Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMillions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray.kffhealthnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1850arrow-down114
arrow-up1836arrow-down1external-linkMillions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray.kffhealthnews.orgPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoMy grandparents lived in rural OK and had dial-up until 2018 when they finally were able to get a 2mbps DSL line. It really wasn’t much faster than the dial-up.
minus-squareamorpheus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYou mean it wasn’t able to be saturated? As slow as 2MBit/s is, relatively speaking, it’s still magnitudes better than dial-up.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYes, I mean it never hit its rated speed. Also that many modern sites didn’t work any better than they did on the dialup anyway.
My grandparents lived in rural OK and had dial-up until 2018 when they finally were able to get a 2mbps DSL line. It really wasn’t much faster than the dial-up.
You mean it wasn’t able to be saturated?
As slow as 2MBit/s is, relatively speaking, it’s still magnitudes better than dial-up.
Yes, I mean it never hit its rated speed. Also that many modern sites didn’t work any better than they did on the dialup anyway.