View Full Version : How long have you had the internet in your home?


TVFactFan
07-15-2005, 12:02 PM
I have had the internet since 2002 in my home. And right after that i started dating less and less.lol In 2001 i went on a date every 4 days.

Southern Hellraiser
07-15-2005, 12:07 PM
December 8, 2004

AllIWantIsYourClutch
07-15-2005, 12:14 PM
I think it was around 1999-ish? Some time when I was in middle school.

*MIBabe03*
07-15-2005, 12:15 PM
I think it was around 1999-ish? Some time when I was in middle school.

I think that was about the same time that I had it too.

The Modfather
07-15-2005, 12:18 PM
1995-1996 we had dial up for a couple years (until 2000 I think) then we got high speed.

Kazza
07-15-2005, 12:21 PM
Had dial-up in 2002 and moved to DSL in 2003

theshark8777
07-15-2005, 12:50 PM
I've had it since around 1994. With the old Prodigy and then AOL, until I got broadband in like 01 or 02.

SBTB Geek
07-15-2005, 12:53 PM
We had internet for the first time around 1996 or 1997, and DSL in 2001.

Janice
07-15-2005, 12:57 PM
Got dial-up in 1996. I can still hear that awful sound while it 'dialed up'. :eek:

barwars
07-15-2005, 01:01 PM
Got dial-up in January 2001, and broadband August 2004.

HuntingtonM15
07-15-2005, 01:01 PM
Feb. '98

peter may
07-15-2005, 01:02 PM
since March 1999, i was a real latecomer

EmoJoe
07-15-2005, 01:07 PM
I think it was around 2000 or 2001 when we got dial-up, but in 2004 we swtiched to broadband.

~LadyJess~
07-15-2005, 01:11 PM
Got dial-up in 1996. I can still hear that awful sound while it 'dialed up'. :eek:

That dial-up sound was horrible. We had dial-up from about 1997 until 2001 when we moved into my new house and got DSL.

*Pleasant Tomorrow*
07-15-2005, 01:25 PM
I think 2001. We've never had dial up.

Moonlight Lady
07-15-2005, 01:32 PM
1995 -- Dial up and then we got Roadrunner in 2001

Number 9 Dream
07-15-2005, 01:34 PM
Ick, 1998 and it was dial-up

Brad Russ
07-15-2005, 02:00 PM
Iv'e had a dial up connection since August 5, 2001, so it's been almost four years for me. I think it's about time I upgrade to a cable modem though.

MaydayMalonesGirl
07-15-2005, 02:14 PM
I'm not sure. I know we started with AOL 4.0 dial up... maybe in 1999? It was probably around there, but it might have been earlier.

PZelda
07-15-2005, 02:49 PM
I've got you all beat. :lol:

We had dialup way back in 1991, when we got our first computer. :eek: It was Prodigy, and my brother was on Prodigy allllll the time. We had a dialup connection at home until...Wow, I don't know. 1994/95, maybe? We had no internet for a while when we moved...then we got the internet again in 1996 and it's been that way ever since. My dad jumped on the broadband bandwagon in early 2001 and I finally went broadband in late 2003.

Rhiannon
07-15-2005, 02:56 PM
since 2000

TVFactFan
07-15-2005, 02:56 PM
How long has the internet actually been in existence? I thought it was 1993. I didn;t discover it until 96

barwars
07-15-2005, 03:06 PM
How long has the internet actually been in existence? I thought it was 1993. I didn;t discover it until 96

I think the late 60s, for the government.
It didnt go public until the early 90s though.

Mr. Television
07-15-2005, 03:09 PM
I've had it since early 2000 not long before I discovered SO.

Tuesday Weld
07-15-2005, 03:58 PM
Since about '95. :D

gilligan fanatic
07-15-2005, 04:04 PM
November 98 we got dial up and in November 2004 we got Broadband

dawsongirl
07-15-2005, 04:06 PM
I dunno. I'm gonna guess 1998. I don't really remember. We got DSL for awhile, but then moved to where it wasn't (and still isn't pissed: ) available.

Sean Snow
07-15-2005, 04:24 PM
Some point in late 1998. We still have dial-up.

Fleet
07-15-2005, 05:17 PM
I think the late 60s, for the government.
It didnt go public until the early 90s though.
You're right... 1969 was the first year, but only for the government.

My first computer/Internet access began in Aug., 1998.
I still use dial-up.

Mijada
07-15-2005, 05:52 PM
1998, we still have dial up but will probably go to DSL when we move.

gidgetgrape
07-15-2005, 05:53 PM
Since 1995

JDS84
07-15-2005, 07:00 PM
Since 1999.

robyrob
07-15-2005, 08:18 PM
since about '96.

vienna waits
07-15-2005, 08:26 PM
I've had dial-up since January 2001.

Penny Lane
07-15-2005, 08:27 PM
I got my first computer and internet service in Fall 1999. I knew squat about computers! But I had a lot of help from my friends. :D
Remember the infamous Y2K thing on New Years Day 2000? Well, I was worried sick about all the computers failing until a computer expert that I know said that it was all hype and not too worry! :lol: Sure enough we entered the new century just fine! :happyface

Penny Lane
07-15-2005, 08:31 PM
I started with Juno. Then ATT. Then Earthlink. Now I am with Peoplepc. I like it. I would like to get satillite or cable modem but I think that they are way way over priced! :rolleyes:
I am a patient person and I can wait for dial up. I am not in that big of a hurry! :lol:

TheHappyBurgerMeister
07-16-2005, 01:44 AM
first got it hooked up December 24th, 1999. Best Christmas present ever! :D

moeee
07-16-2005, 02:05 AM
Since 1995.

Hollow
07-16-2005, 02:08 AM
since january of 2001.

ace123
07-17-2005, 05:23 AM
mid 80's

Belair
07-17-2005, 07:46 AM
2000. I am so sad, that I'd die without the internet. Some people just don't understand how addictive it can become. ;)

passionsfan79
07-17-2005, 11:37 AM
since either 98 or 99

Brent88
07-17-2005, 12:00 PM
Since Christmas Eve 1999. :D

Dial-up from then til January 2003 and Cable ever since. Never going back to dial-up.