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Re: pie networks internt kiosks are crap

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From: fruitbat
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:13
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"Anonymous" <cripto@ecn.org> wrote in message 
news:20090415023909.6FDFE1A790C@riot.ecn.org...
> what are they on?
> 28k modems?


In 1981 I used my very first modem.
It looked like a telephone handset and was attached to a home or office 
telephone handset as an acoustic couple.

It operated at 300 Baud which may be around equivalent to a 0.3k modem.
So a 28k modem would have been magic.
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