Remember the name of your first ISP?

Ernieb

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Jan 13, 2002
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It was about 8 yrs ago.. Web Club I used
Used to be $11.00 for 33hrs only
sucks eh.. : )
 

AaronP

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Feb 27, 2000
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back in High School, my friends and I all used hacked AOL accounts, did that for a LONG time. But my first ISP was Prodigy. Even though all my nostalgia and fond memories are from ther BBS days, before the Internet blew up.
 

RossMAN

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Feb 24, 2000
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Yep I remember first signing up for internet access 8 years ago.

$18 for 150 hours of dial-up internet access @ 28.8
 

Zim Hosein

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Nov 27, 1999
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For me it was Prodigy, back on my old intel P133 :)
 

mpitts

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The Genesee Freenet - $60 for the first year, $35 for each additional year. Plus I could use it as a shell account.

That was 1994 I believe.
 

rh71

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Aug 28, 2001
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Hmm.. about '92 or '93... Prodigy was selling a kit for like $35 for a 2400 baud modem and their connection software. Bought it and connected with my 386 machine... met an online buddy thru email and have stayed friends with her till this day. I met her for the very first time (as friends of course) last month.
 

Spooner

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Jan 16, 2000
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I remember being part of CompuServe, then they were Wow! or something.... i was like 13 and used it for chat

A/S/L everyone?
heheh
 

NutBucket

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Aug 30, 2000
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First one I used was the one provided by my school district maybe 6 or 7 years ago.
 

Parrotheader

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Dec 22, 1999
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MSN. It was actually pretty decent at the time. I got solid speeds by dial-up standards. I tried using the university's free dial-up system for students, but that didn't last as once people got logged in they would STAY logged in forever (I know my friend did for 2 days straight one time.)
 

trmiv

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Oct 10, 1999
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Netcom was my first real internet ISP. But before that I had Prodigy back in the day on my 286
 

rgwalt

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Apr 22, 2000
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My first BBS was called "Eagle's Nest West" I also used Prodigy, but that was back on the Prodigy network before a true Internet was available.

My very first ISP was called Feist.

Ryan
 

Tsaico

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Oct 21, 2000
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eworld in '93... yeah, i loved that service... cost me like 12 bucks for i think 20 hours of access...
 

Linflas

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My first true ISP was a Netcom shell account I opened in 1990 or 91. Before that I had limited internet access through Delphi and was going through some major withdrawal since I had lost free access with the expiration of a contract I worked on for the Navy.