Ole Juul
Veteran Member
When new technology comes out, people don't all buy it right away. If what they have works, some will wait until it doesn't. A few people do get the latest though. In 1984 2400 baud modems became available, so some people had them, but many didn't.
A BBS list from 1986 shows operators were mostly 300 and 1200, but some were using 2400. The next 5 years were the hayday of the 2400.
BBS lists show the spread of modems that operators were using, but they were probably willing to pay more than the average user. Here is an article about when the price dropped to $100.
Looking at lists from 1994, when 28.8 modems had become available, there were still a significant number of 2400 bulletin boards. I don't have any statistics on users, but one can imagine that there would be a larger percentage of older and slower modems among them.
This all means that 2400 baud modems had a good 10 year run. No doubt there were a few still being used to contact BBSs, but the rapid rise of the world wide web started making them undesirable. Bulletin boards too, were disappearing rapidly. Still, a 2400 baud modem was not completely useless in 1995 or 1996 if one was getting text from one of the last remaining boards.
I'm interested in hearing people's experience with 2400 modems during any years, but particularly the mid to late 90s.
A BBS list from 1986 shows operators were mostly 300 and 1200, but some were using 2400. The next 5 years were the hayday of the 2400.
BBS lists show the spread of modems that operators were using, but they were probably willing to pay more than the average user. Here is an article about when the price dropped to $100.
Looking at lists from 1994, when 28.8 modems had become available, there were still a significant number of 2400 bulletin boards. I don't have any statistics on users, but one can imagine that there would be a larger percentage of older and slower modems among them.
This all means that 2400 baud modems had a good 10 year run. No doubt there were a few still being used to contact BBSs, but the rapid rise of the world wide web started making them undesirable. Bulletin boards too, were disappearing rapidly. Still, a 2400 baud modem was not completely useless in 1995 or 1996 if one was getting text from one of the last remaining boards.
I'm interested in hearing people's experience with 2400 modems during any years, but particularly the mid to late 90s.