Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEnthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkEnthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds | Tom's Hardwarewww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square68linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareLiveLM@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoWhat stopped them from going over 12? Some sort of Windows limitation?
minus-squarenonentity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoFrom the video: lack of non-conflicting serial ports.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoProbably couldn’t find a telecom willing to bother with that many POTS landlines.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe video shows that they are their own telco. In addition to the modems, they’re also running the upstream equipment.
minus-squareConfused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoFrom what I gather from watching the video, 12 is just the number of functional modems they had on hand.
What stopped them from going over 12? Some sort of Windows limitation?
From the video: lack of non-conflicting serial ports.
Probably couldn’t find a telecom willing to bother with that many POTS landlines.
The video shows that they are their own telco. In addition to the modems, they’re also running the upstream equipment.
From what I gather from watching the video, 12 is just the number of functional modems they had on hand.