Thread: Who was your first isp and what year was it
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Old 13-06-2011, 08:08   #29
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Re: Who was your first isp and what year was it
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Originally Posted by Sonna View Post
Currant Bun which was offered by The Sun!!! Must have been around '99 or so. Then I recall moving onto Freeserve...
Their closure led to what I think is my favourite The Register headline (although the article sadly does not appear to be in their archive, so I cannot provide a link). "Currant Bun goes stale, gets thrown in bin".

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Originally Posted by danielf View Post
Dial into work. 1994/5 IIRC.
Actually, I'd forgotten about that. I did dial in to work for a couple of weeks before realising that the 14.4K connection that work offered was a little slower than the 28.8 offered by most ISPs at the time..
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