▲ 20 ▼ When did you first get access to the internet in your household? (piefed.ca) submitted 5 months ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/ask@piefed.social 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago (3 children) I think it was 1996. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Same here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] harmbugler@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child) Same, bought Netscape Navigator on floppy disks because I didn't know how to download it Edit: not at home, but I recall in 1994 downloading Wayne's World and Ren & Stimpy clips with Gopher on the university network. Good times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago I still have clear memories of trying to download the huuuuuuge 20MB install and a phone call ruining it when it was almost done. All that time, wasted. I think of that every time my phone is now downloading apps updates that are around 90MB in a few seconds. I miss the excitement of going 14.4>28.8>36.6k baud and 2x>4x>8x CD ROM drives where each update was very noticeable. Nowadays I do the majority of my computer stuff on my phone, so a bit of the magic is gone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children) Same here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] harmbugler@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child) Same, bought Netscape Navigator on floppy disks because I didn't know how to download it Edit: not at home, but I recall in 1994 downloading Wayne's World and Ren & Stimpy clips with Gopher on the university network. Good times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago I still have clear memories of trying to download the huuuuuuge 20MB install and a phone call ruining it when it was almost done. All that time, wasted. I think of that every time my phone is now downloading apps updates that are around 90MB in a few seconds. I miss the excitement of going 14.4>28.8>36.6k baud and 2x>4x>8x CD ROM drives where each update was very noticeable. Nowadays I do the majority of my computer stuff on my phone, so a bit of the magic is gone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago* (1 child) Same, bought Netscape Navigator on floppy disks because I didn't know how to download it Edit: not at home, but I recall in 1994 downloading Wayne's World and Ren & Stimpy clips with Gopher on the university network. Good times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago I still have clear memories of trying to download the huuuuuuge 20MB install and a phone call ruining it when it was almost done. All that time, wasted. I think of that every time my phone is now downloading apps updates that are around 90MB in a few seconds. I miss the excitement of going 14.4>28.8>36.6k baud and 2x>4x>8x CD ROM drives where each update was very noticeable. Nowadays I do the majority of my computer stuff on my phone, so a bit of the magic is gone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago I still have clear memories of trying to download the huuuuuuge 20MB install and a phone call ruining it when it was almost done. All that time, wasted. I think of that every time my phone is now downloading apps updates that are around 90MB in a few seconds. I miss the excitement of going 14.4>28.8>36.6k baud and 2x>4x>8x CD ROM drives where each update was very noticeable. Nowadays I do the majority of my computer stuff on my phone, so a bit of the magic is gone. permalink fedilink source parent