I own the net
The cable installation went smoothly on Saturday. We're now getting all data services -- TV, phone, and internet -- through one pipe. The net bandwidth is 10Mbps down, 1 up. That, my friends, is what we professionals refer to as "screamingly fast". My spine tingles every time I watch the progress bar on a download. Yes, I'm a geek, I know -- but I'm a very happy geek.
The first modem I ever used on a home system carried 1200bps (on a good day, with a tailwind, downhill). It's rather awe-inspiring to realize that home connection speeds have increased by a factor of roughly 10,000 -- four orders of magnitude -- over the past 25 years.
The first modem I ever used on a home system carried 1200bps (on a good day, with a tailwind, downhill). It's rather awe-inspiring to realize that home connection speeds have increased by a factor of roughly 10,000 -- four orders of magnitude -- over the past 25 years.