Just spent 4 hours downloading a 3MB file on a 14.4k modem

Back in '96, I found this incredible Doom mod on a FTP server at some university. I figured it would take maybe 20 minutes at most to grab it. Four hours later, I was still watching that progress bar crawl while my mom yelled at me to get off the phone line. Has anyone else sat through a download that felt like it took a whole evening?

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terryj4510d ago

Funny how patience for things goes down while convenience goes up.

coleman.christopher10d ago

Honestly, my patience went from "I'll wait" to "why is this microwave taking so long" in about 10 years.