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wazz 12-06-2011 17:28

Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
Dosnt matter if it sucked lol. Jus post what ur first ever isp was :dozey:

Mine was Pipex

I first got internet around 2004-2006 :shocked:

AdamD 12-06-2011 17:44

Re: Who was ur first isp and what year was it
 
1996/1997, Mistral Internet, ISP in Brighton.

Mal 12-06-2011 17:45

Re: Who was ur first isp and what year was it
 
Supanet in 2000. Thankfully not for long.

adzii_nufc 12-06-2011 17:57

Re: Who was ur first isp and what year was it
 
NTL, cant remember what year but at one point it was at a massive 2MB!

Kymmy 12-06-2011 17:59

Re: Who was ur first isp and what year was it
 
1988/9 - Decnet (though not actually an ISP more of a work line especially as it was pre-internet) After that I had dial-in to UMRCC in early '90s and Demon by Mid '90s..

SnoopZ 12-06-2011 18:05

Re: Who was ur first isp and what year was it
 
Freeserve dialup in 1999, when it cost 1pence a minute!

Then when Cable came along in was Cambridge Cable around 2000-2001, before it came part of NTL.

Stuart 12-06-2011 18:26

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
The first one I remember was Totalise in about 1998. Then Cable and Wireless in 1999. Got Broadband shortly before NTL took over in 2000. Stayed with NTL/Virgin media until about 2007. Been on Be broadband ever since.

TJS 12-06-2011 18:26

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
1995 Demon

Halcyon 12-06-2011 18:27

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
Screaming.net back in 2001 on dialup.
It wasnt bad as it was free after 6pm but it quickly became over subscribed and getting online took ages to connect.

Then it went over to World Online. They were dreadful.

Then it was ntl and have stayed with them through to Virginmedia.

Chris 12-06-2011 18:29

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
NTL, on their 3-2-1-0 telephone tariff, around late 2000 or early 2001 IIRC. Then NTL broadband on 512K, uplifted to 600K and 750K (I think ...). Moved off-net then and went to Virgin.net dialup (so still NTL really) and stuck with it ever since. Got their ADSL when the exchange was enabled; these days with BTW having done some infrastructure work hereabouts I normally get 2.5Mb, occassionally rising to 2.75Mb for a week or two once in a while. Not bad, given that the line length is 4 miles or more.

Hugh 12-06-2011 18:38

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
Jones Cable Leeds, in 1994.

joglynne 12-06-2011 19:31

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
C&W, at 33.6kbps in 1996, or so I am informed by my son who was 15 at the time and an early computer/internet geek.

All I remember was how incredibly boring it seemed. :)

Paul 12-06-2011 19:33

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
1996, Virgin.net dialup I believe.

Jimmy-J 12-06-2011 20:06

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
AOHell. for about 2 days in 95' - 96' I think it was? On 14.4K internal modem. Then gradually moved up to 56K.

I remember paying Nildram £57 a month for 512K ADSL.

MadGamer 12-06-2011 20:12

Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
 
AOL (shudders) back in 2000 I believe on 56k Dialup


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