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    From natem@VERT/WAREHOUS to All on Sun Nov 1 20:44:21 2026
    It's a big network.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to natem on Mon Nov 2 10:37:53 2026
    Re: The Internet
    By: natem to All on Sun Nov 01 2026 20:44:21

    It's a big network.

    ...After all! :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to natem on Mon Nov 2 09:47:37 2026
    natem wrote to All <=-

    It's a big network.

    It's a series of TUBES!



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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Nov 2 13:22:18 2026
    Re: Re: The Internet
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to natem on Mon Nov 02 2026 09:47:37

    It's a big network.

    It's a series of TUBES!

    Just be careful you don't get flushed down them.

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  • From Outatime@VERT/BTTFBBS to ALL on Mon Nov 2 15:37:00 2026
    RE: Re: The Internet
    BY: poindexter FORTRAN

    It's a big network.

    It's a series of TUBES!

    OK, what even is "Internet Discussion" after all?

    Maybe on-topic... I am happy to have fiber service to my home as of a few months ago. Symmetric 1Gbps with low latency for less than the 1Gb/35Mbps service from the cable company.


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  • From natem@VERT/WAREHOUS to Outatime on Tue Nov 3 08:48:51 2026
    Fiber definitely has been the best internet we've had. 1g up and down but
    they have 3 and 6gb plans. I have no endpoints that support that and not
    buying new gear. I remember my first DSL was 128k down ... then cable at 1mb ...
    first was 56k frame relay. Yikes. That was the jam.

    RE: Re: The Internet
    BY: poindexter FORTRAN

    It's a big network.

    It's a series of TUBES!

    OK, what even is "Internet Discussion" after all?

    Maybe on-topic... I am happy to have fiber service to my home as of a
    few
    months ago. Symmetric 1Gbps with low latency for less than the
    1Gb/35Mbps
    service from the cable company.

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to natem on Tue Nov 3 08:29:30 2026
    Re: Re: The Internet
    By: natem to Outatime on Tue Nov 03 2026 08:48 am

    buying new gear. I remember my first DSL was 128k down ... then cable at 1mb

    Man, I remember the very first time I saw a download at 1megabyte per second. My heart probably skipped a beat. It was on a cablemodem that used dialup for upstream, even.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Outatime on Tue Nov 3 07:52:58 2026
    Outatime wrote to ALL <=-

    Maybe on-topic... I am happy to have fiber service to my home as of a
    few months ago. Symmetric 1Gbps with low latency for less than the 1Gb/35Mbps service from the cable company.

    I had a nice chat with the AT&T tech out to do some cable maintenance on
    my street. Very candid, talked about the price increases after the first
    year (AT&T marketing is very cloudy concerning the non-promo price)

    Mostly, I wanted to talk to him about what they would and wouldn't be
    able to do as part of the install and found out what fiber they need. I
    think I can have them hand off the fiber at an NI alongside my house and
    get into my office space with a single hole - or I may want to bring it
    in another way and have my cable guy run the cable under the house to
    make it cleaner.

    I'm looking forward to symmetric bandwidth, been wanting to back up my
    NAS to the cloud for some time, but at 40mbps upload speed with
    bandwidth caps, not going to go for it.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to natem on Tue Nov 3 07:52:58 2026
    natem wrote to Outatime <=-

    Fiber definitely has been the best internet we've had. 1g up and down
    but they have 3 and 6gb plans. I have no endpoints that support that
    and not buying new gear. I remember my first DSL was 128k down ... then cable at 1mb ... first was 56k frame relay. Yikes. That was the jam.

    My first experience with the internet was a 56k leased line that came
    from UC Berkeley to my company. My first cisco router, public IP
    spaces, and 70+ people using that line. Thankfully, it was all text
    back then and no one really knew about it except for a select few
    people and a mail gateway.

    Speaking of frame relay, I worked for a Big Law Firm that had a frame
    relay network. They ran a 256k CIR from the main NYC office to their
    hubs, then 64K circuits to the branch offices.

    One Monday, I find a conference room full of attorneys from the DC
    office in a conference room complaining that the network was down. They
    were trying to load files from a local server - over a 64K link from SF
    to LA, a 256K line carrying all west coast traffic from LAX to NYC and
    a third 64K link to DC. I suggested they all take turns logging in. You
    know that comic trope when 3 people try to fit through a door at the
    same time, get jammed in the doorway, then stop, think about it, decide
    to go one at a time, then all try to go first? Yeah, like that.





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