so slow. But, you had to be able to write and communicate well- no emojis, no gifs. My first internet experience was a BBS a friend setup. He gave me a free acc

so slow. But, you had to be able to write and communicate well- no emojis, no gifs. My first internet experience was a BBS a friend setup. He gave me a free account. Looking back, the internet was so small then. And, as others of noted, the phone issue- I timed almost all connections after my family went to sleep to avoid being disconnected from my 1200 baud modem.