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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> On 10/13/2024 5:58 AM, Zaghadka wrote:
> > On Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:02:09 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> > Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> > 
> >> Still, I stayed on dial-up for a long time (albeit with a faster 56K
> >> modem)... well into the 2000s. The Internet was still _usable_ at
> >> those speeds, and as for downloads? I'd just queue everything up and
> >> let it run overnight.
> > 
> > The year 2000 (or was it 1999?) is when I got SDSL 768Kbps installed.
> > Upgraded from USR 56k.
> > 
> > I was ecstatic with (a little) less than T1 speeds. After that, I only
> > used my USR for fax. Can you believe we *still* fax?
> > 
> I work with lawyers (clerical in a DA's office).  We still mail physical 
> paper documents.

And faxes?
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