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Re:Why Thomas Cook Collapsed by r00fus on Thursday September 26, 2019 @09:09PM (#21087503)
> Let's see, 2000. Most would be on dial-up, ADSL

Cable internet (@home, Cox, or local provider like I had) was much faster than either of those and was available in a lot of places. I think I had a symmetric 1Mb/s, but would experience slowdowns during peak hours (nowhere near dialup).

Re:Why Thomas Cook Collapsed by lol768 on Friday September 27, 2019 @12:21PM (#21093607)
>Cable internet (@home, Cox, or local provider like I had) was much faster than either of those and was available in a lot of places.

But not in the UK, which is what the parent comment was about!