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		throwaway189262 on Jan 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: E Ink has developed a 2nd generation Advanced Colo... Facebook is only 16 years old. Think about that. 20 years ago everyone was using 56k modems and JS barely existed. 20 years is an absurdly long time in tech

baybal2 on Jan 17, 2021 [–]

22 years ago, I had a 8mbps DSL connection, and a significant part of urban Japan already had 100mbps.

On other hand, America had more fibre than any other nation, but its hyperregulated telecom industry only managed to cross 10mbps averages 10-8 years ago.

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