Visualizing 40 Years of Bandwidth Gains: From 300 Baud Modem to Gigabit via Grok
walkingriver · x · 2026-10-03
The author asked Grok to chart how much internet bandwidth has improved since his first 300 baud modem, recalling that 56k once felt blazing fast. The visualization puts the log-scale jump to modern speeds — hundreds of thousands of times faster — in stark perspective, as a quick example of using AI to generate striking comparison charts.
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