How much do you remember? Post your ISP history!
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theflyingpig
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1990s:
AOL
2000:
Timer Warner Cable
I grew up in the chat rooms of AOL. In them I learned the truths I now know as a man. I learned how to talk to people. How to influence them to do my bidding. I learned how to manipulate the weak, and strike down the strong. I learned the arts of war. I learned how to break a persons will. I learned to kill.
AOL
2000:
Timer Warner Cable
I grew up in the chat rooms of AOL. In them I learned the truths I now know as a man. I learned how to talk to people. How to influence them to do my bidding. I learned how to manipulate the weak, and strike down the strong. I learned the arts of war. I learned how to break a persons will. I learned to kill.
1996-2002: Dialup - first 28.8k Algonet then 56k Tele2
2002-2003: 10Mb - moved from my parents house in the country to a small town of about 1000 people. Student housing connected to the municipal MAN
2003-2004: Tele2 56k dialup again (moved back to parents). They got 10Mb fiber in 2005.
2004-2007: 10Mb at dorm where I lived while studying at uni
2008-2009: 2Mb cable (Comhem)
2010: Upgraded to 10Mb because it was only like $3 more a month. 50Mb was $10 more and 100/10Mb $20 more, but I'm not a heavy bandwidth user. Might upgrade to 100Mb next year when done studying, if I get a job. But it seems kind of overkill for watching low quality youtube videos and reading tech articles...
2002-2003: 10Mb - moved from my parents house in the country to a small town of about 1000 people. Student housing connected to the municipal MAN
2003-2004: Tele2 56k dialup again (moved back to parents). They got 10Mb fiber in 2005.
2004-2007: 10Mb at dorm where I lived while studying at uni
2008-2009: 2Mb cable (Comhem)
2010: Upgraded to 10Mb because it was only like $3 more a month. 50Mb was $10 more and 100/10Mb $20 more, but I'm not a heavy bandwidth user. Might upgrade to 100Mb next year when done studying, if I get a job. But it seems kind of overkill for watching low quality youtube videos and reading tech articles...
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zanejohnson
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- Nov 29, 2002
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Nohr
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1998: Earthlink dialup - parents finally decided to upgrade from a 286
1999: LCC dialup (local company) - moved out of parent's house
2001: Cox cable 1M/128K - later updated their service to 4Mbps, then 8Mbps, and renamed Suddenlink
2009-present: AT&T DSL 6M/768K - dropped cable TV, DSL was $15 cheaper
1999: LCC dialup (local company) - moved out of parent's house
2001: Cox cable 1M/128K - later updated their service to 4Mbps, then 8Mbps, and renamed Suddenlink
2009-present: AT&T DSL 6M/768K - dropped cable TV, DSL was $15 cheaper
Fayd
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Lifer
- Nov 28, 2001
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Not a good memory for this kind of thing. Let's see:
mid-late 1990s
Dial-up with a number of small companies. I think we tried Compuserve and or AOL too. Didn't actually experience much of the net at this point. I also leeched from a number of dial in local BBSs.
Early 2000s
Dial-up with one or two larger local companies. One of them was called OpenLink or something.
2002 or so
Cable with Rogers
2003 or so - present
Cable with Shaw cable after they took over from Rogers.
mid-late 1990s
Dial-up with a number of small companies. I think we tried Compuserve and or AOL too. Didn't actually experience much of the net at this point. I also leeched from a number of dial in local BBSs.
Early 2000s
Dial-up with one or two larger local companies. One of them was called OpenLink or something.
2002 or so
Cable with Rogers
2003 or so - present
Cable with Shaw cable after they took over from Rogers.
Tristicus
Diamond Member
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