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re: When Did You First Get Internet In Your Home?
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:35 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:35 am to SaintlyTiger88
I had dial up first, lived out in the country. Then tried satellite for a while, was about what you would expect, then we finally got DSL.
They have fiber to the box at the entrance to our house, but have never increased speeds.
They have fiber to the box at the entrance to our house, but have never increased speeds.
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Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:23 am to SaintlyTiger88
Probably 1997 and it was a WebTV because a starter PC was like $2,500 back then and I couldn't afford one.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:37 am to Green Chili Tiger
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Roughly 95' or 96'
Somewhere around here... old school dial up.
Used to play Command & Conquer against friends, but if someone dialed in the game would get interrupted.
And dial-in Juno e-mail. Good times.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:38 am to SaintlyTiger88
Prodigy internet 96 Chathouse.com was my place to go
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:43 am to SaintlyTiger88
In 1987, I got a 300 baud modem for my Commodore 64. I would visit different BBS's and download games illegally. That was the thing back then. Then I thought I was a big shite when I upgraded to a wopping 1200 baud modem. There was a Commodore 64 version of AOL called "Q Link" that I joined. First "online" experience with chat rooms. Then, joined AOL a few years after that. Family also had an IBM PC that we used that had a modem in which I could jump online in the early 90's (when the WWW made its appearance to consumers).
To answer your question, a lot of us older posters didn't "get internet" in our homes. We used modems.
To answer your question, a lot of us older posters didn't "get internet" in our homes. We used modems.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:22 am to RealityTiger
Prodigy, late 80s.
Back when they charged by the minute.
Back when they charged by the minute.
This post was edited on 8/13/20 at 9:23 am
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:23 am to SaintlyTiger88
EarthLink back in like 1994 on our 24.4 k modem and 144 MHz packard bell computer
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:23 am to SaintlyTiger88
1998
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:32 am to SaintlyTiger88
We had Prodigy in 1994. Before that we literally had a Usenet book where we would dial into individual sites which took forever and were very basic.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:33 am to SaintlyTiger88
When I got married in 2009
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:35 am to SaintlyTiger88
Prolly got internet in 2000-2001, got it moved into my room in 2002......
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:38 am to SaintlyTiger88
I can’t remember. Definitely around 2000
Posted on 8/13/20 at 3:21 pm to SaintlyTiger88
1994
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