Comments on: Blast from the past http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/ Mon, 14 May 2012 08:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sam http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-150 Sam Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:29:57 +0000 http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-150 That's pretty shocking, Sarah :eek: I remember dreading the phonebill coming in during the dial-up days. I think our bills started increasing every quarter, the more and more my internet addiction took hold, haha. Wasn't unusual to have quarterly bills of around £200 back then. And remembering how long it used to take to get re-connected after we were cut off after 2 hours of useage with BT Anytime! If I was on MSN messenger I had to tell my friends that I was about to be thrown off, but that I'd be right back as soon as I got connected. During peak times that wasn't easy!! I don't know how we'd cope with going back to switching on our computers and NOT being readily connected to the net as we do so, without any prior fiddling around. That’s pretty shocking, Sarah :eek:

I remember dreading the phonebill coming in during the dial-up days. I think our bills started increasing every quarter, the more and more my internet addiction took hold, haha. Wasn’t unusual to have quarterly bills of around £200 back then. And remembering how long it used to take to get re-connected after we were cut off after 2 hours of useage with BT Anytime! If I was on MSN messenger I had to tell my friends that I was about to be thrown off, but that I’d be right back as soon as I got connected. During peak times that wasn’t easy!!

I don’t know how we’d cope with going back to switching on our computers and NOT being readily connected to the net as we do so, without any prior fiddling around.

]]> By: SarahG http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-149 SarahG Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:44:47 +0000 http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-149 Over the odds for 512? I remember spending £8.95 on Planet Internet Dial up, which got me 2 free hours of use (excluding call charges of around 2-3p per minute off peak) and then I paid an additional £1.50-2 per hour plus call charges after that. I used to save £50 a month to cover my internet charges, and that was for 28.8kbps connection! I got ADSL for my work as soon as it came out so my boss was paying £40 a month for 512k connection at first. It does seem mad how much we were prepared to pay then and how much we're prepared to pay now! Over the odds for 512? I remember spending £8.95 on Planet Internet Dial up, which got me 2 free hours of use (excluding call charges of around 2-3p per minute off peak) and then I paid an additional £1.50-2 per hour plus call charges after that. I used to save £50 a month to cover my internet charges, and that was for 28.8kbps connection!

I got ADSL for my work as soon as it came out so my boss was paying £40 a month for 512k connection at first. It does seem mad how much we were prepared to pay then and how much we’re prepared to pay now!

]]> By: Sam http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-148 Sam Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:04:14 +0000 http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-148 Ouch. Can't imagine how painful that would have been :shock: I was actually on 512k for quite a few years, then Wanadoo (who took over Freeserve) upgraded me to 2MB broadband and I had nothing but trouble, especially when they *then* became Orange (spits). Felt like I was back on dial-up. I wasn't with them long after that ;) Ouch. Can’t imagine how painful that would have been :shock:

I was actually on 512k for quite a few years, then Wanadoo (who took over Freeserve) upgraded me to 2MB broadband and I had nothing but trouble, especially when they *then* became Orange (spits). Felt like I was back on dial-up. I wasn’t with them long after that ;)

]]> By: Graham http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-147 Graham Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:39:31 +0000 http://www.fruitbytes.co.uk/index.php/2008/01/27/blast-from-the-past/#comment-147 I remember having a 128kbps ISDN line at the school I worked at. For 100+ workstations. Wasn't pretty. I remember having a 128kbps ISDN line at the school I worked at. For 100+ workstations. Wasn’t pretty.

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