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when did you stop using dial up internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Live_Let_Live@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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for me it was back in 2012 i think

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[–] gnu@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I think it was 2007, the family upgraded to a 3G modem when Telstra got around to putting up a tower that provided mobile reception where we were living. I was pretty happy as with the quality of rural phone lines we weren't even getting the full potential of dial up (maxxed out at 30 ish kB/s).

Of course the next problem was trying to keep under the tiny download caps of the time, I remember having to wait until the end of the month (when usage was about to reset) to download large files or risk having my parents and siblings annoyed at me for using up all the quota...