The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoDial-up noiseslemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down115
arrow-up1598arrow-down1imageDial-up noiseslemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoWhile true that you can use dial up internet even on modern browsers, it fell out of use pretty much everywhere by the mid 2000s. DSL and cable became pretty ubiquitous.
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoI can see it could feel that way in some areas. I’m a Canadian, so we didn’t even start to address the digital divide until 2019. I thought high speed was ubiquitous in the late 00’s, then I moved to a province when it was very limited. 1/3 of the world still has no fixed internet access, let alone broadband access
While true that you can use dial up internet even on modern browsers, it fell out of use pretty much everywhere by the mid 2000s. DSL and cable became pretty ubiquitous.
I can see it could feel that way in some areas. I’m a Canadian, so we didn’t even start to address the digital divide until 2019.
I thought high speed was ubiquitous in the late 00’s, then I moved to a province when it was very limited.
1/3 of the world still has no fixed internet access, let alone broadband access