ADSL, Broadband as we know it has only been around for about 15 years

look how that has developed in such a small amout of time. I used to go around fitting 2nd exchange line in peoples houses 15 years ago so the internet wasn't tieing up the house phone line.

Posted By: strap_on sally on February 10th 2015 at 14:30:35

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So for those of us in dial-up deepest Norfolk (General Chat) - norway, Feb 10, 13:26:45
- its dull (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 13:40:12
  - Don't believe you. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 10, 13:43:08
    - You don't need to be reminded not to pay any attention to Charles Notoriously Wrong About (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 10, 14:21:12
- Jeez, I thought dial-up went out 10 years ago (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 10, 13:35:39
  - It did. (General Chat) - norway, Feb 10, 13:38:05
    - Is that like the 'Superbole'? (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Feb 10, 13:53:38
      - Wasn't that a Superb Owl? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 10, 13:55:00
        
        Ah. My bad... (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Feb 10, 13:56:26
    - what download speeds you get with that? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Feb 10, 13:40:22
      - Our *broadband* is usually around 1.5 to 2. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 10, 13:43:44
        
        yeah that's what I get - pathetic...but (General Chat) - Pixelman, Feb 10, 13:47:25
        
        I'm now fibre enabled. (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Feb 10, 13:58:44
        
        BT reckon they're going to have fibre to the DP for nearly everyone in 10 years (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 10, 14:01:23
        
        Not heard that, I have seen the DSLAMs they can fir onto DP's (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Feb 10, 14:08:51
        
        The PR puff is here (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 10, 14:13:53
        
        The key word is "Most" (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Feb 10, 14:17:55
        
        Bill Gates was once of the opinion that 640K of RAM would be enough for anybody. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 10, 14:29:56
        
        My mate is the procurement guy for all of that connectivity at CERN (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Feb 10, 16:28:15
        
        With greater speeds come different applications (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 10, 14:26:05
        
        I have reached 137mbps on my 4G connection at home... at some point (I hope) we will (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 10, 18:57:59
        
        ADSL, Broadband as we know it has only been around for about 15 years (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Feb 10, 14:30:35
        
        it can never be too fast... (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 14:23:51
        
        Whatever size links would be required back into the cloud? (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Feb 10, 14:28:18
        
        ^^^^^ This is correct ;) (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Feb 10, 14:38:18
        
        fit (n/m) (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Feb 10, 14:09:24
        
        move closer to an exchange (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave Bathroom, Feb 10, 13:47:03

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