>> Come a long way since Mr Strowger.
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>> Hard to see the need for lots of Gigabits per second right now, but look
>> how the numbers have grown since you and I started in this game. Even in
>> the internet era I happily used dial up internet to get at emails in the
>> 80s. We couldnt have imagined the data requirements that some people have even now never
>> mind in 10 or 20 years from now.
godamn, history kicks in. I can still se the big old BT standalone modem I acquired attached to home built 8086 pc running dos attached to a BBS at a staggering 300 baud. 1200/75 seemed like a dream let along the later 2400, 4800 and WOW 56k. The dial up screech of a connecting modem with live with me forever.
Mind you in the early 80's I was fixing 8100's in banks that had another 6 banks hanging off it with a 2400 synchronous modem back to bank HQ. They managed fine.
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