• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    Although it sucked so much if you were downloading something like a large (for the time) game and had call waiting or someone picked up a phone in another part of the house. 3 hours down the drain.

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        1 year ago

        Definitely, but there was a time before them. A dark and evil time when your world could be destroyed by a guy calling to sell gutter cleaning services.

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          Or your mam deciding to call her sister for 3 hours even though she just saw her.

          It took a very long time to get counter strike

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          I had one, I forget its name, but it was a firewall AND download manager. Bizarre combo if you ask me but it was pretty cool. Its logo was a lightning bolt I think.