Thread: Paper books still have an advantage
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Old 03-22-2023, 05:24 AM   #76
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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin View Post
That pont 6 made me feel sorry for the article author. They celarly have a dial-up connection since they have to wait and watch the download wheel spin when downloading AN EBOOK
I had dial-up till November 2005 at 19K to 28K, though 1996-1998 I'd had ISDN (64K or twice as expensive per minute 128).
Downloading from Gutenberg was still faster than driving to the bookshop. Back in 1982 we had 1200/75 to BBS and then in 1986 access to email via X25 PAD dial-up was 300 baud to send draft papers internationally.

Downloading video before Dec 2005? Ha! Forget it, but ebooks were not a problem, except I had no dedicated ereader.
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