http://www.distantcreations.com/blog/2009/05/08/friday-flashback-low-speed-internet/ the world and more. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.distantcreations.com/blog/2009/05/08/friday-flashback-low-speed-internet/#comment-8921 Jesse Mon, 11 May 2009 17:05:19 +0000 http://www.distantcreations.com/blog/?p=6075#comment-8921 Wow, this post brings back memories. AOL was THE place to get your internet back in the day, at least on a mass marketed level. I also remember the days of Prodigy (my first ISP) and Compuserve (before AOL bought them). Remember when people used to have to sign up for a two-year contract with these companies when they bought a new PC? Wow, I can't believe how much as changed in such a short time. 10 years used to seem like an eternity, now it seems like just yesterday. You know you're getting old when you're telling your 15 year old niece and her teenage friends "I remember a world without high speed internet and cell phones!" Haha! Nice post, Ricky! Wow, this post brings back memories. AOL was THE place to get your internet back in the day, at least on a mass marketed level. I also remember the days of Prodigy (my first ISP) and Compuserve (before AOL bought them). Remember when people used to have to sign up for a two-year contract with these companies when they bought a new PC? Wow, I can’t believe how much as changed in such a short time. 10 years used to seem like an eternity, now it seems like just yesterday.
You know you’re getting old when you’re telling your 15 year old niece and her teenage friends “I remember a world without high speed internet and cell phones!”
Haha! Nice post, Ricky!

]]> http://www.distantcreations.com/blog/2009/05/08/friday-flashback-low-speed-internet/#comment-8888 Roddy Barros Fri, 08 May 2009 21:30:15 +0000 http://www.distantcreations.com/blog/?p=6075#comment-8888 Great post, Ricky. And I think it's really interesting how, according to your example, the average American user would need that emulator to see "how a 56k modem worked". In January, we took a 2-week vacation, and I had to check my e-mails through dial-up, since I don't use any sort of on-the-go connection (like cell phone modems). After a couple of days, I found a cybercafe, so it was easier that way. Still, down here in Brazil, free wireless connection all over the place isn't nearly as common as I suppose it is in the US. Great post, Ricky. And I think it’s really interesting how, according to your example, the average American user would need that emulator to see “how a 56k modem worked”. In January, we took a 2-week vacation, and I had to check my e-mails through dial-up, since I don’t use any sort of on-the-go connection (like cell phone modems). After a couple of days, I found a cybercafe, so it was easier that way. Still, down here in Brazil, free wireless connection all over the place isn’t nearly as common as I suppose it is in the US.

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