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Millions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray. (kffhealthnews.org)
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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My grandparents lived in rural OK and had dial-up until 2018 when they finally were able to get a 2mbps DSL line. It really wasn’t much faster than the dial-up.

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You mean it wasn't able to be saturated?

As slow as 2MBit/s is, relatively speaking, it's still magnitudes better than dial-up.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Yes, I mean it never hit its rated speed. Also that many modern sites didn’t work any better than they did on the dialup anyway.