Ripheus23 Posted August 2, 2019 Report Share Posted August 2, 2019 Spoiler http://shikan.org/bjones/Usenet.Hist/Nethist/0061.html Spoiler Link courtesy of https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/who-could-find-the-oldest-comment-thread-news-on-the-internet.2301303/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Quote QUESTIONS ANSWERED.IP 1.Isn't this expensive?.brNot at all.Night time phone costs are about $0.50/3 minutes,in which time uucp can transfer about 3000 bytes of data (300 baud).Daily polling then costs $15/Month, which is half what Duke paysjust for an office phone. Turn back time, 300 baud modem... paying 15 dollars a month to do daily polls of message boards . Crazy. Ahhh, to pay 50 cents to transfer 3k of data, or buy 16 bit-o-honeys or 50 jolly ranchers. Here is the soundtrack of nostalgia: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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