The AlohaNet: Surfing for Wireless Data (2009) [pdf]

eng.hawaii.edu

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When the whole of Hawai'i was connected to ARPAnet with a single 56Kbps connection.

I think when I got on the Net the entire UK->USA backbone was 2Mbps?

I remember when a transcontinental backbone link was upgraded to 56K.