[ih] Nit-picking an origin story

[vinton cerf]

it's wrong.
v


On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM Dave Crocker via Internet-history <
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> 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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