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[–] mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I don't really miss when even getting stable 100KBps is considered lucky

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

10-15 years is 2009/10 - 2013/14, not 2003.
You'd have to be in a crazy rural region for 100kbps...

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 months ago

In 2009 there was such a provider (talking about Moscow region in Russia) as Skylink, which gave good connectivity in rural areas and Skype traffic was unlimited (I'm not making it up). It was good enough for Skype voice calls.

[–] mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 3 points 10 months ago

Third world country is might as well a crazy rural region, yes.

Uh oh, look around old-timer! If they made Back to the Future today, Marty would be going back to 1994.

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[–] rab@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

I made it work