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		dclowd9901 on June 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years... We had rural phone lines with lots of noise. I think I got 3kB a sec max on those things even with 56k.

skrause on June 1, 2024 [–]

Most MP3s were 128 kbps back then, so a song would typically be around 3-4 MB. Even at 3 kB per second a download would only take around 20 minutes.

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