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The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president (arstechnica.com)

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The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president::1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.

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[-] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 year ago

Anyone remember download accelerator plus? I'd download stuff at night while everyone was asleep, then pause DAP/disconnect from the Internet in the morning. Rinse and repeat.

[-] Fartbutt@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

My god yes! I remember downloading the Soldier of Fortune demo over the course of a month. 95 megabytes over a 28.8k connection.

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