Internet speeds in those days were something else entirely. ðŸ˜
redy__
“Should finish soon”… *Electricity goes out…
Hofnaerrchen
LOL and good luck with your power provider not going out of business first.^^
cszolee79
I had a 14.4kbps external modem as my first internet device. Then went with a 56kbps internal one, it was lightning fast (until the line disconnected and the download aborted). After that, I had ISDN2 (2x64kbps), then eventually 384/64kbps ADSL in 2001. No more disconnections 🙂
Catch_022
There is an issue with the connection and the windows is guessing.
Back in the day, you could download about 20mb per hour with a 5kb/s transfer rate so this should *only* take about 9 hours or so.
quick6ilver
Is it done yet?
Xiten
Netscape, the memories….
atrib
~50% So you used 39 years to get to that point?
No-Recording384
The maths doesn’t add up. 180mb @ 4.6kbps is 51.2 hours.
Telepuzique
damn. I used to watch this dialup download slowly gain on metal music videos from musicvideos.com. each file was around 45 mb and took ages while parents would yell at me to stop holding the landline.
morning_thief
“Other Stuff”
One-Bird-8961
Downloaded a 150gb game yesterday. I was wondering how long it would take with a 56k modem. Now this appears hahaha
AboveAverage1988
Just had a hard drive go on strike. Write speed 4.1 kB/s. Estimated time to write all zeros to it to RMA it was 37 years. I think I’ll just go ahead and drill holes through it and throw it in the trash instead..
Quad__X
Hope you don’t suddenly get a phone call on that line 😂
firedrakes
better then baud speeds!
No_Dig_7017
Aaaaaaany minute now
TheDogeLord_234
Is.. this AI? it seems weirdly artifacted.. look at the text..
Apprehensive_Map64
Isn’t nostalgia supposed to be when you think things were better in the past?
AboveAverage1988
Online sources suggest this is photoshopped. You can kinda even see it if you look closely. The file is an executable for the Netscape browser, which was 19 MB, not 180, and at the current rate it should take about 39 more minutes, not years.
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That would still be downloading today lol.
Internet speeds in those days were something else entirely. ðŸ˜
“Should finish soon”… *Electricity goes out…
LOL and good luck with your power provider not going out of business first.^^
I had a 14.4kbps external modem as my first internet device. Then went with a 56kbps internal one, it was lightning fast (until the line disconnected and the download aborted). After that, I had ISDN2 (2x64kbps), then eventually 384/64kbps ADSL in 2001. No more disconnections 🙂
There is an issue with the connection and the windows is guessing.
Back in the day, you could download about 20mb per hour with a 5kb/s transfer rate so this should *only* take about 9 hours or so.
Is it done yet?
Netscape, the memories….
~50% So you used 39 years to get to that point?
The maths doesn’t add up. 180mb @ 4.6kbps is 51.2 hours.
damn. I used to watch this dialup download slowly gain on metal music videos from musicvideos.com. each file was around 45 mb and took ages while parents would yell at me to stop holding the landline.
“Other Stuff”
Downloaded a 150gb game yesterday. I was wondering how long it would take with a 56k modem. Now this appears hahaha
Just had a hard drive go on strike. Write speed 4.1 kB/s. Estimated time to write all zeros to it to RMA it was 37 years. I think I’ll just go ahead and drill holes through it and throw it in the trash instead..
Hope you don’t suddenly get a phone call on that line 😂
better then baud speeds!
Aaaaaaany minute now
Is.. this AI? it seems weirdly artifacted.. look at the text..
Isn’t nostalgia supposed to be when you think things were better in the past?
Online sources suggest this is photoshopped. You can kinda even see it if you look closely. The file is an executable for the Netscape browser, which was 19 MB, not 180, and at the current rate it should take about 39 more minutes, not years.