Narrator The year: 1894. The city: San Francisco.
Thaddeus I have
upgraded our service, dearest daughter. We now have information transmission at the rate of 20 characters every second. At this speed, the alphabet can be transmitted in just over a second, and an entire book in a few hours. Huzzah! Now this should help you with your studies!
Isabella Of
what use is such impractically voluminous bandwidth, father?
Thaddeus Undoubtedly we shall not only use this capacity to its fullest, but there will come a time when we will
actually expect more.
Isabella Oh
silly father, you're such a dreamer. I do worry, though. Such celerity! It seems more
than the human mind can comprehend. Is it safe for words to travel faster than they may be read upon a page?
Thaddeus Safe? Well, the lowercase letters seldom encounter problems, but I have read report of uppercase letters snagging upon themselves to cause congestion and on occasion, a service outage.
Isabella Hmm... at times your paternal humor inclines itself more toward irritation than amusement.
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