100% feel this. I too went from 500KBPs to 10MBps in 2 yrs, it felt like magic and felt future
KMy parents got sick of me needing my own phone line
JEver since I got 100mbps I've felt like this is the peak
JThe telephone one?
KI remember having to call my ISP to ask them to not automatically disconnect my line at midnight like they normally did if I was downloading large warez linux isos
Tyou have faster internet speeds than i do now
J
looking back it sounds so funnyTyea
KI mean DSL is still a thing. We have it here, it's just slower than cable so I don't use it
J100mb(its)ps is around 12mB(ytes)ps. I haven't upgraded much since 2016-17
JIs it because of legacy hardware?
JWindows 11 probably supports dsl still today
KRural customers where phone lines exist but cable lines aren't run
Ai do have 100Mbps but it is kinda mid to high option in my country, probably the average is 10Mpbs
KAre you mixing up ISDN and DSL?
KDSL functions like cable, Windows won't know it's DSL - phone line -> DSL modem -> Router
Aalso is gigabit the norm in us or europe? or is it still premium option
JI'm not sure. Which is the one where you had DSL/ADSL and you need to use phone line ?
KI'm in Canada, in any big city you can get gigabit or even 1.5gbps. Rural, much less so.
JAhh ok
I was just guessing because windows have nice legacy support
I was just guessing because windows have nice legacy support
Ti just upgraded to 60 megabits down
JSame here for fibre connections. For cell network now we have cheap 5G so 400MBps is considered kinda mid option
Tthere's fiber nearby but they do not support the town i live in despite supporting the surrounding areas
Athats nice, i mean i can get gigabit but it will cost me 250 usd/month
JAahhhhh that's very infuriating
Ktheoretically I should get faster, but I'm connected to Mullvad VPN
KI pay $95 CAD/month for gigabit. Like $70 USD.
JIn india is cheaper I guess. It starts around maybe $100/mo for gigabit lease line
JFor normal users it goes maybe upto 50USD/mo, we comparing different ppp so discrepancy
KI mean India is also far more densely populated, so it's more cost effective.
Aeconomies of scale is wild stuff
