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Here's my funny BBS story: I was a heavy user in the early 90s, but in 1994 I got recruited into the military and was sent to a remote corner of the world wher
by 13of40 10y ago
Here's my funny BBS story: I was a heavy user in the early 90s, but in 1994 I got recruited into the military and was sent to a remote corner of the world where we had one official-business-only phone line for about 250 people, so no BBS scene. I came back in 1997, met up with an old friend, and inquired about where to get a current BBS list for the town. And of course he laughed and said there was no such thing anymore. So basically, from my perspective, the online experience went from BBS's, telnet, and FTP to full-blown web pages overnight.
- phil21 10y agoIt... pretty much did. 1994 through 1995 I recall as being the big turning point from where usage went primary on BBS' to primarily on the Internet by around 1996. At least in terms of people who I wanted to talk to were doing. By mid 1995 I was pretty much Internet only other than to dial-in a few times a week to check a few local boards I participated in.
- 6stringmerc 10y agoThis aligns with my experience as well. Not exactly a BBS user but early CompuServ primitive dial-up was around, then within a few years, cable modem internet arrived in my area / region. Geocities ahoy.
- ghaff 10y agoIt took a bit longer for some of us to get broadband at home. I don't think I got it until about 1998 or so. A number of the (relatively) big commercial BBSs transitioned to becoming dial-us ISPs for a time. I used Channel One in Cambridge and they were my first ISP at home until I eventually got broadband through, I think, AT&T Roadrunner.