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So how would this have been had it happened in say 1996? We had the internet, but it was largely dial up connections at home. -- nm

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Apr 17 '20, 11:26

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Think back also to when we all paid per minute for phone calls and long distance... -- nm - oblique Apr 17, 11:36
Same as now. Smart people would have listened to the CDC. Idiots would have cried conspiracy/hoax. - David Apr 17, 11:35
*polishes 56k modem evilly* -- nm - budice Apr 17, 11:33
(cue video of Donald going bing bing bong bong) dial up was good enough to help teens build a girl sex robot -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 17, 11:31
I mentioned that when it started. WFH would have been a lot less common. We’d all likely still be at work/school. -- nm - spamlet Apr 17, 11:31 1
- well those of who weren't sick 😐 - JD Apr 17, 11:33
I think about me and RC - if we had not been in our new homes - even a year ago would have been disastrous. - Pippy-I'm RicK James Bitch! Apr 17, 11:31 1
- yeah -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 11:32
I wonder about this a lot -- nm - prayformojo Apr 17, 11:29 1
- Wonder no more. This is from politico literally yesterday. Millions of Americans today have inadequate internrt access -- (link*) - con_carne Apr 17, 11:31
Everyone would have been downloading ripped songs for winamp. -- nm - Max Apr 17, 11:28

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