I'm 59, I got my own computer just after high school. I had a modem and was on CBBS and Chinet back in the day. I signed up for InterAccess, which was a long di

I'm 59, I got my own computer just after high school. I had a modem and was on CBBS and Chinet back in the day. I signed up for InterAccess, which was a long distance toll call, (They were up by Ohare, 30+ miles away!) so I got a cell phone, which had free call forwarding, and used that to get toll-free internet time. It was pretty cool to be able to connect to systems all over the world. I remember PowWow, one of the early chat systems, and I chatted with a guy in Novosibirsk and was just amazed! I showed it to a friend of mine, and he was underwhelmed to say the least. This was before the rules were changed, and commercial content was allowed. A few years later, I was the sysadmin of our local dialup internet provider, with about 200 users. That was fun. I wrote the Windows 3.1 installer disks, which installed Trumpet Winsock and Mosaic if I recall correctly. We had about 50 modems hooked to 16 port serial boards. The new owner who bought it upgraded it to a US Robotics digital connection and supported 53k downloads. A few years after that, cable internet became available, and I haven't looked back. My friend who was "meh" about the internet now as $40/month gigabit fiber. I'm stuck with $100/month 100 Mbps cable.