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   Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Sunday, 19-Feb-2023 10:56:02 JST Lauren Weinstein

   Coming soon: BAUDOT-only #Twitter. MORSE-only #Twitter. Only Twitter Blue subs permitted to use ASCII, UNICODE, or other modern character sets.

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     EricCarroll (ericcarroll@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Feb-2023 10:56:01 JST EricCarroll

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     @lauren YES!!! Back to Basics!!!

     300 baud acoustic couplers will be mandatory, unless you pay for Twitter Blue!

     The UI will be adjusted to look like Punter BBS for all free accounts.

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Sunday, 19-Feb-2023 10:56:01 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

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     @EricCarroll @lauren I still have my Radio Shack Model 100 at home. I'm good to go!

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     EricCarroll (ericcarroll@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 07:06:49 JST EricCarroll

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     @PJ_Evans
     Found in a recent decluttering exercise...
     @jimcarroll @lauren

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 07:06:49 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

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     @EricCarroll @PJ_Evans @lauren 56!

     That was nirvana.

     Then, bonus points to me - I had actual ISDN for a time!

     Extra bonus points - this was 1998 - and a Telsat Canada demo satellite Internet dish (using DirectPC tech) that gave me about 25MB down, with the return via ... a 56k modem! They set it into my backyard and we wrote it in the 1999 book, predicting that one day, satellite-based Internet would be a BIG thing.

     Epic times!

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     P J Evans has moved to mas.to (pj_evans@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 07:06:50 JST P J Evans has moved to mas.to

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     @jimcarroll @EricCarroll @lauren
     I have a 56K modem, but that's max speed. And a computer with 14.4K....

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 22:06:56 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

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     @lauren @PJ_Evans @EricCarroll

     Over the years, I've done quite a few keynotes for the National Rural Telecom Cooperate - it's the group charged with trying to bring broadband to rural communities. It's been a huge challenge and continues to be so; satellite like this was always one of the options despite its drawbacks. Progress is slow but steady!

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     P J Evans has moved to mas.to (pj_evans@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 22:06:58 JST P J Evans has moved to mas.to

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     @EricCarroll @jimcarroll @lauren
     It kind of made sense if you were in a rural area, with no chance of cable and all calls being toll.

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     Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 22:06:58 JST Lauren Weinstein

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     @PJ_Evans @EricCarroll @jimcarroll There are still rural areas -- even right here in L.A. County, where there is no cable, no Internet (unless you can afford satellite and are in the right spots), and no mobile service.

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     EricCarroll (ericcarroll@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 22:06:59 JST EricCarroll

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     @jimcarroll
     Ya telephony return was a thing in cable land for a while as people tried to avoid a 2 way capable plant rebuild.

     I was in the "that's a really stupid idea" camp.
     @PJ_Evans @lauren