$2,100 a month for always on dialup access in 1995 |
The internet speed limit has been broken:
Researchers on Dec. 30 sent data at 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols. The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.
Forever Geek takes us back in a time machine and outlines the cost and features of an internet connection in 1995.
America Online and Prodigy - $9.95 / month included 5 hours, $2.95 for each additional hour
CompuServe - $9.95 / month unlimited access to basic services, forum access billed at $4.90 per hour
GEnie - $8.95 / month offered 4 hours of non-peak time access, $3.00 per hour otherwise.
I was happy to get rid of DSL at my secondary office in favor of EVDO recently. $59.95 a month is a bargain comparatively in 2007. One can only imagine what speeds we’ll get in 12 years for the same dollars.
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Geez, a walk down memory lane reminds me of how the time’s flown by. I think one day we’ll look back at Internet like how older folks say “I remember when coffee was a nickel.” The speeds we paid for in the mid to late 90s for Internet might eventually be free depending on how fast city-wide wi-fi can be implemented. Can you imagine the ‘make you go hmm’ moment? “I remember when we used to pay for Internet this slow, and it was called ‘high-speed’ back in those days.”
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Comment by vic — April 26, 2007 @ 3:22 pm PST