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@CdespinosaSeeing the public internet did not become available in most demographics until 1993, that was doing pretty good, and cheaper than AOL. Until the Internet was commercialized (monetized by large corporations) in 1995 most people would not even have an ISP they could connect to.I have been around long enough to remember when the internet was the arpanet and was not available at all to the general public. I remember using BBS and buying shareware floppies at a local vendor. I initially connected to BBS with a 300 baud modem and was so happy when I could upgrade to a 1024 baud. A baud is not a bit per second, it is half that by the way.

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I just want to remind you that in 1992, the Internet cost $2.50 an hour to access ($4.00 after the first four hours a night), was three million times slower than WiFi, and nobody in your house could take phone calls while you used it.