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When did you first get access to the internet in your household? (piefed.ca)
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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it was 1996.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same here.

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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.