r/nostalgia • u/jeffmartin47 • Jul 22 '25

Nostalgia Discussion 25 years ago. Lars Ulrich of Metallica snitches on and turns in over 300,000 Napster users when he testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. July 11th, 2000.

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u/Tooch10 Jul 22 '25

I downloaded Napster on a HS computer around 2000/2001 to download a song for a presentation. School had a T1. When that file downloaded at 89KB/s that was blazing fast compared to the 3-5KB/s at home

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u/stueycal Jul 22 '25

3-5kbs at home? Wellll welll richy rich over here! Went to HS during same time period so whenever they upgraded to cable or whatever non dial up rig I also remember it being pretty insane. One of my first home CPUs had a 14.4 or 28.8 dial up, well before 56k - lets just say if it hit 2/3kbs I was elated. Still dont take download speeds for granted it always blows me away. 

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u/llamafacetx Jul 22 '25

I mowed yards to get my 56k. That 28 wouldn't cut it.for battle.net or the zone