<head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body style="font-size:17px;font-family:.SFUIText;color:#000000;background-color:white">I probably have you beat in the age department. I started out on the moon project. <div style="background:white;" id="newMessage"> </div> <blockquote type="cite"><div style="background-color:white; width:100%; text-align:left !important;">From: Bob <<a href="mailto:accessys@smart.net">accessys@smart.net</a>> Subject: Re: upgrading to 22.04 kills firefox Date: 4/19/23 11:08 PM To: <a href="mailto:noloader@gmail.com">noloader@gmail.com</a>, Kubuntu user technical support <<a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> </div> I'm so old (how olde am I) my first modem was 16.5baud no zeros thought I had died and gone to heaven when I spent $500 for a 2400 baud modem... of course back then everything was ASCII or worse. Bob On Wed, 19 Apr 2023, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 9:21 PM Little Girl <<a href="mailto:littlergirl@gmail.com">littlergirl@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> [...] >>> major part of problem is lousy internet service, a good day is 3kbs >>> download speed so stuff takes FOREVER to download. I have no choice >>> in providers I live in an area where there is exclusive service and >>> they don't care about upgradinng. >> >> I've gone a few rounds with that sort of situation myself, so I feel >> your pain. I hope it gets better. > > Yeah, I wasn't happy to read that, either. > > I can't even say my worst days back in the 1990s were that bad. I > always had at least 28.8kbs. > > Internet poverty is such a problem. It irritates me when folks think > everyone has fat broadband channels. > > <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2022/03/31/internet-poverty-the-next-frontier-in-development/">https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2022/03/31/internet-poverty-the-next-frontier-in-development/</a> > > Jeff > > -- > kubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> > > -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote> </body>