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What was the first modem you ever had? How fast was it? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Supra 2400, to LineLink 144E, to Practical Peripherals 28.8 (all of these external). Being a kid I was limited to upgrading when birthday and holiday money was saved up.

To one way broadband with this weird box containing a 56kbps modem you plugged a phone cord into for the uplink and a 1.5mbps downlink over cable coax. Bi directional broadband wasnt available yet.