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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Some interesting news stats
Message-ID: <1988Oct26.161329.4192@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <5200@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <2206@looking.UUCP> <10767@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 88 16:13:29 GMT

In article <10767@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven Bellovin[jsw]) writes:
>> When the net started, articles were sent unbatched, uncompressed and
>> over 1200 bps modems....
>
>In fact, when the net started 300 baud was the norm; very few sites had
>1200 bps...

In fact, it wasn't unheard-of for early news connections to be 300 baud
MANUALLY DIALED.  Boy, were we glad to get our first 1200-baud autodialing
modem...
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