Internet in the past.

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Internet in the past.

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Ok thets refresh our memories and try to remember back when the internet was fresh and you got connected for the first time and tell me your experiences.
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Hmmm ... dial-up, it was either 9600 or 14.4 modem at that time. First time I connected it was through the company Internex ... apparently it was <a href="http://www.kkc.net/eyenet/1995/net1123.htm">quite the company</a> as you can read at that link :o I never had any major problems when I was with them, but it sounds like they kinda ... yea you can read the link there. (Also, my dad was a member of CRS, who apparently according to that link was the first BBS to offer 'net access in the Toronto area.)

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I remember it like it was 1 and 1/2 weeks ago ;). I had my dial up kickig along at a painfull speed. Was with a company called Acay. Who I think have since become Tel Pacigic, who I think have also now changed...... um yeah hrmm first memories. Napster, ohh yeah.
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When the net first came to me i didnt know how to do anything :)

I think it was at a science place called ScienceWorks and i tried to search for Asterix :) didnt let me :P
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WEll the net had already been around for awhile before I started using it so I already had a general idea of how to use it and all that.
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When I first got on the internet, I was happy to get a speed of 300 baud, now considered slow and crappy today.
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For me it was back in my C64 days with the infamouse Taihaiho 300 baud pulse dial-up modem. It worked great and was painfully slow but really most of my connections were made long distance to BBS's across the country ;)

Oh the days of ColorBBS and the like with support for ANSI color graphics :D
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