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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I started out back when going online meant connecting to a service like AOL, Compuserve, or Prodigy, or connecting to a local BBS system running on a PC, and all access was dial up modem. At one point, I got a new modem that supported part of the MNP protocol, and got 240 CPS effective speed over a 2,400 baud modem. Whoa. Speed!
I also recall admonishments back when the Internet was starting to spread that the average connecting device for a user was likely to be a 14.4 kbaud modem, and if you were a web designer, you really wanted to minimize what the user would have to DL before your page began to appear.
Now the implicit assumption is that everyone has fast broadband and you don't care. Alas, that's not entirely true. I know a few folks who still connect via dial up because broadband isn't a viable option where they are.
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Dennis
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Or the ever popular assumption wifi is EVERYWHERE free.
Now I will grant where you live, wifi probably is pretty ubiquitous. Where I live, only the big box stores and only a limited number of restaurants offer wifi.
Now we do have pretty good 3g service here but if you drive an hour west, well keep driving. You will hit a cell tower in a few more hours.
There are many places out here that technology is not very useful.
But then the area I live in is roughly the size of NYC. Total population is about 1/2 million. I am talking in the entire Permian Basin and half of that is centered in about a 30 miles long by maybe 10 miles wide area.