How much do you remember? Post your ISP history!

[Evadman]

Don't quote me, I am not 100% sure on dates.

<1989 - BBS/UC/Direct dial somewhere
1989 - 1993 - Compuserve & BBS's (ran my own 4 line BBS)
1993 - 1995 - AOL
1995 - 1997 - @Home
1997 - 1998 - T1 though AT&T and @Home
1998 - 2000 - ISU
2000 - 2010 - Comcrap

 

[rasczak]

i learned of the internet in 1998. Cox cable provided me with a glimpse of my future. I wish I could take back that day.

 

[Crusty]

I think CompuServe was in the mix for a little, and you are forgetting the glory days of Sprint ION! Best service ever! While it lasted...

Since I stopped living with Crusty, I have also had Verizon DSL (dry loop), Cox, and now FIOS.

Oh yeah, 10/1mbps w/ 5 static IP's for something like $75/month in 2002, too bad they couldn't afford to operate at those costs

 

[mmntech]

1994: Some web portal on 56k that didn't do much. Can't remember the name but it was similar to AOL

1998: I had AOL, AOL sucked, didn't have it for long.

Later that year: Telehop 56k

2003 - Present: Cogeco High Speed 5mbps. Slow and expensive, like all Canadian broadband.

 

[destrekor]

Through 2000, maybe a little beyond, maybe a little earlier, can't remember:
AOL

After that:
Broadband, with local cable company (Buckeye Cablesystem).

Parents still have that, they have a monopoly here.
At school, I use Ohio State's network.

 

[ultimatebob]

1995: MSN (Sucked. 2400 baud with a rich GUI interface... what were they thinking?)
1996: Prolog (PenTeleData) Dial-Up (also sucked. Busy signal hell)
1998: Uplink (local ISP) Dial-Up (good, for dial-up anyway)
2001: Mindspring/Covad DSL (Started out bad, got better once I got past Mindspring's horrid support and got a Covad tech to fix my line)
2004: Charter Cable (Fast, but unreliable. Constant outages on weekends. Also expensive!)
2008-Present: AT&T DSL (Slower, but at least it's cheap and reliable)

 

[lxskllr]

1999-2002 WebTV
2002-2004 MSN dialup
2004-2006 Earthlink dialup
2006-present Comcast

 

[eersnherd]

AOL
Mindspring
Charter Communications Cable
Verizon DSL
Charter Communications Cable
Verizon DSL
Suddenlink Cable

 

[Modelworks]

BBS - 300 baud
Genie -300 baud
Compuserve 600 baud
ATT 9.6K modem
AOL 28.8K modem
Hughes Net 150Kbps satellite download, 28.8K modem upload
Bellsouth DSL 1.5Mbps down, 128Kbps up
Charter cable 10Mbps down, 512Kbps up
Sprint DSL 10Mbps down, 1Mbps up

 

[Gooberlx2]

90s: compuserve, AOL, MSN, some local dial-up, Charter (first cable HSI)
00s: Charter, Brighthouse, Comcast
10s: Comcast

HSI since 1999.

 

[Maleficus]

Dial-up: I tried basically every dial-up ever in a search for the best speed (yes... I know)
Earthlink, Interconnect Local-ISP, NetZero Juno etc

Cable: Time Warner, Grande Communications (current)

 

[phoenix79]

Early 1990's: Prodigy, AOL (briefly)
most of the 1990's: Local dialup ISP (chattanooga online)
2000's: Comcast
now: local phone co-op FIOS

 

[Brainonska511]

~1998 - Dialup AOL
2000-present (broadband):
Cablevision's Optimum Online
University provided internet
Comcast
Verizon FiOS
ATT DSL

 

[AMCRambler]

1990's - Prodigy, MCI Worldnet, USA Datanet
2000's - Verizon DSL, Optimum Online, Verizon Fios
2010's - Back on Optimum Online (new house doesn't have Fios :-( )

 

[Via]

1) AOL (around 1998)- they were the only provider I could find that didn't need a credit card

2) MSN (around 1999)- I got a credit card and took advantage of MS's $400 offer to switch. I used it to buy a new PC.

I actually did MS's offer twice, once for $400 and once for $200 (which I used towards Tivo)

3) Verizon DSL (around 2004), which I still have.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Started out dialing in through a user account at my university - 1996-97

Once I graduated I switched to dial-up through IBM ____ (forget full name) - 1997-2001

Time Warner Roadrunner (woohoo no more dial-up!)- 2002-2004

SBC Global DSL, now AT&T - 2005-2010

 

[ChaoZ]

AOL, Earthlink, Comcast.

 

[Crono]

1999: AOL
2000: NetZero
2000/2001: Juno
2001: AOL
2002: TWC RoadRunner
2003-Present: Optimum Online (yay )

 

[Skel]

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.

well... yeah. Everyone knows this

 

[secretanchitman]

all i remember is:

flash.net (dialup)
cox.com ("broadband")
comcast (today)

 

[DougK62]

In 1996 I got dial-up with a local company. Today...I still have dial-up with the same company. Do I win some kind of award?

 

[lurk3r]

300 baud modem on my commodore 128
Lan in residence in university
Dialup when I moved OC thru same university
Earthlink Dialup first few years after college
Comcast
Bell DSL
AT$T DSL
finally back to Comcast.

 

[meltdown75]

oh sweet one of those threads where no one cares about or will read my reply

1200 baud modem on c=64
something
something
cable
DSL

 

[Firetower]

Prodigy
AOL
Earthlink
NetZero
Comcast

 

[InflatableBuddha]

1997 - Rogers@Home (cable); later Shaw@Home (cable)
2001-2005 - DSL at university (UVic)
2005-2007 - Shaw Cable (at parents')
2007-present - Shaw Cable (on my own)

I've never been on dial-up