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Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I remember in the good old bad old days of the UK, British Telecom launched their Home Highway services which was primarily their ISDN service. They did however have a form of bonded dial-up (usually two lines, but theoretically could support more) which cost a fucking fortune - usually two lots of line rentals; two lots of ISP service packages; and a fuck you fee for wanting to bond them.

Outside of real niche use cases like contingency lines or short term medium and requirements, I don't think it saw great popularity - particularly when ISDN was expensive but comparatively cheaper.

668kbps though, fuck me. That would have been mindblowing at the turn of the century.