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Jeff Horton<p>I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oldprogrammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldprogrammer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oldcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@grumpy_website" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grumpy_website</span></a></span> also that is a good <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/lie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lie</span></a> in that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a>: </p><p>-Shure it's <em>"technically <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unlimited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unlimited</span></a>"</em> but after 15GB/30GB they'll throttle you down to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> speeds.</p><p>Not to mention: The the pricing is so dishonest that it would be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, as it takes fine-print to read it's actually $80/$90 !</p><p>And at that rate you'd be better off with some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/roaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roaming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eSIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eSIM</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIM</span></a>...</p>
unsolaci<p>My ISP must've turned the <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> modem simulator on.</p><p>Pretty snowy pictures by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NuanceRhymesWithOrange" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NuanceRhymesWithOrange</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/aesthetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aesthetic</span></a></p>
Tommaso Gagliardoni<p>The internet is going backwards.</p><p>Doing a web search in 2025 is a nightmare: even if you tell Google/DuckDuckGo to disable AI summaries, most of the top results you get are clearly AI-generated word salads. More than in the past, I am finding myself keeping a curated list of trusted sources, wikis, personal homepages, blogs, microblogs, to fetch information from, rather than relying on search engines. People increasingly host their own stuff, because it has become easier, and digital self sovereignty is being finally seen as something valuable. Archivists scramble to hoard data that might soon disappear. Fediverse means going back from web 2.0 to email, and frankly it's great. Well, we're still being shoved in our throats modern versions of Clippy, but I guess no pain no gain.</p><p>Now please bring back BBSs and 56k modems, and the cycle will be complete. I dream of a next era of steampunk utopia where "key exchange" has a very metallic meaning, and steam computers can factorize more than 15.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> #2025 <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web3</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/digitalselfsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalselfsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/clippy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clippy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/steampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steampunk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/quantumcomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quantumcomputing</span></a></p>
Tisha Tiger<p>Au revoir le réseau cuivré que nous ne regretterons pas 😅</p><p>Le 56K était une épreuve, l'ADSL un espoir, le VDSL une frustration, tu nous en auras fait vivre, des émotions !</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://next.ink/167166/la-fermeture-definitive-du-reseau-cuivre-debute-cette-semaine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">next.ink/167166/la-fermeture-d</span><span class="invisible">efinitive-du-reseau-cuivre-debute-cette-semaine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://htt.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/adsl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adsl</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/vdsl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vdsl</span></a> <a href="https://htt.social/tags/cuivre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuivre</span></a></p>
`Da Elf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@juliewebgirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>juliewebgirl</span></a></span> </p><p>That is good on you! </p><p>Local Built Metro is always better than the effing "come providers" *will* build. </p><p>We simply do it better. They don't care. </p><p>I'm being asked to drop an OC192 to Klammath with 5(ish?) towers. Oi Vey. Lots of moving parts this. </p><p>Digging up Redding, CA is kind of entertaining to me tho. :D</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiber</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@elfin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elfin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@juliewebgirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>juliewebgirl</span></a></span> OFC, physics are usually the problem.</p><ul><li>I did once got neighbours a few roads some decent internet access because announcing a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BFWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFWA</span></a> (5,8 GHz WiFi-based) &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fiber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiber</span></a> setup made local and national telcos look so incompetent they revenge-upgraded them from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> / analog to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FTTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTTB</span></a> in a race against each other!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funfact</span></a>: In <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cband</span></a> dishes weren't common so <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternet</span></a> used simiar <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tuner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tuner</span></a> cards with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VSAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSAT</span></a> terminals, usually accepting downlinks from regular commercial <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> that were just data channels on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASTRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASTRA</span></a> and/or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eutelsat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eutelsat</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HotBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HotBird</span></a> in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KuBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KuBand</span></a>...</p><ul><li>Later they got some fancy <em>"SAT-Routers"</em> that combines a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DVB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVB</span></a>-S downlink and an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a> modem for uplink if not offered to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> networks as well...</li></ul><p>I've got <a href="https://www.teltarif.de/arch/2007/kw30/s26648.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">one of those</a>:</p><p>Basically a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Router</span></a> with some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on Ethernet, Power &amp; F-Screw-Connector on the rear, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a>&amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modem</span></a>|s and USB up-front.</p><ul><li>And yes, I used that to share a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dialup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dialup</span></a> connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroTech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RetroNetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroNetworking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Networking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SatelliteInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatelliteInternet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2000s</span></a></p>
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Dave

This week I got a 500mbit fibre installed at home and it occurred to me this is 1000x faster than my first broadband connection from 2001. It is >10x faster than my previous VDSL connection, yet it doesn't feel like the leap from #56k to #broadband was.

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Ange des ténèbres 🐈

Quelques souvenirs pour les vieux geeks 😁

Une journée type sur #Internet en 1999

Rappelez-vous 1999, et les débuts du web vraiment grand public. Un an avant l’éclatement de la bulle internet, les modems #56K et les PC de salon se généralisent. Il y avait uniquement 10 millions de sites internet en ligne mais certains resteront gravés dans nos souvenirs d’internautes.

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@stux kinda depends...

Certainly noone made me an attractive offer to consider - yet...

But I'd think about it if there would be any feasible option...

Sadly places with the nice climate are usually not that well equipped in terms of infrastructure, but then again I know people who until 8 years ago lived in #EDGEland on #56k modem speeds!

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