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Originally Posted by Jacks
Little nostalgia.
Back when I had a kick ass 56K dial up modem I tried to download the newest version of Netscape. I think it was about 12MB and I had to leave the computer running all day to download it. Every single time the connection would fail partway though the download. I called tech support (at canuck.com) and they downloaded the file to their server so I could get it faster, it stil took several hours but I got it finally!
I just downloaded a 20MB flash game in about 2 seconds.
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I remember in 1999 trying to stream the first episode of Futurama on my computer with a a RealPlayer video file. After letting it buffer for about an hour I could watch the first 2-3 seconds of the episode!