# Surfing the web over a 1964 300 Baud Modem

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 9, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfing-the-web-over-a-1964-300-baud-modem/652448 "2013-03-09T01:36:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfing-the-web-over-a-1964-300-baud-modem/652448/21 "2013-03-10T16:40:45Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> St Louis. It was a private Catholic high school.

Interesting. Mine was a central California private Catholic high. I wonder if there was some large-scale program to buy and place those units, rather than individual donors (which was my feeble understanding).

Anyone else?

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surfing-the-web-over-a-1964-300-baud-modem/652448/22 "2013-03-10T16:42:22Z")

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> [@gotpasswords](#):
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> The good stuff endures. No worse than tip and ring on twisted pair, which is not only over 100 years old, but the original technology has been flexible enough to support VDSL data at over 50 meg.

Well, a pair of wires is about one step up from rocks and sharp sticks. It’s the heart of every electrical device on earth, from a flashlight to the fastest serial communication system.

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