<snip> Those of you complaing about bandwidth should remember the early days. > 300baud acoustic modems on a Silent 700 terminal with thermal paper. At > my first job, we paid 60 cents per 1000 characters transmitted or > received. Those charges could really add up! > > My first infinite loop as a time-sharing customer racked up a $150K > bill. Luckily, the vendor (I.P. Sharp - remember APL?) didn't charge us. > > Time for my Geritol... > > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA And you used that 300 baud modem to dial into bulletin boards to get answers to questions, then we moved to 1200 baud and whoosh, we were screaming. I remember my first online experiences debating issues with John Dvorak and Bob Metcalf. Yes, THE Bob Metcalf. Remember Prodigy over 2400 baud? Compuserve was king back then. Are they even still in business?
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