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| 2007 |
  
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0 | 0% |
| 2006 |
  
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0 | 0% |
| 2005 |
  
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0 | 0% |
| 2004 |
  
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0 | 0% |
| 2001 |
  
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2 | 2.63% |
| 2000 |
  
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1 | 1.32% |
| 1999 |
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8 | 10.53% |
| 1998 |
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2 | 2.63% |
| 1997 |
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14 | 18.42% |
| 1996 |
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10 | 13.16% |
| 1995 |
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9 | 11.84% |
| 1994 |
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10 | 13.16% |
| 1993 |
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6 | 7.89% |
| 1992 |
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5 | 6.58% |
| 1991 |
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2 | 2.63% |
| 1990 |
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1 | 1.32% |
| 1989 |
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1 | 1.32% |
| 1988 |
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1 | 1.32% |
| 1987 |
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1 | 1.32% |
| 1986 |
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1 | 1.32% |
| 1985 |
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0 | 0% |
| 1984 or Earlier |
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2 | 2.63% |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
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When did you first start using the internet?
How old were you? I was 12 |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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1996 - first I had to visit a friend of my parents to check webpages, later in our public libraries you were allowed restricted access (for example no hotmail or chatting).
Round about 1998 we had our own connection. |
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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1997. I was about 28 years old. Had an AOL account and a USRobotics 28.8 modem (who didn't?).
I loved hearing that "You've got mail!" voice when I connected/logged on. Meant I had something to read.  Eventually dropped AOL and got Earthlink DSL around 2000 or so. Went to cable in mid-2001 and been using it (Cox in San Diego, Comcast in Chattanooga) ever since. I've had my current .Mac e-mail since the very beginning (iTools), and it's been my e-mail address since 2001, over 3-4 moves and a two ISPs. I like that. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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1994 - I was 17. I had a super fast 28.8 modem. Used Mosaic on my old LC630.
It may have been 1995, I can't remember. But I'm sure I was in grade 12. Quote:
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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I couldn't remember, so I had to go to apple-history to see what machine I had at the time.
1997. I was 30. Netscape Navigator ruled. |
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Custom User Title
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At home
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Around 1996 so I was like 14 or 15.
I remember when I discovred mp3. I downloaded a Pennywise song and it took me like 2-3 hours. I was amazed by the quality/file size ratio. lol There was some add on tv for some internet provider. They were calling it "The highway of information". With 28.8, it was more a totally jammed highway  Do you guys remember some cool stuff like the first time you heard about google, hotmail, msn ? I do. I find it funny to think about it now. Dave Mustaine :"God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo." |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I remember having to ask AOL to send me 4 777k floppies for my Macintosh SE to get on internet.
And to download SuperClock! took 4 hours!  The best memories were the chatroom, which was relatively fun and was more neater than nowadays. They actually ding anyone who mutters "fuck", and three dings, you're off the account. |
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Right Honourable Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Québec
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1999. I was 16, and I had a 56k dial up connection with Freeserve (remember them anyone? I think they became Wanadoo and then Orange Broadband). It was on my first PC, a Cyrix (remember them! hehe) PR233MX with 32MB of RAM, a 3.2 gig Hard Drive, and I was still using Windows 95 at the time.
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
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1997. Or was it 1998? Nevertheless, it was a great moment, although it was just for my parents email I believe. I don't think I really got into the web until about 2001 when it was fast at school. We got broadband at home in about 2004 I believe.
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Banging the Bottom End
Join Date: Jun 2004
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1993, when CompuServe started allowing access to the 'Net using Mosaic. I was on my super speedy 2400bps MODEM at the time.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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Relating to all this, you know what the funniest thing to do is? Go rent that Sandra Bullock movie "The Net" and check out the hipster Internet slang and graphics showcased there.
 I'm sure, at the time, it was top-notch, cutting edge stuff...animated gifs of a talking skull and flames and so forth. But it's painful - in a funny kinda way - to see now. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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1986. Whoo.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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i'm starting to feel like a dinosaur with Social Networking sites like MySpace and Friendster..... to me that's like the IRC of today and I'm quite over it already.... i'm sure by the time I was online the BBSers saw IRC in the same light as well.
even better than the net was WarGames with matthew broderick |
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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1990 for me. I was still 15 then and I started a BBS using WWIV software. It was cool being a SysOp and running my board that had two sides, one that was free and open to the world and one that was used to wearing a patch over one eye with a parrot on it's shoulder. I had much fun with this and modded my code using C++. I learned a lot about C++ during that time until I took my board down in 1992 when I went active Navy and turned 18.
I was connected with both, WWIVnet and WWIVlink. I thought about FIDOnet, but steered away from it. ASCII bombs were my favorite. Remap their keyboard and they wouldn't know what to do until they rebooted. It was great! We had one with a Turkey on it that said "Gobble gobble, there goes your hard drive." All it did was remap the keyboard and annoy the user. It was funny though! Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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*AD SPACE FOR SALE*
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cleveland-ish, OH
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As for the internet, I cant really remember when I joined. It was either 1995 or 96. It was right around when I was in 5th-6th grade. I had AOL for the longest time on slow ass dial up and then in HS I switched to adelphia cable internet and was blown away and havent looked back since. Die young and save yourself.... @yontsey |
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Right Honourable Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Québec
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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1997. AOHell. Floppy disks. Toshiba Infiniti, the one with the big ass monitor with an LCD panel under the screen and giant tower speakers.
Was on AOHell until about Fall 2004, when I finally dumped that POS service for AT&T Worldnet dialup. Had that until I got RoadRunner in June 2005. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Near Indianapolis
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I don't remember exactly when I went online for the first time. I know I started working with HTML 9 years ago last month, so I guess we probably got Web access the previous year. I would have been 11 or 12 at the time.
Our first computer was a custom-built one my Mom bought to do her grad school work on. Our next one was an Acer. I used that until I finally got my own eMachine in 8th grade. I was so proud of that thing. I can still remember the day I upgraded it to 96 MB RAM. I thought I was the shit. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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1999. A Freeserve account, with my old Escom PeeCee (Pentium 60, dontcha know). I can't even remember what I looked at.
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
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1991 Telnet from college. I was 19. The first WWW experience I paid for was Compuserve (92 or 93?)
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Ca na da
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Was there anyone else here on e•World? I always liked the interface with the little buildings and all. The first time they served up WWW access was the first time I checked out the net. Before that it was BBS.
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1981 using an Atari 800
I was 39 at the time |
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Cynical Old Bastard
Join Date: May 2004
Location: The Hot, Hazey, Humid South
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Either 93 or 92 using Compuserve. I was 23-24 at the time.
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Join Date: May 2005
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I saw this list of the 100 oldest .com domain names...it sort of fits into the theme of this thread.
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Veteran Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Promise Land of Trustafarians
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I think I was five when we first got a computer. I can still remember picking up that Packard Bell at Sears.
I'm not quite sure we had internet access on it, though. That might have been right after we moved, which would have made it 1996. (BTW, can I mod change my vote to '96? I didn't remember this till after I voted). So, I would have been six years old. We had MSN and I remember going online after school to play some quiz game on MSN's website. |
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http://ga.rgoyle.com
Join Date: May 2004
Location: In your dock hiding behind your finder icon!
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I'm not 100% sure. I know it was before I started uni in 1995, but after I got my second Amiga 1200, possibly 1989/1990. (I voted 1992)
OK, I have given up keeping this sig up to date. Lets just say I'm the guy that installs every latest version as soon as its available! |
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Who wants a trip down memory lane?
telnet://arcade.demon.co.uk telnet://bbs.smokeys.org telnet://hocalbbs.com |
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Not sayin', just sayin'
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Durham, NC
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well, i voted 1993, though that's just counting CU Info and Gopher at the time, nothing really webby about it, just internet.
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Student extraordinaire
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canberra, Australia
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1996 - I was 10 years old and my family bought a Performa 6400/180.
Nevar forget. |
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