Comment on The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old
zerbey@lemmy.world 1 year agoPlenty of people had broadband, I was one of the first to get it in 1998. A whole 512Kbit.
Comment on The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old
zerbey@lemmy.world 1 year agoPlenty of people had broadband, I was one of the first to get it in 1998. A whole 512Kbit.
Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 1 year ago
In 1999, I had a 25mbps asymmetrical static IP for $25/month from a new technology called a cable modem. It rocked. I could download faster than the local school/college that was still using T1 lines.
They clamped down hard on upload speed when torrents became popular. If I recall, my IP was 72.45.27.220 back then. I ran websites, file servers, streamed my music library, and used QuickTime broadcaster to stream TV/VHS so I could watch videos while in class.
zerbey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No cable modems where I lived. I worked for an ISP and we’d order fire alarm circuits then just put DSL routers on them instead. Up to 2Mbit speeds depending on how far from the exchange you lived, I was only able to get 512Kbit reliably.