I think you have an extra K on there! I do remember my 36 kbps modem though, but the web was optimized for that speed. Webpages had "image warnings"!

14.4kbps checking in.

Ah, 90s kids' nostalgia. How fun was it to start a large download before school and then running home to see if the download completed or was interrupted because your mom used the phone during the day? I remember it would take hours upon hours to download netscape. It was both exhilarating and infurating at the same time.

A slow modem (or indeed no modem!) is nothing like a 30s refresh rate.

A slow modem meant waiting hours though.

30 seconds the image load hadn’t gotten to her neck yet.

I remember that feeling when you get a shiny new 28800 USR Sportster, only to find out that your local BBS is capped at 9600...

Hacking USR Sportster 14.4k's to Courier 16.8k's. Good times, good times.

28 megabits per second?! I sure don't...

I remember reading BBSs over a 300 baud modem. If you read fast, you could read the text at the speed it came in.

The web at 2400 baud was slow. Really slow.

My first modem was 75/300. It was capable of support both 75 baud and 300 when someone started serving that fast.

Fast enough for split screen chat in real time, if you were so fortunate as to have a friend with a modem also.

1200 baud yo!

(It was actually a really neat little thing, I wish I still had it)

hahaha I found it!!!

https://digitaltmuseum.se/021026360857/modem