Subj : Re: Favorite Streaming se
To   : fusion
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Apr 16 2025 10:11 am

 Re: Re: Favorite Streaming se
 By: fusion to Dumas Walker on Wed Apr 16 2025 12:50 pm

DW>> In most places in the states, I don't think it was, unless he possibly
DW>> means IDSN service for internet.  In 1990, I don't remember the Internet
DW>> even being a thing that most people were aware of.  The "GUI WWW" was not
DW>> really yet a big thing then.

fu> it's a bit disingenuous.. like saying 2.5Gbit internet was available in
fu> the 90's (it was.. to ISPs)

fu> in truth (adjusted for inflation, 1995) just the cablemodems for service
fu> back then were >$1000

fu> and (again for inflation) 1993? $11000 for the modem

fu> it took @Home in 1997 to make cablemodem available in a meaningful way.

Yeah, from what I remember, I think I first started hearing about broadband cable internet in 1999, though we didn't get broadnand service until 2001 or early 2002.

Nightfox

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