I know that the ISPs are dying business, in a while But back to the day the only way to go on line was to have a modem.

我知道ISP已经是即将消失的产业,但在我们那个年代,想要上网必须得有一台调制解调器。

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Videoclips were initially offered using only three formats: "modem quality" (28.8 Kbits/sec); "broadband quality" (about 100 Kbits/sec); and a "progressive download" format.

最初只使用三种格式：“调制解调器质量”（28.8 Kb/s）、“宽带质量”（约 100 Kb/s）和“渐进下载”格式来提供视频片段。

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You guessed it... the first beta customer used only that type of modem.

您猜猜，第一个测试版的用户就使用了那个类型的调制解调器。

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