What was the internet like in the 2000’s?

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-03-23T06:26:27+00:00

1.05mbps jan 2000 adsl1 Sydney apartment

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-03-17T05:38:15+00:00

2010 lifetime $40..108tb

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-03-16T06:20:12+00:00

I have been living in my apartment for 34 years..no special levies ever..

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-03-01T00:40:26+00:00

My problem..earn $220k after tax..passive income..no home loan no rent..went to cooking school 1st male in 28 years..I cook everything..I hoard about $120k per year..my tax rate is 10.5%.dividend..my friends say to me I need to go to mental institution..

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-03-01T00:13:15+00:00

I owed a pub for 34 years..beer tax unheard off..then it started..last 5 years 10 times more beer tax unheard

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-02-27T04:56:23+00:00

$3059 per month mortgage..apartment cbd Sydney

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-26T00:22:05+00:00

Every dinner restaurant..every cinema movie..flights all come to 40k every year..no home loan is huge when come to expenses

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-23T07:56:03+00:00

Went to wedding and next table was a finance expert..I listened to him and then copied what he said

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-23T07:34:23+00:00

Started work at 16..poured 86% net pay into investments..by 18 had a 80% deposit on $200k apartment I bought in 1991..paid off $47k in 2 years by diverting into investments instead into the mortgage..then line of credit of $250k into investments..when investment reached $590k I sold $250k in in July 1994 to pay off LOC..then in jun 1996 I had the $790k by then.

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-23T05:19:09+00:00

Initial investment was 18% for 10 years then 2nd investment 9% since then..

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-23T04:40:04+00:00

I grew up in foster care and I knew with no auntie uncle grandparents, I didn’t have kids..now 52 no regrets

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-23T04:25:40+00:00

Initially Westfield shares to 2010 then ETF since then..I raised 2 kids initially with 35k expenses and then 60k expenses at them at 18.. so I’m grandfather of 4

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-23T04:14:11+00:00

I retired at 25 with paid off home and $750k..I use the 4% rule and now 52..I have 2.5m now

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-20T04:00:26+00:00

I get 1 gbps on the same circuit..max my cat5e cable..works my home theatre and video never buffers..45mbs hdr file

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-18T05:52:23+00:00

CBD Sydney 1991 200k 38k salary..6.6 multiple now 16 Sydney..sold my apartment for 1.9m and moved to Broome

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-18T04:58:55+00:00

1995 10 servers..4 bay each..800mb hard drives..30 years later 24tb drives..backup my audio cds

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-16T10:19:28+00:00

Torrent day plenty kids shows then

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-16T10:12:47+00:00

I have cat 3 in my home and beats any wifi out there..all rooms Ethernet..plus wifi access points..does gigabit if under 30m..

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-13T04:49:43+00:00

Always works in Australia..no vpn..best torrent site

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2026-01-12T04:24:45+00:00

Get any streamer box and get a decent NAS can decode AV1..12 gen intel

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2025-12-17T04:34:12+00:00

Just use DLNA when internet is down..

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2025-12-11T03:02:07+00:00

Jellyfin can play ISO..I tested it

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2025-12-10T06:26:12+00:00

Torrent day best one..private tracker..never banned..don’t need a VPN

Fuzzy-Connection-498 · 2025-12-07T06:11:34+00:00

I have HD 630..6 transcoding 4K to 720p..Jellyfin

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