Now this is a SLOWWWWW Internet connection

26th March 2008

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I’m in Watonga and Kingfisher, Oklahoma this morning and afternoon sharing presentations about Internet safety with high school students in each town. This morning I’m at the Blaine County Fairgrounds, and brought my cellular network data card so I’d be able to access the web– not necessarily for or during my presentation (I’ve learned to bring offline copies of everything, including videos) but so I could show students something online if needed and appropriate. Here is my available bandwidth, according to the Internet Frog Speed Test:

Now that’s a SLOWWWWWWWW connection.

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1 On March 26th, 2008, Danny Rose said:

Reminds me of the one time that I tried accessing a BBS (pre Internet) that used color graphics on a 300 baud modem. I could’ve had a pizza delivered before the page finished loading.

Keep up the good work.
-D

2 On March 27th, 2008, EdTech » I can’t believe it’s that slow… said:

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