When did you first start using the internet?

@nkife52 (207)
Canada
January 23, 2007 7:55pm CST
I think I first used the internet in 1998. My dad had a computer with Windows 3.1 and I had to connect through Winsock. I remember my neighbour had it a few years earlier and he would play text-based RPG games through a BBS channel or something.
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@milott (2646)
• India
24 Jan 07
I first started using internet in 1997. I still remembered those that day when i first went to the internet cafe along with my friend. On first day created my first free email ID from yahoo.com and you must believe that that was an out of the feeling i got when i did that, getting my first got my own email id. At that time, there was only dial-up internet service provided by the ISPs, hence we had to wait for each page to load for at least 1 to 2 minutes, i still cannot believe how i used to browse in those days when compared to now in this broadband and wi-fi era.
@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
24 Jan 07
My first email was Hotmail, back when it was way simpler and easier on the eyes.
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@hellboi (661)
• Philippines
24 Jan 07
i can't remember the exact date but i guess it was 1998 when i was in 3rd year high school. all i do then is search something through yahoo and chat through mIRC. from then on everytime i have a project or homeworki just surf the net for information and answers.
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@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
24 Jan 07
I was in third year high school as well.. I remember being at my friend's place and talking to random people on mIRC. The weird thing is I actually met the first person I ever talked to online, and we're still friends.
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I would have to say about 15 years ago give or take. I used the internet for chat with in the last 12 years.
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@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
24 Jan 07
Did you use ICQ? That program sure brings me back.
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@blueman (16509)
• India
25 Jan 07
i started using it when windows 95 was like the latest and the most advanded operating system. and playing dos games and all were seemed as a good game.
@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
25 Jan 07
I remember when Windows 95 came out and it was such a big deal. Now, though no one uses it and most people are using Windows XP which is way better. I'm not sure if I will be getting Windows Vista any time soon, though. It seems to have a lot of flaws and would require a lot of hardware upgrades.
• India
24 Jan 07
i first came across internet i the same year when one of my uncle use to send emails to big companies in US and use to charge them some good amount. when first saw a mail deliverd in 30 seconds i was suprised to know your text has been sent to US in just 30 secs wow amazing ........and now its totally free and business itself is on internet
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@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
24 Jan 07
It's pretty amazing how it's changed the way we communicate. I still, however, prefer getting real mail over email.
@firoafame (359)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
26 Jan 07
first time i used internet is in 2002 i think. it wasn't so fun then because i used a dial up. i had to pay for every minute. since it was expensive i used it very less. but in 2003 i got my broadband with bandwidth limit i enjoyed it but tried to limit my usage. in 2005 i got an unlimited internet connection which was cheap but low speed. still i am using the same connection. i am using the internet about 5 to 10 hours daily.
@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
26 Jan 07
It's amazing how the cost to connect hasn't really changed much in the past few years. Hopefully in the future, though, there will be universal and free wireless access for everyone with a computer and internet connection.
@delaney36 (817)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
Around 1993. I started using the internet.
• India
25 Jan 07
when i was 12 year old , i started using internet . i know its too early . but my heavy mind coudnt control my joy of playing with internet . i guess i am having fun while surfing .
@Jaykin (271)
• India
25 Jan 07
I started of very late compared to you guys .Think i started in 2000.In india internet got popularised at that time.
@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
25 Jan 07
That's interesting. Iive always wanted to visit India.
• India
25 Jan 07
I started using internet in the year 2000, when i was in class 10. I used to chat on yahoo messenger.
• India
24 Jan 07
It was in year 2000 I started using Internet.
@nkife52 (207)
• Canada
24 Jan 07
Were you waiting to see if Y2K was for real?
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
26 Jan 07
i started 1999. i mainly use it for chatting, reseach, chatting and projects. Way back then internet access is very limited and expensive. I can only use the internet at our laboratory and i have to pay for it which was a huge cut on my allowance. But now everything has changed.
• United States
26 Jan 07
I started using email in 1992, and began surfing the net using Mosaic in 1994.
29 Jan 07
I started using the internet in 1996. Surprisingly I am still with the same ISP as well, they were great value to start and have remained so. I remember just how slow it was then as well, I only had a 33kps modem and remember when I upgraded to 56K how much better it would be, nothing compared to broadband.
@miryam (6505)
• Italy
25 Jan 07
I'm in 2000 if I not wrong. I'm devorce and after I lived alone internet was my new husband, but I can off and on.....very good.
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
I was using internet last 2004 because I would like to remember my subject in my college days even I had worked.I have attended computer courses for free but no internet subjects. So I had a hard time so I just went to internet cafe so I can email my friends and chat with them until now.