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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by 300bps on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:38AM (#22318024)
Yeah I got my first modem in 1985 (hence the username). Anyone outside of academia was all BBS, not Internet back then. I’m shocked to hear Usenet even had 140k active users in 1988.
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Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces by wccrawford on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:26AM (#22318390)
Oh man, I had a 300 baud modem for a very short time. Then my parents found out how much it'd cost to use it (long distance to nearest BBS or provider) and they sent it back. Ugh.

I did eventually get to use a 2400 baud modem though, and even ran my own BBS for a while. Fun days.

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