Hack a Day "youtube Over Dial Up"
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The article on Hack a Day demonstrates how to stream YouTube videos over dial-up internet, sparking discussion on the technical feat and its practical implications.
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YouTube is a great proxy for speed testing, when I was building remote desktop applications it was one of my go-to performance tests.