[ih] Nit-picking an origin story

[Dave Crocker]

On 8/24/2025 9:43 AM, Barbara Denny via Internet-history wrote:
> Of course my memory could be wrong but i always thought it was 56 kb/sec.

Thanks for you note, in particular because...

I did not join the Arpanet community until Spring of 1972 and was never 
involved with lower-level Arpanet tech.

As a passenger on that train -- and an eager listening -- I recall 
hearing 56K a lot more than I heard 50K.

I do remember hearing details of the sort being recited here, now, but 
the number that sticks in my brain, from back then, is 56K.

d/

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