your first internet connection

[DaveJ]

My first "Internet" connection was probably '91 or '92, dialing up to local BBSes on a 2400 baud modem... One of the boards I was on set up an Internet gateway in 1994... I remember thinking "Email? Why do I need THAT when FidoNet exists?"

My first connection to the Internet was dual T1's, my freshman year of college in 1995...

Dave

 

[Linflas]

My first personal internet connection was through Netcom in 1990 or 91. It was a shell account over a 2400 bps modem. I got that after my contract at NRL ended and I suffered acute net withdrawal pains. :Q

 

[Marauder-]

14.4 doing the BBS thang during HS. dunno really when that was - i'm guessing 91 or 92.

*EDIT* - Just remembered that my external intel 14.4 was after my BitCom 2400 baud. That's what I recall using for BBSs.

 

[styelers]

AOL

 

[Eli]

bump for RossMAN to reply to my post. 😛

 

[MaxDepth]

300 Baud on a Commodore 64. CompuServe and UKy-net.
1984

BBAACCKK WWHHEENN II DDIINNTT KKNNOOWW HHOOWW TTOO SSHHUUTT OOFFFF TTHHEE DDUUPPLLEEXX MMOODDEE.

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
a 28.8 modem. and i connected by hacking into Bowdin Colleges internet so i didnt have to pay for it.

that was in like 97.

same as above

 

[murphy55d]

33.6 AOL

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: MaxDepth
300 Baud on a Commodore 64. CompuServe and UKy-net.
1984

BBAACCKK WWHHEENN II DDIINNTT KKNNOOWW HHOOWW TTOO SSHHUUTT OOFFFF TTHHEE DDUUPPLLEEXX MMOODDEE.

LOL!

I remember that. On the BBSes, you had to turn Local Echo off.

 

[blackdogdeek]

9600 on a 486 on netcom

 

[Encryptic]

I used to dial up to BBSes on my dad's computer all the time when I was about 12. I have many fond memories of playing Trade Wars and Pimp Wars on BBSes....

My First Internet Connection (sounds like a Fisher Price toy or something 😀) was a 28.8 connection on my brother's computer. Have cable at home and a T1 at work presently.

 

[Fritzo]

Netcom- $19.95/month for 20 hours (1995 or so I beleive) When they went to 100 hrs/month I was like "WHHOOAAAA!!!!" That was at 28.8K too.

Now I'm at 1500/256 unlimited for free 🙂 Life is good.

 

[DamageInc]

2400 bps modem on Compuserve, Windows 3.1, back in '92 or something, when I was 9.

 

[Dowfen]

AOL 1.5 on a sloooooooooow modem. Didn't matter, our phone lines couldn't handle anything above 28.8k anyway as I later found out.

Eric

 

[Fritzo]

AOL technically wasn't the Internet until Version 3, when it had Internet access added. If online services count, then I had Compuserve on my C64 with a 300 baud modem at $6/hr. You could actually see the text typing out across your screen heheheh.

 

[xEDIT409]

mich.com on a 28k.

 

[crypticlogin]

CSLIP emulation on a shell account from a local ISP, 2400 baud. This ISP later got absorbed into what ultimately became CompuServe.

 

[Dragon365]

The year - 1996
The PC - a 486
The connection - a 28.8k modem

Oh, and if we're counting prodigy, then that would be in the early 90's (1991?) with my 2400 baud modem and a 286 - yehaaa! Oh how far we have come...

 

[Dragon365]

Originally posted by: Dowfen
AOL 1.5 on a sloooooooooow modem. Didn't matter, our phone lines couldn't handle anything above 28.8k anyway as I later found out.

Eric

Heh. I had one of those subpar phonelines - thank god for DSL though!