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0 pointswillcipriano1y ago0 comments

NetZero and AOL both advertised as unlimited. If you had a extra phone line you could connect and download for as long as you'd like.

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userbinator1y ago

A 56kbps dialup connection saturated 24/7 will get you ~18GB per month.

kelnos1y ago

Yes, and in the 90s that was a truly incredible amount of data, when most of their customers were probably transferring a few tens of megabytes per month at most.

I don't think I even had 18GB of disk space back then.

lostlogin1y ago

My dad bought a 600mb disk at vast expense. What did your dad have?

pixelatedindex1y ago

That was a ton back then! I suppose 300TB/month is a lot too but it doesn’t feel that big anymore

lostlogin1y ago

I’m not sure what people are doing at home, but that seems a hell of a lot to me to me. I use 3-10TB a month and thought that was a lot.

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plussed_reader1y ago

For as long as you'd pay the phone bill plus isp sub.

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userbinator1y ago

A 56kbps dialup connection saturated 24/7 will get you ~18GB per month.

kelnos1y ago

Yes, and in the 90s that was a truly incredible amount of data, when most of their customers were probably transferring a few tens of megabytes per month at most.

I don't think I even had 18GB of disk space back then.

lostlogin1y ago

My dad bought a 600mb disk at vast expense. What did your dad have?

pixelatedindex1y ago

That was a ton back then! I suppose 300TB/month is a lot too but it doesn’t feel that big anymore

lostlogin1y ago

I’m not sure what people are doing at home, but that seems a hell of a lot to me to me. I use 3-10TB a month and thought that was a lot.

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plussed_reader1y ago

For as long as you'd pay the phone bill plus isp sub.

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