• Chivera@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I remember we discovered the shorter the phone cable the faster our connection would be. So my friend bought a 2 inch cable and we had the computer right up against the wall for that extra 2kbps

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      10 months ago

      My family lived in a remote place, we had just barely gotten phone lines, they were terrible and we rarely got higher than 11kbs no matter what I tried.

      Somehow I still was able to play online games like Team Fortress, I just had to radically change how I played compared to other players.