• zerbey@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Plenty of people had broadband, I was one of the first to get it in 1998. A whole 512Kbit.

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      1 year ago

      In 1999, I had a 25mbps asymmetrical static IP for $25/month from a new technology called a cable modem. It rocked. I could download faster than the local school/college that was still using T1 lines.

      They clamped down hard on upload speed when torrents became popular. If I recall, my IP was 72.45.27.220 back then. I ran websites, file servers, streamed my music library, and used QuickTime broadcaster to stream TV/VHS so I could watch videos while in class.