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In reply to the discussion: I remember the Internet back in the early 1990s. [View all]fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)40. None of those were the "internet"
They were basically walled garden paid gardens, but we called them BBS's. They later added internet access, but internet was separate.
I've been on the Internet since late 80's. And used free BBS and paid BBS (the services you spoke of) since the early 80's.
I've never paid a per minute fee for Internet. Ever.
Net Neutrality is a good thing and we need it, but this isn't the argument.
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We can always use teletypes again!!! I used to use them to load small programs into mainframes. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#30
Nope, punched tapes with programs loaded into a teletype tied into the mainframe. The
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#53
Right. While I don't miss the prices, I miss the excitement so much! I trhought I was the only one
lunamagica
Dec 2017
#21
It opened a whole new world. It was a fantastic feeling. But I thoulght I was the only one for whom
lunamagica
Dec 2017
#29
... guess we'll have to go back to shortwave radio, all become hams, and hope they don't jam the
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#34
Neither Prodigy, Compuserv, AOL, nor GEnie started out as part of the internet
FarCenter
Dec 2017
#22
Maybe we can go back to the ARPANET! I used to use with with Telnet in the 70's , a terminal,
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#28
LOL! Like always keep a tube tester handy when working on an ENIAC computer with 18,000 tubes! Yep!
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#51