> On May 5, 2023, at 3:55 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > People evidently don't recall the bad old days of POTS where calls > outside of your calling area was billed as long-distance and reception > was noisy and slow. Back then, a leased line connected to a 208 modem > would run you about 5 kilobucks/month for 4800 bps, sync.
And based on some of the complaints I’ve been reading lately from other list members, I feel compelled to point out that all kinds of Real Work occurred within such constraints nonetheless, for decades, all over the world. ok bear.