How long have you been 'connected'? - Page 4

FakeSnake · 23-01-2008, 15:46

A long long time ago!
I moved out of my Parents in around 1987, got my 1st PC not long after that.
Previously had a range of Spectrums, Atari ST and Falcon.

Got my 1st modem as soon as got my PC, a fantastic 1200baud one!!!
When the BBS I was a member of (dont recall its name!) upgraded to 2400, then 9600 then 14.4k then 28.8k I followed along.
Got a compuserve account about 1990.Then with BTinternet around 1995. Been with BT ever since.

HollyThirtyFive · 25-01-2008, 15:04

I cant remember exactly when we got the internet but I remember being about 9 perhaps getting to grips with hotmail! So must've been 96ish.
I remember having a thing for "Habbo Hotel" at one point but have no idea what else I did & waiting about 2 hours for each page to load! I think I got hooked as soon as I got msn when I was about 12/13. I remember I wanted something kinda rock n roll, my best friend suggested "hells angels" which I turned into "heavens devil". It is becoming rather embarrassing admitting that is my email at 20

Treefrog · 25-01-2008, 17:43

Sometime shortly after March '03, cos it was only when I moved here that I got th'intarweb on my PC (Yes, all of it

)

SidewinderINC · 26-01-2008, 01:06

February 1999

got my first PC in about 1992 though when I was 6, got a 486 with windows 3.1 on it, that was awesome. used to play football manager on it as gateshead

LeperousDust · 26-01-2008, 03:14

I don't remember exactly what the "internet" was really like back then as i didn't really use it much apart from school work research etc... It was around late 97 (probably september around start of school). Some modem that wasn't top spec (whats the one below 56k?). Good old days of netscape navigator! None of this IE3 crap! We started it right too, dad got a separate line installed so i couldn't tie the phone line up

But heckled me ever 10 minutes to get off cause it cost so much

. A year or so later we got unlimited dial up for £10 a month and it was brill! Then a year or so later (by 2000/2001) we jumped to broadband as i showed it made financial sense (line cost + unlimted dial up was about £3 cheaper than "hi-speed" cable broadband!).

I've been online ever since, its weird to think i never really used to "use" the internet, it was pretty useless! Now computers don't really do much without! Haha

lostkat · 26-01-2008, 08:38

1998, because I's just passed my driving test. We had a 56k modem, Dad signed up to Which Online and the computer (only one in the house) was in the conservatory. Spent an absolute FORTUNE on phone bills until we got one that was free in the evenings and eventually one that was free all day. When I went to Uni, I had no internet for the first year (halls), but then I had a had freeserve dial-up, then AOL in our student house. I was only allowed to use it after 10pm as my psycho housemate went MENTAL if I was on there at any other time, even if noone was expecting a call. She used to pick the phone up for no reason other than to disconnect me. Mum & Dad didn't even get broadband until about 2002

Pickers · 26-01-2008, 11:41

I was a proud owner of a 28.8kps modem Xmas 1995 and was connected through compuserve (I can still hear the woman saying "welcome to compuserve" when you logged in). Stuck with dial up for years and didn't get broadband until 2004...

MarcLister · 26-01-2008, 23:32

About October 1997 I think, with Compuserve/AOL. Used to download files for GP2 I think.

Then I found sites of pics of Louise Redknapp.

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Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Some modem that wasn't top spec (whats the one below 56k?).

33.3Kb?

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Good old days of netscape navigator! None of this IE3 crap!

We also used Netscape for a while I think, when we weren't using the rubbish AOL thingy.

Stan_Lite · 27-01-2008, 11:37

Must have been around 2000ish. I didn't have a PC but ONDigital (later ITV Digital) started a service calle ONNet which allowed you to access the internet through your digibox without a PC. I got the taste for it then and soon got myself a PC and a modem.

25-01-2008, 15:04	#32
HollyThirtyFive Tinkerbell Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex Posts: 743	I cant remember exactly when we got the internet but I remember being about 9 perhaps getting to grips with hotmail! So must've been 96ish. I remember having a thing for "Habbo Hotel" at one point but have no idea what else I did & waiting about 2 hours for each page to load! I think I got hooked as soon as I got msn when I was about 12/13. I remember I wanted something kinda rock n roll, my best friend suggested "hells angels" which I turned into "heavens devil". It is becoming rather embarrassing admitting that is my email at 20 __________________ Debut album "Waking Up" Avaliable on all iTunes stores, Amazon Mp3 Special Hand Made Ltd Edition: £10 via Paypal

25-01-2008, 17:43	#33
Treefrog Survivor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,761	Sometime shortly after March '03, cos it was only when I moved here that I got th'intarweb on my PC (Yes, all of it ) __________________ Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty

26-01-2008, 01:06	#34
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	February 1999 got my first PC in about 1992 though when I was 6, got a 486 with windows 3.1 on it, that was awesome. used to play football manager on it as gateshead __________________ No Sig.

26-01-2008, 03:14	#35
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I don't remember exactly what the "internet" was really like back then as i didn't really use it much apart from school work research etc... It was around late 97 (probably september around start of school). Some modem that wasn't top spec (whats the one below 56k?). Good old days of netscape navigator! None of this IE3 crap! We started it right too, dad got a separate line installed so i couldn't tie the phone line up But heckled me ever 10 minutes to get off cause it cost so much . A year or so later we got unlimited dial up for £10 a month and it was brill! Then a year or so later (by 2000/2001) we jumped to broadband as i showed it made financial sense (line cost + unlimted dial up was about £3 cheaper than "hi-speed" cable broadband!). I've been online ever since, its weird to think i never really used to "use" the internet, it was pretty useless! Now computers don't really do much without! Haha __________________

26-01-2008, 08:38	#36
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	1998, because I's just passed my driving test. We had a 56k modem, Dad signed up to Which Online and the computer (only one in the house) was in the conservatory. Spent an absolute FORTUNE on phone bills until we got one that was free in the evenings and eventually one that was free all day. When I went to Uni, I had no internet for the first year (halls), but then I had a had freeserve dial-up, then AOL in our student house. I was only allowed to use it after 10pm as my psycho housemate went MENTAL if I was on there at any other time, even if noone was expecting a call. She used to pick the phone up for no reason other than to disconnect me. Mum & Dad didn't even get broadband until about 2002 __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

23-01-2008, 15:46	#31
FakeSnake Absinthe Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Devonshire Posts: 1,143	A long long time ago! I moved out of my Parents in around 1987, got my 1st PC not long after that. Previously had a range of Spectrums, Atari ST and Falcon. Got my 1st modem as soon as got my PC, a fantastic 1200baud one!!! When the BBS I was a member of (dont recall its name!) upgraded to 2400, then 9600 then 14.4k then 28.8k I followed along. Got a compuserve account about 1990.Then with BTinternet around 1995. Been with BT ever since.

26-01-2008, 11:41	#37
Pickers Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,692	I was a proud owner of a 28.8kps modem Xmas 1995 and was connected through compuserve (I can still hear the woman saying "welcome to compuserve" when you logged in). Stuck with dial up for years and didn't get broadband until 2004... __________________ Pictures

27-01-2008, 11:37	#39
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Must have been around 2000ish. I didn't have a PC but ONDigital (later ITV Digital) started a service calle ONNet which allowed you to access the internet through your digibox without a PC. I got the taste for it then and soon got myself a PC and a modem. __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

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