Who was your first ISP?

[alfa147x]

Originally posted by: Crono
AOL, then NetZero ("the internet should be free!"; they should really change their name now)

 

[alfa147x]

Damn some you guys are old

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Prodigy

 

[Legendary]

Compuserve -> AOL -> Netzero -> Optimum Online -> RCN

 

[imthebadguy]

Prodigy
AOL
metroNET(local)
msn

 

[aphex]

Is there a website to look up old ISP's?

I had two from the mid 90's that I can't remember....

 

[JulesMaximus]

AOL for 3 months then Netcom...then Cox, which my current ISP.

 

[cornbread]

local bbs's, but for the real internet, bellsouth

 

[Pacfanweb]

nandonet

 

[ComputerWizKid]

My first Dial up account was paid for by my parents and it was AT&T Worldnet This was back in '98-99 then I got Optimum Online from the Wiz when It first came out In 2000 when it was $29.99 a month (Now only new customers get that rate and for only a year and then they jack it up to $44.95, Bastards) I have been using Optimum online Ever since 2000 as cablevision is the only thing I can get here and I can't put a dish on the building says the landlord

 

[mpitts]

Genesee FreeNet

That was around 1993 I'd say..

 

[nageov3t]

IDT -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDT_Corp... don't think they're even an ISP anymore.

after a couple months with idt, I switched over to AOL (2.0) because that's where my friends were.

at some point in the mid 90's, I was also on mindspring, but it was mostly just AOL, because my sister liked it and it didn't matter much to me -- I just minimized the AOL window after connecting and opened up Netscape.

since then, my ISP has been solely dictated based on where I've lived.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Juno. Played Gunbound with that annoying popup thing in the middle of my screen.

 

[indamixx99]

Hmm.. I believe Prodigy, followed by Compuserve. All at a blistering 2400bps baby!

Ahh.. memories

 

[us3rnotfound]

Iquest

 

[irishScott]

Can't remember the first (I was about 5 when we got internet in 93), but I remember we switched to Earthlink in 96. Verizon DSL in 2002, still use that today. Fortunately I have insanely fast University connections now.

 

[LtPage1]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Prodigy

And then a local dial-up service, before Comcast, and then Surewest FiOS.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: loup garou
Prodigy

 

[BoomerD]

IIRC, Compuserve...2400 baud I think...maybe it was 4800...WAY too long ago, and I've slept since then.

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: loki8481
IDT -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDT_Corp... don't think they're even an ISP anymore.

after a couple months with idt, I switched over to AOL (2.0) because that's where my friends were.

at some point in the mid 90's, I was also on mindspring, but it was mostly just AOL, because my sister liked it and it didn't matter much to me -- I just minimized the AOL window after connecting and opened up Netscape.

since then, my ISP has been solely dictated based on where I've lived.

Going strong it looks like.

 

[eldorado99]

Sympatico

 

[zanejohnson]

nowdays we use a Nortex Communicatons cable modem (same people who provided our first dial up connecton... we have the 8mbps/512kbps package coupled with basic digital cable for 72.95/month.... it works nice... i get anywher from 3-6mbps during peak hours, and 8-10mbps during off peak hours.... i just ran a speedtest and right now im only getting 4mbps... but im happy...it's cheap for around here....

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: abracadabra1
IDT

i had them for a week or so, the dial up numbers where i was living sucked. i remember their ads tho, they had a cake in them! woot.

 

[ranmaniac]

Prodigy (pre-internet)
AOL (pre-internet & internet)
Earthlink
GTE (later turned to Verizon) dsl
Cox cable modem service
Consolidated Communications dsl (present)

 

[pradeep1]

I was in college when the internet first came out, so I had access to broadband back then, in a ways. When I convinced my parents to get online back in 1993 using NCSA Mosaic browser, it was with AT&T Worldnet. Wow, what a horrible service.