Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jul 13^th, 2023 at 8:17pm:


Argh. That awful noise. Remember it?




In the late 90s in the UK using the internet was the price of a phone call. So we would try and limit our use until after 7 pm when the rate was cheaper. Invariably it was followed by an engaged tone because half of the US (who were getting online for almost nothing) were connecting at the same time. One night it actually took me two hours to get online! And if someone tried to phone you on your home phone it disconnected you! My wife went fucking ballistic when we got our first few phone bills after we got the internet. It was only when British Telecom lost the monopoly for telephone connections and other operators were offered cheaper internet connections that things changed.

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Some Guy wrote on Jul 16^th, 2023 at 10:46am:

Happy 25 years, really? Through all of the changes in the computerverse, this is truly an accomplishment!  Sometimes keeping up with the times takes a lot of time!