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By rueful
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thought for sure there would be a juno reference in there somewhere. that was the best email i ever had haha
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By PAmedic
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I was shocked to read that Al Gore did NOT invent the internet. HUH- whaddya know :dontgetit
By Hold My Own
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What was first....Prodigy or Coupuserve?


Was it Prodigy or something else?
By Hold My Own
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Webtv was mid 90's!



Prodigy was first, then Compuserve...I think there was a buy out though
By LUconn
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Prodigy was first. Compuserve was bought by aol at some point but all the carryovers still had their sweet @cs.com email addresses.

I can't believe people paid by the minute. Especially at those speeds.
By TDDance234
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LUconn wrote:Prodigy was first. Compuserve was bought by aol at some point but all the carryovers still had their sweet @cs.com email addresses.

I can't believe people paid by the minute. Especially at those speeds.
It's hard to imagine a time where we actually had to "dial in" to get access to the internet. It;s become so natural to just pop open my laptop and google something if I need an answer.
By LUconn
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Not hard for me to imagine. I was dialing in just a year and a half ago.
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By BJWilliams
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I have less than stellar memories of the dial up days (mostly because the bills were immense and my dad wasnt too happy about that)
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By Sly Fox
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I could've sworn Compuserve came first. It was only real option outside of some mom & pops in the Early '90s here in Texas.

And frankly, I am fairly certain I was using Firefox & Opera back when I lived in Austin and I moved from there in Late 2002.
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